The City of Northville has retained its Victorian charm with many historic homes, old-fashioned street lamps and benches, and renovated landmarks including the four-sided town clock (pictured above), specialty shops and an old-fashioned ice cream parlor.

Northville has done a remarkable job of preserving its landmarks. Mill Race Historical Village is just a short walk from downtown. Here, on eleven acres of land donated by the Ford Motor Company in 1972, the Northville Historical Society has gathered historic buildings from the area and restored them into a living museum. Other popular nearby landmarks are the Northville water wheel and duck pond on the grounds of the old Ford valve plant and the Northville well that still supplies refreshing, cold well water to passers-by.

Although the scenic hills of Northville Township have attracted considerable residential development, the township has retained its natural beauty and rural character. There are several pretty lakes including Silver Springs Lake, the only natural lake in all of Wayne County. Here also is the beginning - or end - of Wayne County's Edward Hines park which runs along the Rouge River.

The Northville community is dedicated to being a charming, attractive place to live and achieves this goal by maintaining its small town heritage and surrounding scenic wealth.