One of the few U.S. cities named after a shopping center, per its first mayor Thomas J. Anderson source
Community character
Downriver suburb incorporated October 8, 1958 from one of the last pieces of Ecorse Township, named for the shopping center its first mayor saw as the region's south gate source
Southgate Civic Center Arena
City complex with two ice rinks and rentable community rooms source
Southgate Shopping Center site
The shopping center at Eureka and Trenton roads that gave the city its name at 1958 incorporation, chosen by first mayor Thomas J. Anderson source
Nine neighborhood parks, two community parks, and a softball and Little League site totaling 74.7 acres, grown from a single 36-acre park in 1949 source
Civic Center ice rinks
Community ice and hockey programs at the two-rink arena source
