Livonia is a city in the northwest part of Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Livonia is a very large suburb with an array of traditional neighborhoods connected to the metropolitan area by freeways. The population was 96,942 at the 2010 census, making it Michigan's 9th largest municipality. The municipality is a part of Metro Detroit, and located approximately 13 miles northwest from downtown Detroit, and less than two miles from the western city limits of Detroit . First settled by pioneers from New England and New York, an act by the Legislature of the Territory of Michigan... established the borders of Livonia Township on March 17, 1835. The settlers brought with them the name "Livonia", a name that had already been given to Livonia, New York, Livonia, Pennsylvania and a region of the Baltic Sea named Livonia in present day Estonia and Latvia, from which many early settlers came. Livonia was incorporated into a city on May 23, 1950, by vote of the citizens of the township.
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| County: | Wayne County |
| State: | Michigan |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Population: | 96,942 |
| Area: | 35.8 sq. mi. |
| Time zone: | North American Eastern Time Zone |
| Also known as: | Livonia, Michigan, Wayne County / Livonia city |