Tourism in Livonia, Michigan    

Quick Summary: Livonia is a city in the suburbs of Detroit. It was named after Livonia in New York and Pennsylvania, which in turn drew the name from Livonia in Latvia and Estonia. There are several traditional neighborhoods in the city. In 1835, when the borders were first recorded in legislature, the woodlands had been cleared and dairy farms and orchards established. It remained rural for more than a century. In the 1940s General Motors set up factories in the area and in 1949, a race track was built. In order to benefit from the revenues from the race track, Livonia became a city in 1950.