Hazel Park is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As a allowance of Metro Detroit, the city shares its southern attach with the city of Detroit. As of the 2010 census, the population was 16,422.

Hazel Park was incorporated as a city in 1941 and bills itself as The Friendly City. From 1949 to 2018, it was the site of the Hazel Park Raceway, considered a high-quality capacity originally used for both Thoroughbred and Standardbred racing. From 1985 on, the track ran isolated harness races. After 1996, it in addition to provided simulcasts of races year circular from across North America, with betting allowed on these races at the track facilities.

This Place was long occupied by original peoples, with such historic and current tribes as the Potawatomi and others known to European fur traders and colonists from the 17th century.

In the far ahead 19th century, as westward migration increased from the eastern United States to the Great Lakes territories, this Place was settled by European Americans. They first developed it for agriculture. In October 1882, a help of farmers gathered to organize the community’s first school. They built a one-room scholastic in 1883 and well along expanded it to two rooms. In 1884, John W. Benjamine petitioned the confess of Michigan to form a school district from Royal Oak Township. Benjamine, who was School Inspector for Royal Oak Township, named it Hazel Park School District 8, after the abundant hazelnut bushes in the area.