Michigan
SE Michigan
Washtenaw County

Dexter

Dexter is a village of 4,700 people in , . Named for local judge Samuel William Dexter, the village was first settled in 1825; today, it's a popular destination for its quaint downtown surrounding the village green, and the locally-renowned Dexter Cider Mill.
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  • Type: Village with 4,500 residents
  • Description: city in Michigan, United States
  • Also known as: “Dexter, MI” and “Dexter, Michigan”
  • Postal code: 48130

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dexter–Huron Metropark and Dexter High School.

Park
Photo: Deedeebee, CC BY 3.0.
is a 122-acre park on the Huron River in the Huron-Clinton system of metro parks. The park has three picnic areas, a children's play area, a softball diamond, fishing, and canoe launching.

School building
Photo: Deedeebee, CC BY 3.0.
is a public high school located in , , with a Dexter postal address, serving grades 9-12. Abby Holland is the school's current interim principal.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Scio Township.

Town
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is a civil township of in the U.S. state of . The population was 17,552 at the 2020 census. is situated 3½ miles southeast of Dexter.

Dexter

Latitude
42.3373° or 42° 20′ 14″ north
Longitude
-83.8842° or 83° 53′ 3″ west
Population
4,500
Elevation
869 feet (265 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US YDX
Open location code
86JR84P8+W8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153852779
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4990797
Wiki­data ID
Q2795199
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Dexter” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دكستر”
  • Basque: “Dexter”
  • Cebuano: “Dexter”
  • Chechen: “Декстер”
  • Chinese: “Dexter”
  • Chinese: “德克斯特”
  • Dutch: “Dexter”
  • French: “Dexter”
  • German: “Dexter”
  • Gilaki: “دکستر (ميشيگان)”
  • Gilaki: “دکستر”
  • Hungarian: “Dexter”
  • Irish: “Dexter”
  • Italian: “Dexter”
  • Japanese: “デクスター”
  • Kazakh: “Декстэр”
  • Kirghiz: “Декстэр”
  • Korean: “덱스터”
  • Ladin: “Dexter”
  • Malagasy: “Dexter, Michigan”
  • Malagasy: “Dexter”
  • Mazanderani: “دکستر (میشیگان)”
  • Mazanderani: “دکستر”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Dexter”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dexter”
  • Persian: “دکستر”
  • Polish: “Dexter”
  • Portuguese: “Dexter”
  • Serbian: “Декстер”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Dexter, Michigan”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Dexter”
  • Spanish: “Dexter”
  • Swedish: “Dexter”
  • Tatar: “Декстер”
  • Ukrainian: “Декстер”
  • Urdu: “ڈیکسٹر، مشی گن”
  • Urdu: “ڈیکسٹر”
  • Volapük: “Dexter”
  • Welsh: “Dexter, Michigan”
  • Welsh: “Dexter”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Dexter”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.