Ypsilanti Township was named after the first leader of the secret organization that coordinated the beginning of the revolution, Alexander Ypsilanti ().

The township is surrounded by the nearby, larger communities of Canton Township, Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor.

Superior Township is served by four public school districts: Ypsilanti Public Schools, Ann Arbor Public Schools, Plymouth-Canton Community Schools and Willow Run Community Schools.

Ypsilanti Charter Township is a charter township of Washtenaw County in the U. S. state of Michigan.

As of 2010 Ypsilanti Township had a population of 53, 362.

Ypsilanti Public Schools draw students from the city proper, western Ypsilanti Township east of Golfside Road, northern Ypsilanti Township east of Prospect, and small parts of the township south of I-94.

Willow Run Community Schools, named after the famous Willow Run bomber plant and airport in the eastern part of the township, draw students primarily from eastern Ypsilanti Township north of I-94.

Image: Ypsilanti Township VietNam Veterans Memorial. JPG | Vietnam Veterans Memorial

* Charter Township of Ypsilanti official website

war: Ypsilanti Township, Michigan

Kalitta Air is an American cargo airline headquartered in Ypsilanti Township, Michigan.

The US 23 / M-14 freeway runs for about before US 23 turns southward to run between Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti while M-14 continues east through Ann Arbor Township past Domino's Farms, the office complex for Domino's Pizza that was to be the home to Tom Monaghan's Leaning Tower of Pizza.

Residential & commercial building pest control service vehicle, Ypsilanti Township, Michigan

ICEE delivery truck, Ypsilanti Township, Michigan

Other communities in the lower branch watershed include Van Buren Township, Plymouth Township, Salem Township, Ypsilanti Township.

The City of Ypsilanti is bounded by the township on the west, south, and east ; but, like all Michigan cities ( but not villages ) in relation to townships, the city is a separate and distinct jurisdiction.

It is now assigned between New Buffalo and Detroit ( except through Ypsilanti ), along what was US 112 until 1962.

Eastern Michigan University is a comprehensive, co-educational public university located in Ypsilanti, Michigan.

Ypsilanti is west of Detroit and eight miles ( 13 km ) east of Ann Arbor.

Its main base is Willow Run Airport near Ypsilanti.

He is buried in Highland Cemetery in Ypsilanti, Michigan.

It is now the Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum, part of the Motor Cities Automotive National Heritage Area.

Besides existing films, Disch lists some proposed future works including Leaves of Grass, Melmoth, Stanford White, The Confessions of St. Augustine, Pale Fire, The Three Christs of Ypsilanti, and The Hills of Switzerland ; the last is the title of one of Louis Sacchetti's books in Camp Concentration.

* February 3-Ypsilanti Water Tower, Ypsilanti, Michigan, designed by William R. Coats, is completed ; winner of Most Phallic Building contest ( 2003 ).

Allen died from a stroke in Ypsilanti and is interred in Highland Cemetery there.

The 2012 race is ready to go June 21, 2012 and leaving from Traverse City, Michigan and will wrap up with a Championship Run from Findlay Ohio, to Ypsilanti Michigan and then on to Dearborn and The Henry Ford for the finish line and awards on July 1, 2012.

A secondary effect of this event was the granting of military command over Turkish troops in the region to Ypsilanti: the gesture is also significant as a temporary re-shaping of status in the relations between Prince and Sultan for the context of Phanariote rule.

M-17 is a state trunkline highway in the U. S. state of Michigan, connecting the cities of Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor in Washtenaw County.

The street is five lanes wide through an urban area between Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti running east-southeasterly.

Rynearson Stadium is a stadium in Ypsilanti, Michigan.

The Yankee Air Museum is an aviation museum located near Willow Run Airport in Ypsilanti Township, Michigan.

The Ann Arbor Transportation Authority ( AATA ), which brands itself as " The Ride ," is the public transit system serving the Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti, Michigan, area.

Doug Kalitta ( born August 20, 1964 ) is an American auto racing driver from Ypsilanti, Michigan.

Demetrios Ypsilantis ( also spelt using Dimitrios, Demetrius and / or Ypsilanti ; ; ; 1793August 16, 1832 ) was a dragoman of the Ottoman Empire, served as an officer in the Imperial Russian Army in Moldavia and was appointed as modern Greece's first Field Marshal by Ioannis Kapodistrias, a hero of the Greek War of Independence.

Port Huron, Howell, Ann Arbor / Ypsilanti, Adrian, and Monroe are also served by their own locally-originating stations.

* Ypsilanti Vampire May Day, by Peter Linebaugh, CounterPunch, April 2012

Statue by Jane DeDecker commemorating Harriet Tubman, Ypsilanti, Michigan

The first successful settlement was established at the present site of Ypsilanti about 1809 by French traders.

The Blueprints for Downtowns award, were announced to be also received by the communities of Caro and Ypsilanti.

A similar award, the Blueprints for Downtowns award, were announced to be received by the communities of Caro, Clio and Ypsilanti.

The Blueprints for Downtowns award were also received by the communities of Clio and Ypsilanti.

A Greek revolutionary maneuver and occupation under Alexander Ypsilanti ( Αλέξανδρος Υψηλάντης ) and the Filiki Eteria ( Φιλική Εταιρία ) ( 1821, at the beginning of the Greek War of Independence ) led to the storming of the city by the Turks in 1822.

It was created by legislative action in 1849 and opened in Ypsilanti, Michigan in 1853.

In 1806, Sultan Selim III, encouraged by the Russian defeat at Austerlitz and advised by the French Empire, deposed the pro-Russian Constantine Ypsilanti as Hospodar of the Principality of Wallachia and Alexander Mourousis as Hospodar of Moldavia, both Ottoman vassal states.

The July 31, 1974, road win was witnessed by 14, 614 fans in Rynearson Stadium in Ypsilanti, Michigan.

The Ace was an American-assembled car made in Ypsilanti, Michigan by Apex Motor Corp., which emphasized " square " coachwork lines.

On 8 September 1822 the Turkish fleet, coming from Monemvasia, began supplying Palamidi in Nafplion, which was at the time besieged by land forces under Alexander Ypsilanti and sea forces under Laskarina Bouboulina.

In 1774, as a diplomat in service to the Porte, Ypsilanti took part in the signing of the Kuchuk-Kainarji peace treaty with Russia ; a year later, he was rewarded for this and other services by being appointed dragoman.

The Willow Run manufacturing plant, located between Ypsilanti and Belleville, Michigan, was constructed during World War II by Ford Motor Company for the mass production of the B-24 Liberator military aircraft.

The plant has given its name to a community on the east side of Ypsilanti, defined roughly by the boundaries of the Willow Run

Previously, the Philikí Etaireía under Alexander Ypsilanti had emerged in Moldavia, proclaiming a liberation from Ottoman rule that was backed by the then Moldavian Prince Mihail Suţu ( see Greek War of Independence ).

However, as they could no longer trust Phanariote rule in the face of its infiltration by Greek nationalism ( Ypsilanti himself came from a Phanariote family-see Alexandru Ipsilanti, his grandfather, and Constantin Ipsilanti, his father ), the Ottomans returned the two Principalities to rule by and through locals ( in 1822 ): Grigore IV Ghica in Wallachia, Ioan Sturdza ( Ioniţă Sandu Sturdza ) in Moldavia.