Dearborn, Michigan | |
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City | |
City of Dearborn | |
Ford Motor Company World Headquarters in Dearborn, known as the Glass House
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Motto: "Home Town of Henry Ford" | |
Location in Michigan |
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Location in Michigan and the United States | |
Coordinates: 42°18′52″N 83°12′48″W / 42.31444°N 83.21333°WCoordinates: 42°18′52″N 83°12′48″W / 42.31444°N 83.21333°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Michigan |
County | Wayne |
First settled | 1786 |
Incorporation (village) | 1893 |
Incorporation (city) | 1927 |
Government | |
• Type | Strong Mayor-Council |
• Mayor | John B. O'Reilly, Jr. |
Area | |
• Total | 24.5 sq mi (63.3 km2) |
• Land | 24.4 sq mi (63.1 km2) |
• Water | 0.1 sq mi (0.2 km2) |
Elevation | 591 ft (180 m) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 98,153 |
• Estimate (2016) | 94,444 |
• Density | 4,000/sq mi (1,600/km2) |
Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
ZIP Code | 48120, 48121, 48123, 48124, 48126, 48128 |
Area code(s) | 313 |
FIPS code | 26-21000 |
GNIS feature ID | 0624432 |
Website | City of Dearborn |
Dearborn is a city in the State of Michigan. It is located in Wayne County and is part of the Detroit metropolitan area. Dearborn is the eighth largest city in the State of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 98,153. First settled in the late 18th century by French farmers in a series of ribbon farms along the Rouge River and the Sauk Trail, the community grew with the establishment of the Detroit Arsenal on the Chicago Road linking Detroit and Chicago. It later grew into a manufacturing hub for the automotive industry.
The city was the home of Henry Ford and is the world headquarters of the Ford Motor Company. It has a campus of the University of Michigan as well as Henry Ford College. Dearborn has The Henry Ford, the United States' largest indoor-outdoor museum complex and Metro Detroit's leading tourist attraction.
Dearborn residents are primarily of European or Middle Eastern heritage, descendants of 19th and 20th-century immigrants. Middle Eastern ancestries make up the largest ethnic grouping with Lebanese, Yemeni, Iraqi, Syrian and Palestinian groups present. The primary European ethnicities are German, Polish, Irish and Italian.