How Did Michigan Cities Get Their Names? Part 7, su michigan.org, State of Michigan, 9 marzo 2012. URL consultato il 31 gennaio 2013.
«Like Pigeon, Ypsilanti wasn't always known by the name it has today. The city was originally a trading post set up in 1823 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.»
