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Dexter is a city in Washtenaw County, Michigan, in the United States. As of the 2020 United States census , [ 4 ] the population was 4,500. Established in 1830 as a village, Dexter was incorporated as a city on November 20, 2014.
FIPS state codes were numeric and two-letter alphabetic codes defined in U.S. Federal Information Processing Standard Publication ("FIPS PUB") 5-2 to identify U.S. states and certain other associated areas. The standard superseded FIPS PUB 5-1 on May 28, 1987, and was superseded on September 2, 2008, by ANSI standard INCITS 38:2009. [1]
Dexter Township is a civil township of Washtenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 6,696 at the 2020 census . [ 3 ] The city of Dexter is located to the southeast but does not border the township, and the two are administered autonomously.
The five-digit codes of FIPS 6-4 used the two digit FIPS state code (FIPS Publication 5-2, also withdrawn on September 2, 2008), followed by the three digits of the county code within the state or possession. County FIPS codes in the United States are usually (with a few exceptions) in the same sequence as alphabetized county names within a state.
Michigan: 26003 Alger County: 26005 Allegan County: 26007 Alpena County: 26009 Antrim County: 26011 Arenac County: 26013 Baraga County: 26015 Barry County: 26017 Bay County: 26019 Benzie County: 26021 Berrien County: 26023 Branch County: 26025 Calhoun County: 26027 Cass County: 26029 Charlevoix County: 26031 Cheboygan County: 26033 Chippewa ...
Webster is an unincorporated community located within the township at The area was first settled by Thomas Alexander in May 1826, and others arrived later that year. When the township was organized in 1833, the name was chosen after Daniel Webster, and the community also took the same name.
Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8143-1838-6. Vogel, Virgil J. (1986). Indian Names in Michigan. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press. pp. 244, 8 B&W photographs & 3 maps.
Stratton suggested the name of the new area and the surrounding lake as Whitmore, and it became mapped under that name. In 1829, Whitmore owned land in the area and became the first county treasurer. A post office began operating here on June 9, 1834, with George Dexter serving as the first postmaster.