Woodhaven is a suburb in southern Wayne County, Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 12,875. It is part of a collection of 18 suburban communities known as Downriver.Woodhaven remains well known as home to the Ford Stamping Plant.Allen and West Roads becomes a retail hubThe development of what is now the city's main retail area, centered on the intersection of Allen and West Roads, began with the 1971 opening of Kmart, two gas stations had already existed. By 1974, Long John Silver's and Pizza Hut had opened. A strip mall anchored by Kroger, along with a Dunkin' Donuts, had joined in by the end of the 1970s. Meijer opened in 1990, followed by Target in 1994 and Sears Hardware by the end of the 1990s. In the late 1990s, the Mobil Oil Refinery and canning site at the intersection was torn down and cleaned up. Between 2001 and 2005, it was replaced by Woodhaven Village Square, which includes Walmart, The Home Depot, Applebee's, and PetSmart.GeographyLandAccording to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.45sqmi, of which 6.39sqmi is land and 0.06sqmi is water.
