Attractions

Automotive Heritage Collection

Historic Depot Town

Michigan Antique Fire Museum

Miller Motors Hudson Collection

Yankee Air Museum

Ypsilanti Historic Museum

Businesses

Target.com

Verizon Wireless

Wal-Mart

Community Information

Ypsilanti Visitor's Bureau

Genealogy

Family & Local Histories Information

View Original Census Records

Golf Courses

Eagle Crest Golf Club

Green Oaks

Hickory Woods

Pine View

Local History

Site of the Indian trading post of Gabriel Godfroy from 1809  - 1820.  John Steward settled here in 1824 and with Judge Augustus Brevoort Woodward, of Detroit, platted the village, which they and Mr. Harwood recorded on April 21, 1825; at a meeting held to decide upon a permanent name, Judge Woodward suggested that of the Greek war of independence hero, General Demetrius Ypsilanti.

Issac Powers became the first postmaster of February 13, 1826.  It was in Wayne County until Washtenaw was organized in 1829.  Incorporated as a village in 1832 and as a city in 1858.

Informational excerpts from Michigan Place Names, by Walter Romig, L.H.D.

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