Editing Grosse Pointe (section)

{{Short description|Region of the Detroit metropolitan area}}
{{For-multi|the city incorporated within the Grosse Pointe area|Grosse Pointe, Michigan|the WB television series|Grosse Pointe (TV series)}}
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 | name                     = Grosse Pointe
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 | map_caption              = Cities that are included as part of the Grosse Pointe area within [[Wayne County, Michigan|Wayne County]] (bottom) and [[Macomb County, Michigan|Macomb County]] (top) 
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 | subdivision_name3        = [[Grosse Pointe, Michigan|Grosse Pointe]]<br>[[Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan|Grosse Pointe Farms]]<br>[[Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan|Grosse Pointe Park]]<br>[[Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan|Grosse Pointe Shores]]<br>[[Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan|Grosse Pointe Woods]]

 | area_footnotes           = <ref name=CENS>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-24.pdf|title=Michigan: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts 2010 Census of Population and Housing | date = September 2012|publisher = [[United States Census Bureau]]| work = [[2010 United States Census]]| access-date = May 1, 2020|pages=31, 44–45 Michigan}}</ref>
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 | population_density_sq_mi = 4392.9
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 | postal_code              = 48230, 48236
 | area_code                = [[Area code 313|313]]
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[[File:St. Paul Grosse Pointe.jpg|200px|thumb|right|[[Saint Paul Catholic Church (Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan)|St. Paul Catholic Church]] at 157 Lake Shore in Grosse Pointe Farms. The current [[Gothic Revival architecture|French Gothic Revival]] structure was constructed in 1899 and designed by Harry J. Rill.]]

'''Grosse Pointe''' is a group of five adjacent suburbs in the [[Metro Detroit|Detroit metropolitan area]] on the shore of [[Lake St. Clair]]. From southwest to northeast, they are:

*[[Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan|Grosse Pointe Park]]
*[[Grosse Pointe, Michigan|Grosse Pointe]]
*[[Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan|Grosse Pointe Farms]]
*[[Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan|Grosse Pointe Shores]] (incorporated in 2009 from the remnants of two townships: [[Grosse Pointe Township, Michigan|Grosse Pointe Township]] in [[Wayne County, Michigan|Wayne County]] and [[Lake Township, Macomb County, Michigan|Lake Township]] in [[Macomb County, Michigan|Macomb County]])
*[[Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan|Grosse Pointe Woods]]

The terms "Grosse Pointe" or "the Pointes" are ordinarily used to refer to the entire area, referencing all five individual communities, with a total population of about 46,000. The Grosse Pointes altogether are 10.4 square miles, bordered by [[Detroit]] on the south and west, [[Lake Saint Clair (North America)|Lake St. Clair]] on the east and south, [[Harper Woods, Michigan|Harper Woods]] on the west of some portions, and [[St. Clair Shores, Michigan|St. Clair Shores]] on the north. The cities are in eastern [[Wayne County, Michigan|Wayne County]], except for a very small section in [[Macomb County, Michigan|Macomb County]]. The Pointes begin {{convert|6|mi|km|spell=in}} northeast of [[Neighborhoods in Detroit#Downtown|downtown Detroit]] and extend several miles northeastward, in a narrow swath of land, to the edge of [[Wayne County, Michigan|Wayne County]]. The name "Grosse Pointe" derives from the size of the area, and its projection into Lake St. Clair.<ref>Farmer, Silas (1890). [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb__Od5AAAAMAAJ ''History of Detroit and Wayne County and Early Michigan''], p. 129. Munsell & Co.</ref>

Grosse Pointe is a [[suburb|suburban area]] in [[Metro Detroit]], sharing a border with northeast Detroit's historic neighborhoods. Grosse Pointe has many famous historic estates along with remodeled homes and newer construction. Downtown [[Grosse Pointe, Michigan|Grosse Pointe]], along Kercheval Avenue from Neff to Cadieux, nicknamed "The Village," serves as a central business district for all five of the Grosse Pointes, although each of them (except [[Grosse Pointe Shores]]) has several blocks of retail. Downtown [[Detroit]] is just over {{convert|7|mi|km|spell=in}} west of this downtown area, accessed by Jefferson Avenue, or several other cross-streets.

The north–south area along Lake St. Clair generally coincides with the boundaries of the two public high schools. The southern areas (basically south and west of Moross Road) feature retail districts.