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Organizations & communities / Oakland County

Oakland County

The county of Detroit's northern suburbs: Michigan's second-most populous, with Pontiac as county seat and Troy its largest city.

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Oakland County covers Detroit's northern suburbs, from Ferndale and Royal Oak to Troy, Birmingham and the lake country beyond. With 1,274,395 residents in 2020 it's Michigan's second-most populous county; Pontiac is the county seat and Troy the largest city. County Executive David Coulter leads the government, which handles property records, courts and elections and puts on the Oakland County Fair in Davisburg.

  1. Michigan's second-most populous county
  2. Seat: Pontiac; largest city: Troy
  3. Oakland County Fair in Davisburg
  4. Property records, courts and elections

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