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Like Pigeon, Ypsilanti wasn't always known by the name it has today. The city was originally a trading post set up in 1809 and called Woodruff's Grove after Major Thomas Woodruff. The name was later changed to Ypsilanti in 1829 in honor of Demetrius Ypsilanti. Ypsilanti was a hero in the Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire.