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Royal Oak, Michigan

Royal Oak is in Oakland County, with approximately 60,000 residents.

Well-Known Places in Royal Oak

Detroit Zoo, Royal Oak Music Theatre, Downtown Royal Oak.

Royal Oak Business Districts

• Downtown Royal Oak
• Woodward Avenue
• Main Street

Major Employers in Royal Oak

Beaumont Health, Detroit Zoo, Royal Oak Schools.

About Royal Oak, Michigan

Royal Oak is a lively inner-ring suburb of Detroit in Oakland County, best known for a walkable, redeveloped downtown packed with restaurants, bars, and live-music venues, and for hosting most of the Detroit Zoo. Its name traces to an 1819 expedition when Territorial Governor Lewis Cass compared a giant oak here to the tree that hid England's King Charles II. Decades of tree-planting earned it the nickname 'The City of Trees.'

History of Royal Oak

• Founded in 1819 when Territorial Governor Lewis Cass and his party left Detroit on horseback en route to negotiate the Saginaw Treaty; the site was named after a large oak tree.
• Cass reportedly named it after telling the story of King Charles II hiding in an English oak (the 'Royal Oak') in Boscobel Wood to escape the Roundheads after the Battle of Worcester.
• Incorporated as a village in 1891 and as a city in 1921.

Landmarks and Places in Royal Oak

• Detroit Zoo, a major zoological park largely within Royal Oak.
• National Shrine of the Little Flower Basilica, designated a minor basilica by Pope Francis on January 31, 2015.

The Royal Oak Economy

• The Detroit Zoo, straddling Royal Oak and neighboring Huntington Woods, is a major regional tourist draw and employer.
• Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital is a large area medical employer.
• Downtown Royal Oak was redeveloped through the 2000s into an upscale dining, retail, and nightlife district, anchoring the local service economy.

Community Life in Royal Oak

• Arts, Beats & Eats, a large Labor Day weekend arts, music, and food festival, relocated to Royal Oak in 2010.
• The Woodward Dream Cruise, one of the world's largest classic-car events, runs along Woodward Avenue through the city.
• Live venues include the Royal Oak Music Theatre and the Baldwin Theatre; Mark Ridley's Comedy Castle was an early stage for Tim Allen and Dave Coulier.

Local reference: en.wikipedia.org, www.romi.gov, www.romi.gov