Southgate

Southgate is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan . The population was 30,136 at the 2000 census .

Southgate was the last city to incorporate from the former Ecorse Township , gaining city status in October 1958. The city is bounded by Goddard Road to the north, M-85 /Fort Street on the east, Pennsylvania Road to the south, and Allen Road to the west.

Southgate currently houses the headquarters of The News-Herald , a local Downriver newspaper which covers over twenty surrounding communities. During the late 1950s and 1960s, The Southgate Sentinel, a Mellus newspaper, was published.

The city of Southgate also features the Splash Park/Downriver YMCA (also called Southgate Fun & Fitness Centre), as well as the Michigan headquarters for the Sonic Drive-In fast food restaurant chain.

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