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Ann Arbor, Michigan is the county seat of Washtenaw County and the fifth most populous city in Michigan with 123,851 residents in 2020, serving as the regional center of the Huron Valley. Founded in 1824 by land speculators John Allen and Elisha Walker Rumsey on 640 acres purchased from the federal government, the city was named after their wives and the bur oak trees on the property, and was incorporated as a city in 1851. The University of Michigan, Michigan's oldest university, was established in Ann Arbor in 1837, making the two institutions' histories closely intertwined and establishing the city as an economic center focused on high technology and research and development. Located on the Huron River and connected by the Michigan Central Railroad arriving in 1839, Ann Arbor became a regional transportation and manufacturing hub that attracted diverse immigrant populations including Germans, Irish, Greeks, Italians, Russians, and Polish settlers by the early 1900s. The city is the principal municipality of its metropolitan area and part of the Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor combined statistical area and Great Lakes megalopolis. Livonia is a city in Wayne County, Michigan, located approximately 20 miles northwest of downtown Detroit, with a 2020 census population of 95,535. Originally organized as Livonia Township on March 17, 1835, by settlers from New England and New York who named it after Livonia, New York, the community was incorporated as a city on May 23, 1950, partly to gain tax revenues from the Detroit Race Course, which operated until its closure in 1998. The city spans 35.86 square miles and is known for its diverse immigrant communities, including Palestinian and Lebanese Christians who established businesses there by the 1985s, and has been visited by six U.S. presidents including Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton. Livonia features geographic attractions including portions of Newburgh and Nankin Lakes connected by the locally known Hines Drive, and maintains a median resident age of 45.6 years with 53.5% of households being married-couple households as of 2020. Wayne is a city in Wayne County, Michigan, located approximately 18 miles southwest of downtown Detroit with a 2020 census population of 17,713. Originally settled in 1824 by George M. Johnson, the area developed as a transportation hub following the 1838 arrival of the Michigan Central Railroad and was incorporated as a village in 1869 with about 800 residents, becoming an official city in 1960. Wayne became a major manufacturing center, hosting the Prouty and Glass Carriage Factory (making it the nation's largest carriage producer by 1888), the Gotfredson Truck Company (1924-1927), Graham-Paige automobiles (1928-1936), Stinson Aircraft (1926-1948), and Gar-Wood garbage trucks (1947-1972). The city is now known for automotive manufacturing, with Ford Motor Company currently operating the Wayne Stamping & Assembly plant and the Michigan Assembly Plant (built in 1957), which produce vehicles at the industrial center. The downtown experienced significant urban renewal during the 1960s as Michigan Avenue was reconfigured to serve as the main commercial corridor.