Gazetteer
Washtenaw -- U.S. County in Michigan
Population (2000): 322895
Housing Units (2000): 131069
Land area (2000): 709.939048 sq. miles (1838.733615 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 12.586806 sq. miles (32.599676 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 722.525854 sq. miles (1871.333291 sq. km)
Located within: Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
Location: 42.260331 N, 83.759473 W
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Housing Units (2000): 131069
Land area (2000): 709.939048 sq. miles (1838.733615 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 12.586806 sq. miles (32.599676 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 722.525854 sq. miles (1871.333291 sq. km)
Located within: Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
Location: 42.260331 N, 83.759473 W
Headwords:
Washtenaw
Washtenaw, MI
Washtenaw County
Washtenaw County, MI
Washtenaw, MI
Washtenaw County
Washtenaw County, MI
Wikipedia
Washtenaw
The word Washtenaw is a variant of the Ojibwe word: "Wash-ten-ong," the Ojibwe name for the Grand River in Michigan.
The name "Washtenaw" was originally applied to the first county west of Detroit, and has since been applied to:
- Washtenaw County, Michigan
- Washtenaw Avenue, a road in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Ypsilanti, Michigan, Harper Woods, Michigan, and Chicago, Illinois
- Washtenaw Community College, a community college in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Usage examples of "washtenaw".
Harvey, Sheriff of Washtenaw County in which Dexter is located, at first was openly skeptical of the validity of the sightings.
They reported it to the police and later found that about fifty other people claimed to have seen it, including the deputy sheriff of Washtenaw County, who's reported as saying, "I saw it but I still don't believe it.