Ypsilanti

Ypsilanti commonly shortened to Ypsi, is a city in , six miles east of . "Ypsilanti" commonly refers to either or both of the City of Ypsilanti and the Charter Township of Ypsilanti, which lies mostly south of the city, with small portions to both the east and west of the city, and may also include neighboring parts of other townships.
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  • Type: Town with 20,600 residents
  • Description: city in Washtenaw County, Michigan, United States
  • Also known as: City of Ypsilanti”, “Ypsi”, “Ypsilanti, MI”, and “Ypsilanti, Michigan
  • Postal codes: 48197 and 48198

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ladies’ Literary Club Building and Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum.

Historic building
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Ladies' Literary Club Building, also known as the William M. Davis House or the Arden H. Ballard House, was built as a private home, and is currently used as the meeting place for the Ladies' Literary Club.

Museum
The in Ypsilanti, Michigan is an automotive museum that features cars assembled at the nearby Willow Run Plant and vehicles made by Hudson Motors.

Protected area
is a historic district on the very south end of the Eastern Michigan University campus. Eastern Michigan University is a comprehensive, co-educational public university located in Ypsilanti, Michigan in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ypsilanti Charter Township.

Town
is a charter township of in the U.S. state of . The population was 55,670 at the 2020 census. The city of Ypsilanti is mostly surrounded by the township, but the two are administered autonomously. is situated 2½ miles south of Ypsilanti.

Ypsilanti

Latitude
42.2411° or 42° 14′ 28″ north
Longitude
-83.6118° or 83° 36′ 42″ west
Population
20,600
Elevation
719 feet (219 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US YPS
Open location code
86JR69RQ+C7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 154302131
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5015688
Wiki­data ID
Q1021681
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Ypsilanti” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: يبسيلانتي
  • Armenian: Իպսիլանտի
  • Basque: Ypsilanti
  • Belarusian: Іпсіланці
  • Catalan: Ypsilanti
  • Cebuano: Ypsilanti
  • Chechen: Ипсиланти
  • Chinese: Ypsilanti
  • Chinese: 伊斯蘭提 (密西根州)
  • Chinese: 伊普斯兰提
  • Chinese: 伊普斯蘭提鎮(密歇根州)
  • Chinese: 伊普西兰蒂
  • Chinese: 伊普西兰蒂市
  • Chinese: 伊普西蘭蒂
  • Chinese: 伊普西蘭蒂市
  • Czech: Ypsilanti
  • Dagbani: Ypsilanti
  • Danish: Ypsilanti
  • Dimli (individual language): Ypsilanti, Michigan
  • Dimli (individual language): Ypsilanti
  • Dutch: Ypsilanti
  • Egyptian Arabic: يبسيلانتى
  • Esperanto: Ipsilantio
  • Esperanto: Ypsilanti
  • Estonian: Ypsilanti
  • Finnish: Ypsilanti
  • French: Ypsilanti
  • Galician: Ypsilanti, Michigan
  • Galician: Ypsilanti, Míchigan
  • Galician: Ypsilanti
  • German: Ypsilanti
  • Gilaki: ایپسيلانتی (ميشيگان)
  • Gilaki: ایپسيلانتی
  • Greek: Υψηλάντι
  • Greek: Υψιλάντι
  • Hebrew: איפסילנטי
  • Hungarian: Ypsilanti
  • Irish: Ypsilanti
  • Italian: Ypsilanti
  • Japanese: イプシランティ
  • Korean: 입실랜티
  • Ladin: Ypsilanti
  • Malagasy: Ypsilanti, Michigan
  • Malagasy: Ypsilanti
  • Mazanderani: ایپسیلانتی (میشیگان)
  • Mazanderani: ایپسیلانتی
  • Min Nan Chinese: Ypsilanti
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Ypsilanti
  • Norwegian: Ypsilanti
  • Persian: ایپسیلانتی، میشیگان
  • Persian: ایپسیلانتی
  • Polish: Ypsilanti
  • Portuguese: Ypsilanti
  • Russian: Ипсиланти
  • Serbian: Ипсиланти
  • Serbo-Croatian: Ypsilanti, Michigan
  • Serbo-Croatian: Ypsilanti
  • Silesian: Ypsilanti
  • Slovak: Ypsilanti
  • South Azerbaijani: ایپسیلانتی، میشیقان
  • Spanish: Ypsilanti (Míchigan)
  • Spanish: Ypsilanti
  • Swedish: Ypsilanti, Michigan
  • Swedish: Ypsilanti
  • Tatar: Ипсиланти
  • Turkish: Ypsilanti, Michigan
  • Turkish: Ypsilanti
  • Ukrainian: Іпсіланті
  • Urdu: یپسلنتی، مشی گن
  • Urdu: یپسلنتی
  • Uzbek: Ypsilanti
  • Uzbek: Йпсиланти
  • Volapük: Ypsilanti
  • Welsh: Ypsilanti, Michigan
  • Welsh: Ypsilanti
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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 “Ypsilanti”. Photo: Dwight Burdette, CC BY 3.0.