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Ecorse
GENERAL INFORMATION
City Hall: 3869 W. Jefferson Ave., Ecorse, MI 48229; 1-313-386-2520
Origin of name:
Ecorse is the oldest Downriver community. The original "ribbon farms" granted by Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac to French pioneers extended from above Lake St. Clair to the Ecorse River. The village, which later became Ecorse, first was called "Grand Port." It was established on a Wyandot Indian site and burial ground at the close of the War of 1812. The eventual name, Ecorse, came from its location at the mouth of a little stream known to the French as "Riviere Aux Echorches" (Bark River) because of the number of birch trees along the banks where Indians made their canoes and wigwams.
Area:
2.7 square miles
Population:
10,896
Major employer:
U.S. Steel-Great Lakes Works
Web Address: www.city-ecorse.org
CITY OFFICIALS
Interim Mayor: Darcel Brown; 1-313-386-3371
Clerk: Robin Underwood; 1-313-386-2520
Treasurer: Doris Young; 1-313-294-3715
Council: Darcel Brown (mayor pro tem), Brenda Banks, Nathaniel Elem, Robert Hellar, John Miller Jr. and Stacy Wheeler; 1-313-386-2410
(Terms of all elected officials will expire in 2011.)
CITY DEPARTMENTS
Emergency Financial Manager: Joyce Parker; 1-313-386-3371
Public Safety Director: Vacant; 1-313-381-0900
Assessor: Robert Hellar; 1-313-386-2400
Building: James Hill; 1-313-386-3636
City Attorney: Sequara Henry; 1-313-294-3728
Constables: Kevin Burgess and John Miller
Public Works: Vacant; 1-313-386-2410
Recreation: William Childress; 1-313-598-4766
