Question #152290. Asked by
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Last updated Nov 22 2025.
Originally posted Nov 22 2025 4:00 PM.
Ypsilanti is a city in Michigan named after Demetrios Ypsilantis, a hero in the Greek War of Independence, showing the universal meaning of the Greek uprising against the Ottoman Empire and its values. The city, established in 1825, shows that the revolutionary spirit of Demetrios Ypsilantis was an inspiration far beyond the Balkans. Ypsilanti, commonly shortened to Ypsi, is a city in Washtenaw County, Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the city's population was 20,648. The city is bounded to the north by Superior Township and on the west, south and east by Ypsilanti Township.
Originally a trading post established in 1809 by 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. Woodruff's Grove changed its name to Ypsilanti in 1829, the year its namesake effectively won the war for Greek Independence at the Battle of Petra, with the two communities eventually merging.
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