A sawmill operator's name outlasted a Moulin Rouge post office
The Inkster area was settled by non-indigenous residents in 1825 and grew as a farming community after its 1836 founding. Robert Inkster, a Shetland-born sawmill operator who received U.S. citizenship in 1853, ran a steam-powered mill on present-day Inkster Road near Michigan Avenue starting in the early 1860s. A post office opened there in December 1857 under the name "Moulin Rouge," renamed "Inkster" in July 1863; the community incorporated as a city in 1963. Inkster also sold land to Henry Ford in Highland Park, and during the Depression, Ford's Sociological Department helped Inkster workers with home repairs and built a commissary, medical center, and school in the community.
The oldest pipe generation of the eight towns we serve
Inkster's median home construction year is 1957 — the oldest of any town in our service area — and its housing stock leans heavily on small bungalows, ranch houses, and Colonial Revivals built for the Ford-era workforce. That vintage makes original galvanized supply lines and clay sewer laterals a routine find rather than an exception, and any plumbing scope here should start by assuming older infrastructure until proven otherwise.
Plumbing project paths in Inkster
Before you request a plumbing quote in Inkster
Mention any renovations already done by a previous owner — Inkster's older housing stock has seen decades of partial updates, and knowing what's already been replaced versus original helps scope a repair or repipe accurately.