1825: Ypsilanti was given its name

The settlement at "Woodruff's Grove" moved north up the Huron River to a new spot. It was better place for a village because the road to be built between Detroit and Chicago would run right through. Leaders named their new village "Ypsilanti" after a famous Greek general, Demetrius Ypsilanti.

Here is the original 1825 map of the village of Ypsilanti. Can you see the Huron River?