Ypsilanti, Georgia

The community's name is a transfer from Ypsilanti, Michigan,^[1] itself named for Demetrios Ypsilantis, a leader of the Greek War of Independence. Variant names are "Red Bone" (after its militia district) and "Ypsillanti".^[2] A post office called Ypsilanti was established in 1883, and remained in operation until 1916.^[3] Once having two cotton gins, it “is now (2010) merely a crossroads with a reported five residences."^[4]

32°44′33″N 84°24′48″W / 32.74250°N 84.41333°W / 32.74250; -84.41333

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