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Historical Markers in Sterling Heights, Michigan

 
Clickable Map of Macomb County, Michigan and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Macomb County, MI (174) Lapeer County, MI (42) Oakland County, MI (501) St. Clair County, MI (144) Wayne County, MI (598)  MacombCounty(174) Macomb County (174)  LapeerCounty(42) Lapeer County (42)  OaklandCounty(501) Oakland County (501)  St.ClairCounty(144) St. Clair County (144)  WayneCounty(598) Wayne County (598)
Mount Clemens is the county seat for Macomb County
Sterling Heights is in Macomb County
Macomb County (174)  ►
ADJACENT TO MACOMB COUNTY
Lapeer County (42)  ►
Oakland County (501)  ►
St. Clair County (144)  ►
Wayne County (598)  ►
Lambton County, Ontario (40)  ►
 
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1 ► Michigan, Macomb County, Sterling Heights — S309 — Holcombe Beach
On Dodge Park Road 0.3 miles north of Metropolitan Parkway, on the right when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
Near this site in 1961 archaeologists from the Aboriginal Research Club and the University of Michigan uncovered evidence of an early Paleo-Indian settlement. Here about 11,000 years ago these first prehistoric dwellers in the Great Lakes region . . . — — Map (db m234999) HM
2 ► Michigan, Macomb County, Sterling Heights — S309 — Holcombe Beach —
On Dodge Park Road 0.2 miles north of Metropolitan Parkway (16 Mile Road), on the right when traveling north.
More than 10,000 years ago, people began living on the land we now call Michigan. They arrived after the last glaciers retreated. Caribou, mastodons, mammoths and other animals roamed the plains and marshes in a cool, wet climate. Anishinaabek . . . — — Map (db m256480) HM
3 ► Michigan, Macomb County, Sterling Heights — In Memory of James Nelson — Lifetree —
Near 15 Mile Road 0.4 miles east of Dequindre Road.
This sculpture memorializes Sterling Heights Firefighter James Nelson, last alarm March 26, 1983. This sculpture, Lifetree, symbolizes changes and growth over time and how life can change in an instant. The warm colors of the glass represent . . . — — Map (db m271478) HM
4 ► Michigan, Macomb County, Sterling Heights — In Memory of Leroy H. Imus — Lifetree —
On Creekside Court west of Dodge Park Road, in the median.
This sculpture memorializes Sterling Heights Police Officer Leroy H. Imus — Badge Number 21, end of watch Dec. 2, 1971. This sculpture, Lifetree, symbolizes changes and growth over time and how life can change in an instant. The . . . — — Map (db m274065) HM
5 ► Michigan, Macomb County, Sterling Heights — L1127 — Upton House —
On Utica Road at Dodge Park Road, on the right when traveling south on Utica Road.
Constructed in 1866-67, the William Upton House is one of the oldest surviving nineteenth-century brick dwellings in Sterling Heights. Italianate in style, the house features a reconstructed open porch topped by a second story balustrade, a . . . — — Map (db m79392) HM
 
 
 
 
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Oct. 12, 2026