MOUNT CLEMENS

city, seat (1818) of Macomb county, southeastern Michigan, U.S. It lies along the Clinton River, near the latter's mouth on Lake St. Clair, immediately northeast of Detroit. The site's permanent settlement dates from 1795, and Christian Clemens laid out the town in 1818. Cooperage and glassmaking were early economic activities, and since 1873 local sulfurous health springs have attracted bathers. Mount Clemens is noted for its pottery and is one of the nation's largest producers of roses under glass. At Grand Trunk Station, the young Thomas Edison first learned telegraphy. The Center Campus of Macomb Community College (1954) is located in the city. Inc. village, 1851; city, 1879. Pop. (1991 est.) 18,548.