Ypsilanti (/ˌɪpsɪˈlænti/ IP-sil-AN-tee, sometimes mispronounced
/ˌjɪp-/ YIP-), 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 2010 census, the city's
population was 19,435. The city is bounded to the north by Superior
Township and on the west, south, and east by Ypsilanti
Township.Ypsilanti (/ˌɪpsɪˈlænti/ IP-sil-AN-tee, sometimes
mispronounced /ˌjɪp-/ YIP-), 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 2010 census, the
city's population was 19,435. 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, a hero in the Greek War
of Independence. 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. A bust of Demetrios Ypsilantis by Greek sculptor
Christopher Nastos stands between a Greek and a US flag at the base of
the landmark Ypsilanti Water Tower.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. Ypsilanti, Michigan Top Movies & Young Movies