Ypsilanti (Michigan)

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Ypsilanti
Nickname : Ypsi, Ypsitucky
Historic East Cross Street Depot
Historic East Cross Street Depot
Location in Michigan
Ypsilanti (Michigan)
Ypsilanti
Ypsilanti
Basic data
Foundation : 1823
State : United States
State : Michigan
County : Washtenaw County
Coordinates : 42 ° 15 ′  N , 83 ° 37 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 15 ′  N , 83 ° 37 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 22,362 (as of: 2000)
Population density : 1,961.6 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 11.7 km 2  (about 5 mi 2 ) of
which 11.4 km 2  (about 4 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 219 m
Postcodes : 48197, 48198
Area code : +1 734
FIPS : 26-89140
GNIS ID : 1616910
Website : cityofypsilanti.com
Mayor : Paul Schreiber
Statue of Dimitrios Ypsilanti in Ypsilanti

Ypsilanti [ɪpsɨˈlænti] is a city in Washtenaw County in the US state of Michigan .

It lies at the crossing of Michigan Avenue on the Huron River about 7.5 km from the the county seat ( the county seat ) Ann Arbor and west of 60 km around Detroit area. 19,435 inhabitants (as of 2010) live on a total area of ​​11.7 km², which results in a population density of 1,698 inhabitants / km².

Surname

The place was named after Dimitrios Ypsilantis , a participant in the Greek Revolution , which took place from 1821 to 1829.

history

In 1809 the place was founded as a trading post. Since 1823, the place was inhabited year-round under the name Woodruff's Grove. In 1825 the town of Ypsilanti was founded nearby. Woodruff's Grove and Ypsilanti merged in 1829 under the name Ypsilanti. In 1849 the Michigan State Normal School (today: Eastern Michigan University ) was founded. In 1890, the tram connection between Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor was opened as the first city-wide tram line.

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1930 10.143 -
1940 12.121 19.5%
1950 18.302 51%
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%

economy

Ypsilanti's economy was shaped by the automotive industry. Between 1920 and 1922, ACE brand cars were produced by Apex Motors . The Ypsilanti Machine Tool Company of Preston Tucker developed the prototype of the "Tucker Torpedo cars". This story was processed by Francis Ford Coppola in the film Tucker: The Man and His Dream .

In 1945 Henry J. Kaiser and Joseph W. Frazer acquired Ypsilanti's Willow Run, where the B-24 Liberator bombers were built, and began production of Kaiser and Frazer cars in 1947. In 1953 the company merged with Willys-Overland and production was stopped at the Ypsilanti site. General Motors took over the production facilities and since then has been producing automatic transmissions in the “Willow Run Assembly Plant” as the “Powertrain division”, formerly “Hydra-Matic division”. GM Powertrain also has a development center at the Ypsilanti site, which is gradually being relocated to the new development center in Pontiac (Michigan) .

research

Eastern Michigan University psychologist Milton Rokeach published his book The Three Christs of Ypsilanti based on an experiment in 1959 in which he placed three psychiatric patients who all believed themselves to be Jesus facing each other in a room.

In 1962, school psychologist David P. Weikart started the High / Scope Perry Preschool Project .

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Ypsilanti, Michigan  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

swell

  1. ↑ Benjamin Maack: Breakthroughs of the Crazy ; one day . Spiegel-Online, January 19, 2010
  2. ↑ Reto U. Schneider : The experiment - my name is Joseph Cassel. I am God. In: NZZ Folio 12/2003
  3. ↑ Arno Frank : Crazy Experiment - Three Jesuses meet. In: one day , Spiegel Online from November 2, 2012