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First settled in 1823 by Benjamin Woodruff who came here with a party from Ohio, at a location originally used by Gabriel Godfroy as an Indian trading post. John Bryan became the first postmaster in 1825; the post office closed in 1828.

This settlement became part of what is now Ypsilanti.

[edit] Sources

• History of Washtenaw County, Rosentreter, 1991
• Michigan Place Names, Wayne State University Press