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Ypsilanti, Michigan
City
City of Ypsilanti
Images from top to bottom, left to right: Ypsilanti Water Tower, Depot
Town/Sidetrack Bar & Grill, Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum, Michigan
Firehouse Museum, and Eastern Michigan University's Starkweather Hall
Images from top to bottom, left to right: Ypsilanti Water Tower, Depot
Town/Sidetrack Bar & Grill, Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum, Michigan
Firehouse Museum, and Eastern Michigan University's Starkweather Hall
Flag of Ypsilanti, Michigan
Flag
Nickname(s): Ypsi, The Free Zone
Motto(s): "Pride. Diversity. Heritage."
Location of Ypsilanti within Michigan
Location of Ypsilanti within Michigan
Coordinates: 42�14'34?N 83�37'6?WCoordinates: 42�14'34?N 83�37'6?W
Country United States
State Michigan
County Washtenaw
First settled 1823
Incorporated village 1832
Incorporated city 1858
Government
� Mayor Amanda Edmonds
� City Manager Darwin Parks McClary
Area[1]
� Total 4.52 sq mi (11.71 km2)
� Land 4.33 sq mi (11.21 km2)
� Water 0.19 sq mi (0.49 km2)
Elevation 719 ft (219 m)
Population (2010)[2]
� Total 19,435
� Estimate (2017)[3] 21,076
� Density 4,300/sq mi (1,700/km2)
� Density 4,489.0/sq mi (1,733.2/km2)
Time zone Eastern Standard Time (UTC-5)
� Summer (DST) Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)
ZIP Code 48197, 48198
Area code(s) 734
FIPS code 26-89140[4]
GNIS feature ID 1616910[5]
Website cityofypsilanti.com
Ypsilanti (/??ps?'l�nti/ ip-si-LAN-tee; often mispronounced /?j?ps?'l�nti/ yip-si-
LAN-tee[6]), commonly shortened to Ypsi, is a city in Washtenaw County in the U.S.
state of Michigan, perhaps best known as the home of Eastern Michigan University.
As of the 2017 census, the city's population was 21,018. The city is bounded to the
north by Superior Township and on the west, south, and east by Ypsilanti Township.
Ypsilanti is located 6 miles (10 km) east of Ann Arbor and about 18 miles (29 km)
west of the Detroit city limits.

The geographic grid center of Ypsilanti is the intersection of the Huron River and
Michigan Avenue, the latter of which connects downtown Detroit, Michigan with
Chicago, Illinois, and through Ypsilanti is partially concurrent with U.S. Route 12
Business and M-17.
Contents
1 History
1.1 Early history
1.2 Automotive history
1.3 Political history
1.4 Timeline
2 Geography
3 Demographics
3.1 2010 census
3.2 2000 census
4 Nicknames
5 Education
5.1 K�12 education
5.2 Higher education
5.3 Linguist List
6 Sites of interest
7 Local media
8 Transportation
8.1 Highways
8.2 Other
9 Culture
9.1 Cultural history and attractions
9.2 In popular culture
10 Notable people
11 Sister cities
12 See also
13 References
14 Further reading
15 External links
History
Early history

Bust of Demetrios Ypsilantis at the Ypsilanti Water Tower

Originally a trading post established in 1809 by Gabriel Godfroy, a French-Canadian
fur trader from Montreal, a permanent settlement was established on the east side
of the Huron River in 1823 by Major Thomas Woodruff. It was incorporated into the
Territory of Michigan as the village Woodruff's Grove. A separate community a short
distance away on the west side of the river was established in 1825 under the name
"Ypsilanti", after Demetrios Ypsilantis, a hero in the Greek War of Independence.
[7] Woodruff's Grove changed its name to Ypsilanti in 1829, the year its namesake
effectively won the war for the Greek Independence at the Battle of Petra, with the
two communities eventually merging. A bust of Demetrios Ypsilantis by Greek
sculptor Christopher Nastos[8] stands between a Greek and a US flag at the base of
the landmark Ypsilanti Water Tower.

Automotive history
Ypsilanti has played an important role in the automobile industry. From 1920 to
1922, Apex Motors produced the "ACE" car. It was in Ypsilanti that Preston Tucker
(whose family owned the Ypsilanti Machine Tool Company) designed and built the
prototypes for his Tucker '48. Tucker's story was related in the film Tucker: The
Man and His Dream, directed by Francis Ford Coppola.

In 1945, Henry J. Kaiser and Joseph W. Frazer bought the nearby Willow Run B-24
Liberator bomber plant from Ford Motor Company, and started to make Kaiser and
Frazer model cars in 1947. The last Kaiser car made in Ypsilanti rolled off the
assembly line in 1953, when the company merged with Willys-Overland and moved
production to Toledo, Ohio. General Motors purchased the Kaiser Frazer plant, and
converted it into its Hydramatic Division (now called its Powertrain division),
beginning production in November 1953. The GM Powertrain Division ceased production
at this facility in 2010.

Ypsilanti is also the location of the last Hudson automobile dealership. Today, the
former dealership is the site of the Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Collection. The
museum is the home to an original Fabulous Hudson Hornet race car, which inspired
the character Doc Hudson in the 2006 Pixar animated film Cars.

Political history

Statue of Harriet Tubman in Ypsilanti, Michigan.

In the early 1970s, along with neighboring city of Ann Arbor, the citizens reduced
the penalty for the use and sale of marijuana to $5[9] (the Ypsilanti Marijuana
Initiative; see also the Human Rights Party). When Ypsilanti prosecuted a man
possessing 100 pounds (45 kg) of cannabis under state law, the defense argued he
should have been charged under Ypsilanti's ordinance. The trial judge declared the
ordinance's requirement that Ypsilanti prosecute only under city law unenforceable.
An appeal court upheld the trial judge's ruling. Later, Ypsilanti City Council,
using its power of codification, deleted the ordinance.[citation needed]

In 1979, Faz Husain was elected to the Ypsilanti city council, the first Muslim and
the first native of India to win elected office in Michigan.

In the 1990s Ypsilanti became the first city in Michigan to pass a living wage
ordinance.

In the late 1990s, the city adopted an ordinance to ban discrimination in housing,
employment and public accommodation on the basis of sexual orientation, gender
identity/transgender status, body weight (i.e., being obese or underweight). Two
ballot measures to repeal the ordinance were led and bankrolled by conservatives,
including Tom Monaghan. Both measures failed, the second by a larger percentage
than the first.[citation needed]

On July 23, 2007, Governor Jennifer Granholm announced that Ypsilanti, along with
the cities of Caro and Clio, was chosen by the Michigan State Housing Development
Authority (MSHDA) to take part in the Blueprints for Michigan's Downtowns program.
The award provides for an economic development consultant to assist Ypsilanti in
developing a growth and job creation strategy for the downtown area.[10]

Timeline
1809 � Trading post established by French-Canadian Gabriel Godfroy from Montreal
1823 � Village of Woodruff's Grove platted
1825 � April 21, Plat recorded under the name Ypsilanti
1827 � Ypsilanti Township organized
1832 � June 19, Woodruff's Grove re-organized and incorporated as the Village of
Ypsilanti
1849 � Eastern Michigan University founded as Michigan State Normal School
1858 � February 4, the Village of Ypsilanti reincorporated as a city
1890 � Michigan's first interurban, the Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti Street Railway,
begins service
1890 � The Ypsilanti Water Tower is completed
1929 � Miller Motors Hudson opens, it eventually becomes the last Hudson dealership
in the world[11]
1931 � McKenny Union opens as the first student union on the campus of a teachers'
college.[12]
1959 � Eastern Michigan becomes a university
1960 � Tom Monaghan founds Domino's Pizza as DomiNick's Pizza at 507 W. Cross St,
Ypsilanti.
1967 � Ypsilanti resident John Norman Collins is suspected of being the perpetrator
of the Michigan murders, a series of murders of coeds at the University of Michigan
and Eastern Michigan University. He was convicted in 1969, but of only one of the
murders.
1990 � Eastern Michigan University achieves its highest student enrollment of
26,000
1998 � The Michigan Firehouse Museum is established preserving a firehouse built in
1898.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.52
square miles (11.71 km2), of which 4.33 square miles (11.21 km2) is land and 0.19
square miles (0.49 km2) is water.[1] The Huron River flows through both the City of
Ypsilanti and the Charter Township of Ypsilanti.

Ypsilanti is located at 42.24�N 83.62�W, in the western reaches of the

Detroit/Windsor metropolitan area. Suburban development between Ypsilanti and Ann
Arbor, via Washtenaw Avenue and Packard Road, has been unbroken since the late
1960s. Downtown Ypsilanti and the surrounding neighborhoods are the site of many
historical homes, including kit homes by companies like Aladdin and Sears.

Demographics
Historical population
Census Pop. %�
1860 3,955 �
1870 5,471 38.3%
1880 4,984 -8.9%
1890 6,129 23.0%
1900 7,378 20.4%
1910 6,230 -15.6%
1920 7,413 19.0%
1930 10,143 36.8%
1940 12,121 19.5%
1950 18,302 51.0%
1960 20,957 14.5%
1970 29,538 40.9%
1980 24,031 -18.6%
1990 24,818 3.3%
2000 22,362 -9.9%
2010 19,435 -13.1%
Est. 2017 21,076 [3] 8.4%
Sources: United States Census[13] (1900�2000)
U.S. Census Bureau[14] (2009)
2010 census
As of the census[2] of 2010, there were 19,435 people, 8,026 households, and 2,880
families residing in the city. The population density was 4,488.5 inhabitants per
square mile (1,733.0/km2). There were 9,271 housing units at an average density of
2,141.1 per square mile (826.7/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 61.5% White,
29.2% African American, 0.6% Native American, 3.4% Asian, 1.1% from other races,
and 4.3% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.9% of the
population.

There were 8,026 households of which 18.4% had children under the age of 18 living
with them, 19.7% were married couples living together, 12.1% had a female
householder with no husband present, 4.0% had a male householder with no wife
present, and 64.1% were non-families. 42.9% of all households were made up of
individuals and 7.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The
average household size was 2.06 and the average family size was 2.92.

The median age in the city was 25 years. 14.1% of residents were under the age of
18; 35.8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25.3% were from 25 to 44; 16.6% were
from 45 to 64; and 8.3% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the
city was 49.7% male and 50.3% female.

2000 census
As of the census[4] of 2000, there were 22,362 people, 8,551 households, and 3,377
families residing in the city. The population density was 5,081.5 per square mile
(1,962.3/km2). There were 9,215 housing units at an average density of 2,094.0 per
square mile (808.6/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 61.40% White, 30.58%
African American, 0.44% Native American, 3.18% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 1.32%
from other races, and 3.01% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race
were 2.47% of the population. 13.6% were of German, 6.8% Irish, 6.4% English and
5.5% Polish ancestry according to Census 2000.

There were 8,551 households out of which 19.2% had children under the age of 18
living with them, 23.0% were married couples living together, 13.2% had a female
householder with no husband present, and 60.5% were non-families. 40.4% of all
households were made up of individuals and 6.2% had someone living alone who was 65
years of age or older. The average household size was 2.15 and the average family
size was 2.96.

In the city the population was spread out with 15.9% under the age of 18, 38.2%
from 18 to 24, 26.4% from 25 to 44, 12.4% from 45 to 64, and 7.0% who were 65 years
of age or older. The median age was 24 years. For every 100 females, there were
89.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.2 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $28,610, and the median income
for a family was $40,793. Males had a median income of $30,328 versus $26,745 for
females. The per capita income for the city was $16,692. About 16.9% of families
and 25.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 30.1% of those
under age 18 and 15.3% of those age 65 or over.

Nicknames
Ypsilanti is often shortened to "Ypsi," particularly in spoken conversation and
local/regional usage.

Because a large number of residents or their ancestors migrated from Appalachia,

certain neighborhoods (particularly on the far east side of the city and into
Ypsilanti Township) are sometimes called "Ypsitucky." Harriette Arnow's book The
Dollmaker, which was made into a film starring Jane Fonda, focused on the lives of
these "Ypsituckians."

Recently, the use of the term "Ypsitucky" has come under increased scrutiny due to
its historically derogatory connotation. In 2008, the issue was raised after a
dinner being held in Ann Arbor to honor Harriette Arnow was described as an
"Ypsitucky Supper" in some of the event organizer's media releases.[15][16] In
2009, planning began for the "Ypsitucky Jamboree," a new music festival celebrating
bluegrass music to be held in Ypsilanti in September 2009; this resulted in
objections from some area residents and some members of the City Council, leading
to renaming the event as simply "The Jamboree."[17][18][19]

Education
See also: Ypsilanti District Library
See also: HighScope
K�12 education
Ypsilanti Community Schools serve residents of the city, as well as parts of
Ypsilanti Township and Superior Township. Ypsilanti Public Schools and Willow Run
Community Schools merged to form a new, united district on July 1, 2013. Charter
schools in the city include Arbor Preparatory High School.
It also was the setting of a well known and long running High/Scope Perry Preschool
Study regarding the effects of early childhood education in children. The study
researched the effects of preschool on the later lives of low income children from
the area.[20]

Global Educational Excellence operates the Global Tech Academy (PreK-5) in nearby
Ypsilanti Township.[21][22]

Higher education

University Park on EMU campus.

A college town, Ypsilanti is home to Eastern Michigan University, founded in 1849
as Michigan State Normal School. Today, Eastern Michigan University has 17,500+
undergraduate and more than 4,800 graduate students.[23] As well, Ypsilanti is home
to Washtenaw Community College (WCC) sponsored off-site extension center.

Linguist List
Ypsilanti was also the home to the main editing site of the Linguist List, a major
online resource for the field of linguistics. It was mostly staffed by graduate
students who attend Eastern Michigan University and runs several database websites
and mailing lists.[24]

Sites of interest

The new addition to the historic building which houses the Michigan Firehouse
Museum was completed in the summer of 2002.
Ypsilanti has the second largest contiguous historic district in the state of
Michigan,[25] behind only the much larger city of Grand Rapids. The historic
district includes both downtown Ypsilanti, along Michigan Avenue, and the Depot
Town area adjacent to Frog Island Park and Riverside Park, which features many
specialty shops, bars and grills, and a farmers' market.

The Tridge is a three-way wooden footbridge under the Cross Street bridge over the
Huron River at 42.24561�N 83.61160�W. The Tridge connects Riverside Park, Frog
Island Park, and Depot Town.[26][27]

The Ypsilanti Water Tower, adjacent to the campus of Eastern Michigan University,
holds the unique distinction of being the winner of the Most Phallic Building
contest.

Starkweather Chapel, in Richardsonian Romanesque architectonic style, in Highland

Cemetery
Other sites of interest include:

Ypsilanti District Library

Ypsilanti Historical Museum (housed in a Victorian mansion built in 1860)
Automotive Heritage Museum
Michigan Firehouse Museum
Ypsilanti Water Tower (built in 1890)
Ypsilanti Food Co-op
Highland Cemetery
Pease Auditorium (on the campus of Eastern Michigan University)
Starkweather Hall, built in 1896 as a student religious center (currently housing
EMU Honors College)
Local media
Ypsilanti is served by daily newspapers from Detroit. Ypsilanti once had its own
daily newspaper, the Ypsilanti Press, but that paper closed June 28, 1994, after 90
years in business.[28] Upon closing, the Press sold its masthead, archives and
subscriber list to the Ann Arbor News, which then began publishing an Ypsilanti
edition. The Ann Arbor News ceased publication on July 23, 2009; it was replaced by
a new Internet-based news operation, AnnArbor.com, which also produces print
editions on Thursdays and Sundays. A weekly newspaper, the Ypsilanti Courier, is
published every Thursday by Heritage Media from their Saline, MI offices.

Local radio stations include:

WEMU FM (89.1 FM), a public radio station, which broadcasts jazz and blues music
and NPR news from Eastern Michigan University
WQBR (610 AM carrier-current and University Cable Channel 10), EMU's student-run
radio station
WDEO (990 AM), a Catholic religious radio station targeting the Detroit area
WSDS (1480 AM), licensed to nearby Salem and a former longtime country-music
station, now broadcasts Spanish-language popular music as "La Explosiva" and has
studios in Ypsilanti.
WAAM (1600 AM), a conservative Talk and News station serving Washtenaw County.
Broadcasting local talk, sports and music shows. Owned by First Broadcasting.
Transportation

Street map of Ypsilanti

Highways
I-94 bypasses the city to the south.
US 12 travels east to Detroit and west toward Chicago; it runs concurrently with
I-94 from exit 181 to the west of the city to exit 185 to the east of the city.
US 23 passes just west of the city.

Bus. US 12 is a loop route through downtown Ypsilanti.

M-17 connects Ypsilanti with nearby Ann Arbor.
Other
Willow Run Airport, located near Ypsilanti, serves a variety of freight and general
aviation air traffic. Major international freight carriers Kalitta Air and National
Airlines are based there, however there are no scheduled commercial flights. Willow
Run was once one of the Detroit area's major commercial airports, hosting
international flights to Europe, but all commercial traffic had switched to nearby
Detroit Metro Airport by 1967.
Amtrak's twice daily Wolverine service from Chicago to Pontiac passes through
Ypsilanti, but does not stop. Amtrak's last passenger train stopped in Ypsilanti in
1984. Amtrak and area leaders have said they are considering reinstating a stop at
Ypsilanti, however.[29]
The Border-to-Border Trail winds through Ypsilanti, linking the city to Ann Arbor
and (eventually) Dexter.
Culture

The Ypsilanti Water Tower and bust of Demetrios Ypsilantis.

Cultural history and attractions
Domino's Pizza was founded in Ypsilanti in 1960 near the campus of Eastern Michigan
University.

By 1963, Clara Owens established the Ypsilanti Greek Theater in Ypsilanti, Michigan
for the performance of Greek theater productions.

In 1966 the Ypsilanti Greek Theater opened at the EMU Baseball field. Bert Lahr and
Dame Judith Anderson starred in two productions, The Oresteia, a trilogy of Greek
tragedies written by Aeschylus and The Birds by playwright Aristophanes.

Since 1979, the city has become known for summer festivals in the part of the city
called "Depot Town", which is adjacent to both Riverside and Frog Island Parks
along the banks of the Huron River. Festivals include the annual Ypsilanti Heritage
Festival, Michigan ElvisFest, the Orphan Car Festival, the Michigan Brewers Guild
Summer Beer Festival, the former Frog Island Festival, and a Latino festival.

Painter Fay Kleinman moved to Ypsilanti in the late 1980s with her husband, pianist
Emanuel Levenson.

Overlooking Riverside Park is the non-profit Riverside Arts Center. Established in

1994 through the efforts of the Ypsilanti Downtown Development Authority and
several public spirited citizens, the Riverside boasts a 115-seat black box
theater, a sizable art gallery and some meeting rooms and offices. In 2006 the
adjacent DTE building was renovated with "Cool Cities Initiative" money and is in
the process of being incorporated into the center's activities.

In popular culture
It has been said that Ypsilanti is the Brooklyn to Ann Arbor's Manhattan.[30]
Comparable to the gentrification causing many artists, poets, musicians, and
hipsters to flee the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City to areas like
Bushwick, Brooklyn, nearby Ann Arbor has experienced massive increases in land
value and taxes over the last several decades. Despite Ann Arbor's reputation in
the region as a bohemian cultural center, many creative people have been driven out
of the city to Ypsilanti due to these changes. A vibrant, underground arts scene
has begun to emerge as a result.[31] This community gathered semiannually at the
juried Shadow Art Fair held at the Arbor Brewing Company Microbrewery,[32] which
has now evolved into DIYpsi.[33]
Milton Rokeach's 1964 psychiatric case study, The Three Christs of Ypsilanti,
inspired a stage play and two operas. Poet W. H. Auden described it as "a very
funny book ... about a hospital in which there are three gents, all of whom believe
themselves to be the Lord. Which is common enough, except in the case of one�who
had actually found a disciple!"[34]
Author Kurt Vonnegut has a chapter titled "A Sappy Girl From Ypsilanti" in his 2005
book A Man Without a Country.
The Ypsilanti City Council declared Lee Osler's "Back To Ypsilanti" the city's
official song in 1983.
Ypsilanti is the subject of Sufjan Stevens' song, "For The Widows in Paradise, For
The Fatherless in Ypsilanti", on his 2003 album Michigan.
A portrait of jazz guitarist Randy Napoleon, painted by his grandmother, Fay
Kleinman, is part of the permanent art collection of the Ypsilanti District
Library. Napoleon performed his first public gig as leader at the age of twelve
under a tent at the Ypsilanti Heritage Festival, an event sponsored by WEMU radio.
The Emmanuel Lutheran Church of Ypsilanti hosted filming for two days of the Movie
Stone, starring Robert De Niro. The funeral service and a few outside scenes were
filmed at the Church, with locals posing as extras.[35]
In the 2004 cartoon Superior Defender Gundam Force, in the intro for the eighth
episode "A Princess, A Cake, and A Winged Knight" a character named Shute goes on
to describe his hometown and claims it to be Ypsilanti, Michigan, shortly after he
says he was "just kidding" and introduces the city as Neotopia.
Notable people
Nickolas Ashford � songwriter and singer in the duo Ashford & Simpson[36]
Mike Bass � NFL player, defensive back for Detroit Lions (1967) and Washington
Redskins (1969�1975), scored touchdown in Super Bowl VII[37]
Walter Briggs Sr.�owner of Detroit Tigers 1919�1952, born in Ypsilanti
Byron M. Cutcheon � American Civil War general and U.S. Congressman[38]
Brandon Denson � professional Canadian Football League player who plays defensive
end for the Ottawa Redblacks[39]
Amy Devers � furniture designer and TV personality (Freeform Furniture, Designer
People, Trading Spaces, Fix This Yard, Home Made Simple)[40]
Adam Gase � Miami Dolphins head coach
Rodney Holman � NFL player, tight end for the Cincinnati Bengals (1982�1992), and
the Detroit Lions (1993�1995)[41]
Charles S. Kettles (born January 9, 1930) is a retired United States Army
lieutenant colonel and a Medal of Honor recipient.
Carolyn King � one of first girls to play Little League baseball; centerpiece of
landmark lawsuit in 1973 that led to Little League dropping boys-only policy[42]
Janae Marie Kroc � record-setting powerlifter and transgender model
Alfred Lucking � U.S. Congressman[43]
Russell C. Ostrander � former mayor of Lansing and Chief Justice of the Michigan
Supreme Court[44]
Frank Owen � pitcher for 1906 World Series champion Chicago White Sox
Lowell Perry � NFL football player, first African American hired to be assistant
coach in the NFL
Iggy Pop - rock star, "Godfather of Punk" - grew up in the Coachville trailer park,
lot 963423, on Carpenter Road in Pittsfield Township (near Ypsilanti) during his
teenage years at the start of his music career.[45]
Charles Ramsey � former Eastern Michigan Eagles men's basketball head coach; he
played on the YHS baseball, basketball and football teams[46]
Victor Roache � left fielder for Milwaukee Brewers
Don Schwall � former MLB player (Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, Atlanta
Braves)[47]
Ryan Shay (1979�2007) � long distance runner
Bob Sutton � defensive coordinator for NFL's Kansas City Chiefs, New York Jets;
head coach for Army 1991�99
Marie Tharp (1920�2006) � geologist who pioneered understanding of plate tectonics
and continental drift
Edwin F. Uhl � mayor of Grand Rapids, ambassador, U.S. Secretary of State
Shara Worden � lead singer and songwriter for My Brightest Diamond[48]
Sister cities
Greece Nafplio, Greece
See also
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Further reading
Beakes, Samuel Willard (1906). Past and present of Washtenaw County, Michigan.
Chicago: The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co. (1906)
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