West Bloomfield Township is a charter township in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township had a population of 64,860.

West Bloomfield is noted as the "lake township of Oakland County," being heavily dotted with small and medium-sized lakes. The small amount of land left to build on has become prime real estate in the Metro Detroit area. Cass Lake, the largest lake in the county, is in part of West Bloomfield, and Pine Lake, which has a private country club on its shores, is only a few miles away from Cass and is completely within West Bloomfield. Orchard Lake, which is surrounded by the city of Orchard Lake Village, is immediately west of Pine Lake. Several smaller lakes are scattered around these larger ones.

Orchard Lake Road runs north-south through the middle of the township and is the main artery of West Bloomfield's economy, flanked on each side by long strip malls and shopping complexes.
West Bloomfield is home to a branch of the Jewish Community Center (which in turn, has a Holocaust Memorial that attracts many visitors to its programs and exhibits). Recently Shenandoah Golf Course has been turned into the Chaldean Community Center.

West Bloomfield has borders with: Bloomfield Township to its east, Farmington Hills to its south, Commerce Township to its west, and three communities to its north: Waterford Township, Orchard Lake Village, Keego Harbor, and Sylvan Lake.

West Bloomfield was mentioned in the 2005 movie, The Upside of Anger.


History

On April 22, 1823, Bloomfield Township was divided in two and the western portion was called West Bloomfield. The area was spotted with apple orchards throughout much of the 1800s. In fact, the plentiful apple trees located on an island in one lake, led to the naming of the body of waters as "Orchard Lake", and the aforementioned island as "Apple Island."



Notable People From West Bloomfield