New Baltimore MI Homes & Real Estate

New Baltimore is a city in Macomb County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 12,117 at the 2020 census. New Baltimore is a northern suburb of Metro Detroit and is located along the northern shores of Lake St. Clair.

New Baltimore incorporated as a village in 1867 and as a city in 1931. Previously, it was split between Macomb and St. Clair counties; however, in the 1970s, the city was able to petition to adjust the county boundaries such that it would align with the city's eastern border. This placed New Baltimore completely in Macomb County, where it remains to this day. The town sits on the waterfront along Lake St. Clair's Anchor Bay, and offers a public park, beach, and downtown-shopping district.

Prior to the arrival of European settlers, indigenous tribes are known to have inhabited much of New Baltimore’s shoreline for thousands of years, and in the 1800’s the land was recorded to have many ancient burial mounds and man made earth-works. W.B Hinsdale excavated multiple sites in New Baltimore, and recorded his countless findings in his novels in the early 20th century. Most of these locations have long been destroyed by treasure hunters and developed over, with an unfortunate though seemingly familiar lack of regard to the public’s knowledge of the cities vast history with indigenous tribes.

German explorer Pierre Yax (b.1763) in Grosse Pointe, New France (now Michigan) was the first recorded non-Native American in the New Baltimore area. Pierre Yax was a son of Johan Michael Jacks, the first German in what would eventually become the state of Michigan. Pierre Yax arrived in New Baltimore in 1796 and subsequently obtained a land grant signed by President John Quincy Adams on July 23, 1826. The land grant tracked back to a land patent Yax had in 1812, when Michigan was still part of the Michigan Territory.

Later, other French settlers came to this area and took residence along the waterfront and rivers. They developed farms that had narrow frontage of 400 of 900 feet and extended inland from the water. Generally, the depth of the parcel was determined by how far a man could plow or cultivate in a day.

The first evidence of a settled community came in 1845, when a Mount Clemens businessman, Alfred Ashley, platted 60 acres (24 ha) of land lying on both sides of Washington Street. This would become known as the village of Ashley. On September 20, 1851, a post office called Ashleyville was established with Ashley as postmaster. Ashley also opened businesses in lumbering, shipping, and real estate. The original village of Ashley occupied what is now the center part of downtown New Baltimore, extending northwest along Clay, Base and Maria Streets from Anchor Bay. The land was subdivided in the typical gridiron fashion used in most American communities at that time. Over the years, irregularities developed in the gridiron subdivision pattern because of the lack of local controls, conflicts with French claims, and changing land uses, particularly along the waterfront area. This created problems in both subdivision patterns in general and waterfront use in particular that remain today. This original settlement bore Ashley's name until 1867, when the village name was changed to New Baltimore.

Throughout its history, New Baltimore has been linked to the regional economy by virtue of the city's access to the waterfront and the region's transportation network. In its early years, New Baltimore took advantage of its waterfront location to operate port facilities exporting agriculture and manufacturing products to other communities. The area was known for the manufacturing of barrels, brooms, bricks, coffins, corsets, and creamery products. Lumber products and building materials were shipped by boat from the local mills. Development was heavily oriented to the waterfront, where shipping piers extended a hundred or more feet into the lake.

As automobile transportation increased in importance and travel patterns changed, so did the development of the city. Goods were no longer shipped by water and the waterfront slowly changed. Between 1860 and 1880, New Baltimore changed from a strong manufacturing and exporting community to a thriving community in Macomb County with many resort activities and well-known commercial establishments. The community was a popular getaway spot for Metro Detroiters and boasted an opera house, hotels, salt baths (which nearby city of Mount Clemens was famous for in the late 19th and early 20th centuries), summer and winter recreational activities, saloons, a brewery and numerous resort and commercial establishments. The city was in the path of a steam locomotive line that ran between Detroit and Port Huron in the late 19th century. As technology changed, the city constructed an electricity plant to accommodate inter-urban passenger trains, which lasted until the mid-1920s. Today, access to the city is provided via Interstate 94. The historic New Baltimore water tower was demolished in the summer of 2015 and raised in the park to take it's place was the State's tallest flag. The flagpole stands at 160 feet tall on the shores of Anchor Bay at Walter and Mary Burke Park. The New Baltimore Lions Club raised more than $100,000 to have the flagpole installed with the intention of creating a landmark for boaters after the city’s historic water tower was demolished. A dedication ceremony took place in October 2016.

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New Baltimore December 11, 2023
32
Listed
76
Avg. DOM
$193.76
Avg. $ / Sq.Ft.
$574,900
Med. List Price
32 Properties
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$209,900
Neighborhood: Aspen Glen Condo
2
Beds
2
Baths
1,400
Sq.Ft.
2001
Year Built
1
Day on Site
58050129535
MLS
$599,900
Neighborhood: Windridge Estates
4
Beds
3F11/2
Baths
2,520
Sq.Ft.
2024
Year Built
4
Days on Site
20230102608
MLS
$599,900
Neighborhood: Windridge Estates Sub
4
Beds
3F11/2
Baths
2,520
Sq.Ft.
2024
Year Built
4
Days on Site
58050129421
MLS
$375,000
Neighborhood: Presidential Village
4
Beds
2F11/2
Baths
2,265
Sq.Ft.
2001
Year Built
4
Days on Site
58050129437
MLS
$355,000
Neighborhood: Covington Park Sub No 1
4
Beds
2F11/2
Baths
2,036
Sq.Ft.
2000
Year Built
5
Days on Site
20230095007
MLS
$185,900
Neighborhood: Original Town New Baltimore
4
Beds
2
Baths
2,300
Sq.Ft.
1900
Year Built
6
Days on Site
58050129272
MLS
$154,900
Neighborhood: Franklin Place
2
Beds
1F11/2
Baths
1,081
Sq.Ft.
1988
Year Built
7
Days on Site
58050129138
MLS
$574,900
Neighborhood: Windridge Estates
4
Beds
3F11/2
Baths
2,863
Sq.Ft.
2024
Year Built
7
Days on Site
20230101865
MLS
$574,900
Neighborhood: Windridge Estates Sub
4
Beds
3F11/2
Baths
2,863
Sq.Ft.
2024
Year Built
7
Days on Site
58050129201
MLS
$650,000
Neighborhood: Lagae Sub
5
Beds
3
Baths
2,729
Sq.Ft.
1976
Year Built
11
Days on Site
58050128953
MLS
$425,000
Neighborhood: Harbor Creek Sub
4
Beds
2F11/2
Baths
2,441
Sq.Ft.
2000
Year Built
17
Days on Site
58050128551
MLS
$324,900
Neighborhood: Covington Park Sub 1
3
Beds
2F11/2
Baths
2,092
Sq.Ft.
2001
Year Built
27
Days on Site
58050127949
MLS