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Washtenaw County (/ ˈ w ɔː ʃ t ə n ɔː / WAWSH-tə-naw) is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. At the 2020 census , the population was 372,258. [ 3 ] The county seat and largest city is Ann Arbor . [ 4 ]
Education in Washtenaw County, Michigan (4 C, 16 P) G. Geography of Washtenaw County, Michigan (3 C, 2 P) H. Huron–Clinton Metroparks (14 P) M.
The name was first recorded in 1828 at a time when the area was still administratively part of Wayne County until Washtenaw County was created in 1829. A post office opened under the name Dixborough, which was named after John Dix, on December 6, 1825. The post office closed on September 25, 1850. The post office was then restored on two ...
A post office named Geddes opened on July 21, 1875 and was named after its first postmaster John Geddes. The post office only operated for two months and closed on September 21, 1875. The community became a station along the Michigan Central Railroad in 1878, and the Ypsilanti Paper Company operated a pulp mill along the river. The post office ...
Manchester Township is a civil township of Washtenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan.The population was 4,626 at the 2020 census, although the population is less now after the village of Manchester, which was within the boundaries of the township, incorporated as an autonomous city in 2023.
York Charter Township is a charter township of Washtenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan.The population was 9,108 at the 2020 census. [3]The township is located north of the city of Milan and is home to the Federal Correctional Institution, Milan, which carried out the only capital punishment sentence in the state's history when Tony Chebatoris was executed in 1938.
The township is located in the northwest corner of Washtenaw County. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 35.10 square miles (90.91 km 2), of which 32.08 square miles (83.09 km 2) is land and 3.02 square miles (7.82 km 2) (8.60%) is water.
A post office opened on August 29, 1827 and later became the name of the township, which was established in 1834. The community was also known as Lodi Plains and was named after Lodi in the Finger Lakes region of New York, from which many early settlers originated. The post office closed on February 3, 1856. [4]