Hamtramck is named for the French-Canadian soldier Jean François Hamtramck who was the first American commander of Fort Shelby, the fortification at Detroit.

At the time of the 2000 census, Hamtramck was again experiencing considerable growth, with over 8, 000 households and a population of almost 23, 000.

After a succession of closures and reopenings of the rural post office, the settlement was finally incorporated as a village within Greenfield Township and Hamtramck Township under the name of Highland Park in 1889.

The Hamtramck Guard ( The Shepherdstown Light Infantry ) was dispatched to nearby Harpers Ferry to subdue John Brown's raid on the federal armory ( October 1859 ).

He was the great-great-grandson of former Congressman John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne, great-great-grandnephew of former Senator and Vice President of the United States George Mifflin Dallas and great-great-great-grandnephew of former Senator and Congressman William Charles Cole Claiborne and of former Congressman Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne.

In 1981, a portion of the neighborhood was cleared to make way for the construction of the General Motors Detroit / Hamtramck Assembly plant.

The plant was built at the boundary of Hamtramck and Detroit as a BOC factory ( Buick-Oldsmobile-Cadillac ) and became known as the " Poletown Plant ".

Warith Deen Mohammed ( in English, ' Inheritor of the Religion of Muhammad ') was born Wallace Delaney Muhammad in 1933 on Yeman Street in Hamtramck, Michigan.

Born in New York City, he was a great-grandson of John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne, great-great-grandnephew of William Charles Cole Claiborne and Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne.

Jean-François Hamtramck ( sometimes called John Francis Hamtramck ) ( 1756 – 1803 ) was a French-Canadian from Quebec who joined the Continental Army and became a decorated officer in the American Revolutionary War.

In Autumn of 1790, Major Hamtramck was ordered to move against Indian villages on the Wabash, Vermilion, and Eel rivers to create a distraction from the campaign led by General Josiah Harmar.

In 1793, Hamtramck was named lieutenant colonel in the Legion of the United States led by General Anthony Wayne to secure the Northwest Territory.

Hamtramck was cited for bravery at the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794.

Hamtramck, now a full colonel, was appointed the first commandant of Fort Wayne, where he co-owned a large farm with his friend, William Wells.

In 1827, one of the four townships in Wayne County was named for him, a portion of which later became the city of Hamtramck, Michigan.

The four-door station wagon, assembled only at the Dodge Main plant in Hamtramck, was available in V100 and V200 trim in two-and three-seat configurations ; the third seat faced the rear.

Production of the A-body shifted to St. Louis Assembly while Hamtramck Assembly was dedicated to the new F-body, which unfortunately, did not maintain their predecessors ' reputation for quality and durability and in fact reversed it.

In order to transfer the land to GM for the construction of a new factory, the city condemned the homes of 4, 200 residents as well as numerous churches, schools, and businesses ( including the original Dodge assembly plant opened in 1914 by John and Horace Dodge for their then new 1915 Dodge Brothers car ; it was called " Dodge Main " and consumed much of the city block of property in the " Pole Town " area of Hamtramck ).

He served as an elected member of the Hamtramck, Michigan Township Review on the Republican ticket in 1919 ; was appointed water inspector and assistant clerk of the village council of Hamtramck in October 1919.

He was deputy sheriff and member of the Wayne County Republican Committee, president of the Hamtramck branch of the NAACP, and president of the Adrian Michigan branch, which he organized.

The Buick Lucerne was built at GM's Detroit / Hamtramck Assembly Plant alongside the Cadillac DTS.

The Pooles settled in Hamtramck, Michigan.

Hamtramck is surrounded by the city of Detroit except for a small portion of the western border that touches the similarly surrounded city of Highland Park.

Hamtramck is mostly surrounded by Detroit except a small common border with the city of Highland Park, which is in turn surrounded by Detroit.

Hamtramck flourished from 1910 to 1920 as thousands of European immigrants, particularly Poles, were attracted by the growing automobile industry.

A recent survey found 26 native languages spoken by Hamtramck schoolchildren.

In 1987 Detroit television station WDIV ran one episode of a local sit-com called " Hamtramck " which featured former Detroit Tigers pitcher Dave Rozema and a cameo by manager Sparky Anderson.

The city is completely surrounded by Detroit except for a small portion that touches the city of Hamtramck, which is also surrounded by Detroit.

Built in Italy by Pininfarina, completed bodies were flown to the U. S. 56 at a time in specially equipped Boeing 747 with final assembly at Hamtramck, Michigan.

* St. Florian Church, Hamtramck, Michigan, 1910, expanded by Cram 1928

A portion of residential area known as Poletown became the Hamtramck auto assembly plant in 1981 with those residents relocated by the city of Detroit which claimed eminent domain in order to make way for an automobile plant.

Sporadic cases can be less obviously motivated, however, such as warsh ' wash ' with an extra r in some varieties of American English or Hamtramck being pronounced ' Hamtramick ' as if there were an extra i. The Dutch city of Delft is pronounced / DEL-lift / by its inhabitants.

* There is no Carpenter Street in real-life Detroit ; however, there is one in Hamtramck, Michigan, a small city surrounded on all sides by Detroit.

Nedzi was born in Hamtramck, Michigan, a city surrounded by Detroit.

Fort Wayne in modern Fort Wayne, Indiana, was established by Captain Jean François Hamtramck under orders from General " Mad " Anthony Wayne as part of the campaign against the Indians of the area.

Detroit labor activist Martin Glaberman estimated at the time that the Hamtramck plant was 70 per cent black while the union local ( UAW Local 3 ), the plant management and lower supervision, and the Hamtramck city administration was dominated by older Polish-American workers.

It is sometimes confused with Poletown, a traditional Polish neighborhood, which used to lie mostly in the city of Detroit and includes a small part of Hamtramck.

Polish immigrants, residents of Hamtramck, and southeastern Michigan celebrate Fat Tuesday ( known locally as Pączki Day

In some areas of the United States with large Polish communities, such as Chicago, Buffalo, and the Detroit suburb of Hamtramck, Michigan, Pączki Day is celebrated with pączki-eating contests, music and other Polish food.

" Poletown " proper is the section immediately south of Hamtramck within the city of Detroit, but at one time had a strong and vibrant Polish neighborhood.

Poletown East is a neighborhood area of Detroit, Michigan bordering the enclave city of Hamtramck.

There is also Nichols Yard in Battle Creek, Tunnel Yard in Port Huron, Torrey Yard near Flint and East Yard near the Milwaukee Junction area in the Detroit enclave of Hamtramck.

Area code 313 is one of the original telephone area codes, serving the city of Detroit, Michigan, the city's innermost enclave cities ( Hamtramck and Highland Park ), and Dearborn, Redford and Grosse Pointe.