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  1. The town became home first to large numbers of German immigrants from the state of Württemberg and escapees from the Great Irish Famine (1845-1849), though Canadians accounted for the largest percentage of Ann Arbor's immigrants during most of the 19th century.

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  3. It is the principal city of the Ann Arbor metropolitan area, which encompasses all of Washtenaw County and had 372,258 residents in 2020. Ann Arbor is also included in the Metro Detroit combined statistical area and the Great Lakes megalopolis . Ann Arbor is home to the University of Michigan.

  4. Jul 5, 2024 · Ann Arbor, city, seat (1826) of Washtenaw county, southeastern Michigan, U.S. It is located on the Huron River, about 35 miles (55 km) west of Detroit. John Allen and Elisha W. Rumsey founded the community in 1824, which they named for their wives (both called Ann) and the local natural groves, or.

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  5. Apr 19, 2018 · One of Michigan’s most popular cities is nearly 200 years old, but how much do you know about the history of Ann Arbor? Find out how it got its unique name, how it became home to one of the country’s top universities, and how it has grown in the two centuries since its founding.

  6. Jan 4, 2024 · History of Ann Arbor Michigan. The rich history of Ann Arbor begins in 1824 when young frontiersmen John Allen and Elisha Walker Rumsey decided to look for land to settle west of Detroit.

  7. Feb 9, 2024 · Known as “Annarbour,” its early settlers took pride in setting up mills, taverns and stores, started a Presbyterian church, built houses, circulated the town’s first newspaper and opened a foundry....

  8. May 25, 2024 · ANN ARBOR, MI — It was exactly 200 years ago that Ann Arbor got its name, recorded as the “Village of Annarbour” on the town’s first plat on May 25, 1824. That’s what town founders John...

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