Biohazard and Crime Scene Remediation in Gibraltar, MI

Gibraltar was first settled as early as 1811 and was platted on March 14, 1837, by trustees of the Gibralter and Flat Rock Company.

The community's name was spelled Gibralter for more than six decades before the spelling was officially corrected to Gibraltar on December 19, 1900.

Gibraltar was originally part of Brownstown Township; it incorporated as a village in 1954 and became an independent city in 1961.

Gibraltar is a Downriver suburb of Detroit on the Detroit River, roughly 22 miles southwest of downtown Detroit, where the river flows out of Lake Erie.

The 2020 census counted 4,997 people in Gibraltar, living in 2,127 households, up from 4,656 people in 2010.

The Wyandot people used Gibraltar as their Head Village, the seat of their Council House and International Council Fires.

Humbug Marsh, which straddles the Gibraltar and Trenton city line, is part of the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge, the only international wildlife refuge in North America.

Humbug Marsh was designated a Wetland of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention in 2010 - Michigan's first Ramsar site - and it preserves the last mile of natural shoreline on the United States mainland side of the Detroit River.

According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Humbug Marsh provides habitat for 51 species of fish, 154 species of birds, and dozens of species of plants, reptiles and dragonflies.

The Gibraltar School District operates Carlson High School, Shumate Middle School and Parsons Elementary School within the city.