Romulus, Michigan
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Romulus City. It lies in ZIP code area 48174. It stands on Post Drain. The Survey maps it on the Belleville quadrangle. 25,178 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 659 feet above sea level.
On record in Romulus
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Marwood Apartmentslisted 2019 · 0.3 miles away
Saint Rita Apartmentslisted 2017 · 0.5 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresRomulus grew from 23,989 to 25,178 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 23,989 | |
| 2020 | 25,178 | +1,189 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1906 USGS Romulus quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1928 USGS Romulus quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:31680
- 1942 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1985 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
42 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Romulus between 2018 and 2020, burning about 41 acres in total. 6 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ROMULUS FD 0003182 - 2019 |
| 8 August 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BELLEVILLE FD 250 - 2020 |
| 7 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HURON TOWNSHIP FD 191022 - 2019 |
| 4 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ROMULUS FD 0003111 - 2019 |
| 23 August 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HURON TOWNSHIP FD 18884 - 2018 |
| 9 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WESTLAND FD 0001177 - 2018 |
| 3 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WESTLAND FD 0001124 - 2018 |
| 20 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ROMULUS FD 0002914 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Romulus: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cadillac Sands Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Redman Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
27 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Romulus in 27 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 20 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romulus | $15,000 | Numerous downed power lines reported. |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romulus | $10,000 | A roof collapsed due to high winds. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romulus | $5,000 | Multiple trees blown down. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romulus | $1,000 | Trained spotters reported the windows blown out of the County Road Commission building. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romulus | - | Trees observed down on the road. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romulus | - | Large trees reported blown down. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romulus | - | Measured gusts at Detroit Metro Airport. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romulus | - | Two large tree branches reported down. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romulus | - | Six inch diameter tree limbs reported down. |
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romulus | - | Wires reported down. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romulus | - | Measured at Detroit Metro Airport. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romulus | - | Large tree limbs were blown across I-275 and I-94. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romulus | - | A power pole fell onto a car. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romulus | - | Local media reported trees blown down. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romulus | - | A trained spotter estimated a 70 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romulus | - | A trained weather spotter estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romulus | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romulus | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Romulus | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romulus | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Romulus | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Romulus | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Romulus | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Romulus | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Romulus | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Romulus | - | no account filed |
| September 1994 | Hail | Romulus | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| French Landing | 2.4 miles | 19 | |
| Wayne | 4.1 miles | 20 | |
| New Boston | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Belleville North | 4.5 miles | 19 | |
| Sunnyside | 4.8 miles | 20 | |
| Belleville | 4.8 miles | 19 | |
| Roulo | 5.1 miles | 19 | |
| Norwayne | 5.2 miles | 20 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Romulus | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1544846 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 636147. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.










