Oak Park officially became a city on October 30, 1945 when the state of Michigan accepted the city charter.
Planned developments in the late 1950s resulted in Oak Park being named "America's Fastest Growing City" at
one point. Major civic improvements in this period included the addition of an outdoor swimming pool and an
ice rink in Major Park (now known as Shepherd Park, after former mayor David Shepherd, but long known informally
as Oak Park Park).
Oak Park is home to six of the steel and ceramic houses built by the Lustron company in the early 1950s,
which provided an inexpensive type of shelter for servicemen returning from World War II. They can be found on
Oneida St., just North of 9 Mile road.
Oak Park grew into a quiet city of one-story houses, sidewalks, trees, and backyards. For many years it has had the feeling of a small town, even though it borders the city of Detroit and several of its larger suburbs.
Click to view quick links to local weather, movies, and more | Faith United Methodist Church | |
| 23880 Scotia Rd (248) 542-8861 |
| First Baptist Church | |
| 24201 Coolidge Hwy (248) 398-0770 |
| God's People United Church | |
| 22011 Coolidge Hwy (248) 341-2072 |
| Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church | |
| 13500 Oak Park Blvd (248) 545-2310 |
| Restoration Fellowship Church of God in Christ | |
| 13400 Capital St (248) 546-3047 |
Synagogues
| Congregation Beth Shalom
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| 14601 Lincoln St (248) 547-7970 |
| Congregation B'Nai Israel Beth'Yehudah | |
| 15400 W 10 Mile Rd (248) 967-3969 |
| Congregation Yeshiva Gedolah | |
| 24600 Greenfield Rd (248) 968-3360 |
| Machon L'Torah | |
| 15221 W 10 Mile Rd (248) 967-5389 |
| Temple Emanu-El | |
| 14450 W 10 Mile Rd (248) 967-4020 |