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11 unusual facts about Oakland County


Aldo Vagnozzi

He represented the 37th District, which is located in Oakland County and includes the cities of Farmington Hills and Farmington, from 2002 until 2006.

Andy Meisner

He currently serves as the Oakland County Treasurer, having been elected to this position in 2008, and soundly re-elected in 2012.

Bobby Higginson

Higginson is now a partner in a limousine company in Oakland County, Michigan and divides his time between Michigan and Florida.

Elizabeth Reaser

Reaser was born in Bloomfield, Michigan, an affluent Detroit suburb, the daughter of Karen Davidson (née Weidman) and John Reaser.

Jimmy Hoffa

Hoffa disappeared at, or sometime after, 2:45 pm on July 30, 1975, from the parking lot of the Machus Red Fox Restaurant at 6676 Telegraph Road in Bloomfield Township, an affluent suburb of Detroit.

Jon Jansen

He posted 68 career catches and made 202 tackles, four sacks and four interceptions at linebacker to earn Oakland County Defensive MVP honors.

Oakland Schools

Oakland Schools (OS) is the intermediate school district serving Oakland County, Michigan in Metro Detroit.

Shereef Akeel

Besides his direct legal work, Akeel has been active in civil liberties advocacy, serving on the board of the Oakland County chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union since 2004.

Terry Matlen

Terry Matlen is the former vice president and board member of ADDA (Attention Deficit Disorder Association), immediate past coordinator of the Oakland County CHADD chapter, and has developed numerous online resources to support those with ADHD.

Vicki Barnett

Vicki Barnett (born July 8, 1954) is the House Minority Whip of the Michigan State House of Representatives, and former mayor of Farmington Hills, located in Oakland County.

WXOU

WXOU (88.3 FM) is a college radio station licensed to Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA, the station serves the metro Detroit area and Oakland County.


History of the Chinese Americans in Metro Detroit

As of 2002 Ethnic Chinese and Chinese American people are second largest Asian-origin ethnic group in the Wayne-Macomb-Oakland tri-county area in Metro Detroit.

History of the Middle Eastern people in Metro Detroit

By 2007 Metro Detroit, if defined as Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, and Washtenaw counties had the United States's largest Arab American population, larger than that of Greater Los Angeles if that region was defined as Los Angeles, Orange, and Ventura counties.

Marie Donigan

Marie Donigan (born 1954) is the Democratic State Representative in the Michigan State House of Representatives, representing the 26th District which covers Royal Oak and Madison Heights in Oakland County.

Michigan's 12th congressional district

From 2003 to 2013 it was located in Detroit's inner suburbs to the north, along the Interstate 696 corridor in Macomb and Oakland counties, as well as a portion of Macomb north of the corridor.

Vincent Gregory

He represents the 14th Senate District, which is located in southern Oakland County and includes Southfield, Farmington Hills, Farmington, Ferndale and Oak Park.