|name = Dearborn, Michigan

|official_name settlement_type = City[[List of Dearbornmunicipalities in Michigan|City]]

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| image6 = Islamic Center of America, Dearborn, Michigan (cropped).jpg

|map_caption = Location within [[Wayne County, Michigan|Wayne County]]

| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the State of Michigan##Location within the United States

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| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|[[Michigan}}]]

| subdivision_name2 = {{Flagicon image|Flag of Wayne County, Michigan.svg}} [[Wayne County, Michigan|Wayne]]

|government_type = [[Mayor–council government|Strong mayor–council]]

|leader_title1 = [[Municipal clerk|Clerk]]

|website = {{URL|httphttps://www.cityofdearborn.org|Official website}}

'''Dearborn''' is a city in [[Wayne County, Michigan|Wayne County]], United States. It is an inner-ring suburb in [[Metro Detroit]], bordering Detroit to the U.S.south stateand west, and roughly {{convert|7|mi|km|1}} west of [[Michigandowntown Detroit]]. AtIn the [[2020 United States Censuscensus|2020 census]], it had a population of 109,976., Dearbornranking isas the [[List of municipalities in Michigan|seventh-largestmost populous city]] in Michigan]]. Dearborn is best known as the hometown of the [[Ford Motor Company]] and of its founder, [[Henry Ford]].

The first written settlement of Dearborn datesis tofrom the 18th century by [[French Canadians|French Canadian]] [[voyageurs]] who initially called the settlement “LaLa Belle Fontaine”Fontaine or “PlacePlace aux Fontaines”Fontaines because of the abundant [[Spring (hydrology)|springs]] in the city. It is for this reason thatTherefore, Dearborn was once named Springwells, an [[Anglicisation|anglicization]] of the French name.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1978 |title="The Dearborn Historian," Dearborn Historical Commission |url=https://dearbornhistoricalmuseum.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/vol-18-no-3.pdf }}</ref> The settlement was connected to the Detroit River [[ribbon farm]] communities and other farms connected to the [[River Rouge (Michigan)|Rouge River]] and the [[Sauk Trail]]. The community grew in the 19th century with the establishment of the [[Commandant's Quarters (Dearborn, Michigan)|Detroit Arsenal]] on the [[U.S. Route 12 in Michigan#History|Chicago Road]] linking [[Detroit]] and [[Chicago]]. In the 20th century, it developed as a major manufacturing hub for the automotive industry.

Before European encounter, the area had been inhabited for thousands of years by successive [[indigenousIndigenous peoples|First Nations peoples]]. Historical tribes belonged mostly to the [[Algonquian languages|Algonquian]]-language family, especially the [[Council of Three Fires]], the [[Potawatomi]] and related peoples. In contrast, the [[Wyandot people|Huron]] (Wyandot) were [[Iroquoian]] speaking. French colonists had a trading post at Fort Detroit and a settlement developed there in the colonial period. Another developed on the south side of the Detroit River in what is now southwestern Ontario, near a Huron mission village. French and French-Canadian colonists also established farms at Dearborn in this period. France ceded all of its territory east of the Mississippi River in North America to Great Britain in 1763 after losing to the EnglishBritain in the [[Seven Years' War]].

Beginning in 1786, after the United States gained independence in the [[American Revolutionary War]], more European Americans entered this region, settling in Detroit and the Dearborn area.<ref>[http://www.dearbornarealiving.com/history.shtml "History"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070721023200/http://www.dearbornarealiving.com/history.shtml |date=2007-07-July 21, 2007 }}, Dearborn Area Living, accessed 15 May 15, 2010</ref> With population growth, Dearborn Township was formed in 1833 and the village of Dearbornville in 1836, each named after patriot [[Henry Dearborn]], a general in the American Revolution who later served asbecame [[United States Secretary of War|Secretary of War]] under [[President of the United States|President]] [[Thomas Jefferson]]. The Town of Dearborn was incorporated in 1893. Through much of the 19th century, the area was largely rural and dependent on agriculture.

According to historian James W. Loewen, in his book ''[[Sundown Towns]]'' (2005), Dearborn discouraged African Americans from settling in the city. In the early 20th century, both whiteswhite and Africanblack Americanspeople migrated to Detroit for industrial jobs. Over time, some city residents relocated in the suburbs. Many of Dearborn's residents "took pride in the saying, 'The sun never set on a Negro in Dearborn'". According to [[Orville Hubbard]], the segregationist mayor of Dearborn from 1942 to 1978, "as far as he was concerned, it was against the law for a Negro to live in his suburb."<ref>{{cite book

The area between Dearborn and Fordson was undeveloped, and still remains so in part. Once farm land, much of this property was bought by Henry Ford for his estate, [[Fair Lane]], and for the [[Ford Motor Company]] World Headquarters. Later developments in this corridor were the [[Ford Airport (Dearborn)|Ford airport]] (later converted to the [[Ford Proving Grounds|Dearborn Proving Grounds]]), and other Ford administrative and development facilities.

With the growth and achievements of the Arab-American community, they developed and in 2005 opened theThe [[Arab American National Museum]] (AANM) opened in 2005, the first museum in the world devoted to Arab- American history and culture. Arab Americans in Dearborn include descendants of [[Lebanese people|Lebanese]] Christians who immigrated in the early twentieth century to work in the auto industry, as well asand more recent Arab immigrants and their descendants from other, primarily Muslim nations.<ref name="arabamericanmuseum1">{{cite web |url=http://www.arabamericanmuseum.org/About-the-Museum.id.3.htm |title=Arab American National Museum of Arab American History, Culture & Art |publisher=Arabamericanmuseum.org |access-date=April 9, 2009-04-09 |archive-date=2009-02-February 21, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221125159/http://arabamericanmuseum.org/About-the-Museum.id.3.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Fordson Island ({{Coord|42|17|38|N|83|08|52|W|}}) is an {{convert|8.4|acre|ha|abbr=off}} island about three miles (5&nbsp;km) upriver on the [[River Rouge (Michigan)|River Rouge]] from its confluence with the [[Detroit River]]. Fordson IslandIt is the only major island in a tributary to the Detroit River. The islandIt was created in 1922 when engineers dug a secondary trench to reroute the River Rouge to increase navigability for shipping purposes;, and businesses needed it to be navigable by the large [[lake freighters]]. The island is privately owned, andhas no public access, is prohibited. The islandand is part of the city of Dearborn, which has no frontage along the Detroit River.<ref name=wayneislands>{{cite web|last=Buttle and Tuttle Ltd |title=Wayne County island place names |url=http://www.placenames.com/us/26163/island/ |date=2000–2008 |access-date=June 10, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090527190313/http://www.placenames.com/us/26163/island/ |archive-date=May 27, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Heritage Newspapers |title=Dearborn Area Living: rivers, creeks, ditches |url=http://www.dearbornarealiving.com/topography.shtml |year=2009 |access-date=June 10, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090629053419/http://www.dearbornarealiving.com/topography.shtml |archive-date=June 29, 2009 }}</ref>

Dearborn is among a small number of municipalities that own property in other cities. It owns the {{convert|626|acre|km2|adj=on}} [[Camp Dearborn]] in [[Milford, Michigan|Milford]], [[Michigan]], which is located {{convert|35|mi|km}} from Dearborn.<ref>[http://www.cityofdearborn.org/departments/recreation/campdearborn/camp_new/main.html Camp Dearborn] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090806035123/http://www.cityofdearborn.org/departments/recreation/campdearborn/camp_new/main.html |date=August 6, 2009-08-06 }}, Dearborn city website</ref><!-- When was this purchased and why? Volume of use? --> Dearborn was among an even smaller number of cities that hold property in another state:. forFor a time, the city owned the "Dearborn Towers" apartment complex in [[Clearwater, Florida|Clearwater]], [[Florida]], but this has been sold. Camp Dearborn is considered part of the city of Dearborn. Revenues generated by camp admissions are incorporated into the city's budget.

In the [[2000 United States Census|Census2000 2000census]], 61.9% spoke only [[English language|English]], whileat home, 29.3% spoke [[Arabic language|Arabic]], 1.9% [[Spanish language|Spanish]], and 1.5% [[Polish language|Polish]] at home. There were 36,770 households, out of which 31.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.1% were non-families. 30.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.42.

Dearborn has a large community of descendants of ethnic Europeans who arrived as immigrants from the mid-19th into the 20th centuries. Their ancestors generally first settled in Detroit: [[Irish American|Irish]], [[German American|German]], [[Italian American|Italians]], and [[Polish American|Polish]]. It is also a center of [[Maltese American]] settlement, from the Mediterranean island of Malta. Also attracted to jobs in the auto industry, some were among immigrant Maltese who first settled in [[Corktown, Detroit|Corktown]].<ref>''Maltese In Detroit'', Diane Gale Andreassi, Larry Zahra, Arcadia Publishing, FebFebruary 28, 2011, p. 47</ref>

[[File:Arab American National Museum.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Arab American National Museum]] is in Dearborn.]]

The city's population includes 40,000 [[Arab AmericanAmericans]]s. Per the 2000 census, Arab Americans totaled 29,181 or 29.85% of Dearborn's population; many are descendants of families who have been in the city since the early 20th century. The city has the largest proportion of Arab Americans in the United States.<ref>[https://www.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/c2kbr-23.pdf The Arab Population: Census Bureau, 2000, pp. 7–8], accessed 15April Apr15, 2008</ref> As of 2006 Dearborn has the largest [[Lebanese American]] population in the United States.<ref>Raz, Guy. "[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5627457 Lebanese-Americans Are Angry and Anxious"], ''[[National Public Radio]]''. August 8, 2006. Retrieved on March 27, 2013.</ref>

The first Arab immigrants came in the early-to-mid-20th century to work in the [[automotive industry]] and were chiefly [[Christianity in Lebanon|Lebanese Christians]] ([[Maronite Church|Maronites]]). Other immigrants from the Middle East ([[Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac people|Assyrians/Chaldeans/Syriacs]]) have also immigrated to the area. Since then, Arab immigrants from [[Yemen]], [[Iraq]] and the [[Palestinian territories]], most of whom are [[Muslim]], have joined them. Lebanese Americans comprise the largest group of ethnic Arabs.<ref>[http://www.aaiusa.org/page/file/f6bf1bfae54f0224af_3dtmvyj4h.pdf/MIdemographics.pdf Michigan statistics – Arab Institute of America] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100601194007/http://www.aaiusa.org/page/file/f6bf1bfae54f0224af_3dtmvyj4h.pdf/MIdemographics.pdf |date=June 1, 2010-06-01 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.commongroundnews.org/article.php?id=1044&lan=en&sid=1&sp=0|title=Living together peacefully in heart of Arab America |author= Pierre M. Atlas |work=commongroundnews.org|access-date=November 6, 2009-11-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101013193712/http://www.commongroundnews.org/article.php?id=1044&lan=en&sid=1&sp=0|archive-date=2010-10-October 13, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Arab Muslim community has built the [[Islamic Center of America]], the largest mosque in North America,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM2ZAC|title=Islamic Center of America - Dearborn, Michigan - Mosques on Waymarking.com|work=waymarking.com}}</ref> and the [[Dearborn Mosque]]. More [[Iraqi people|Iraqi]] [[refugees]] have come, fleeing the [[Iraq War|continued war]] in their country since 2003.

Warren Avenue has become the commercial center of the Arab-American community. The [[Arab American National Museum]] is located in Dearborn.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Karoub, |first=Jeff. "[|date=August 6, 2011 |title=Oasis of Arab culture sits comfortably in Dearborn, Michigan |url=http://www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/travel/6647319-502/oasis-of-arab-culture-sits-comfortably-in-dearborn-michigan.html Oasis|access-date=November of Arab culture sits comfortably in Dearborn20, Michigan]."2012 ''|work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]''. August 6, 2011. Retrieved on November 20, 2012.}}</ref> The museum was opened in January 2005 to celebrate the [[Arab Americans|Arab American]] community's history, culture and contributions to the [[United States]].

In the 2019 [[U.S. Census]] estimates, the largest ethnic group were Lebanese Americans, and the second largest were [[Yemeni Americans]].<ref name=WarikooYemeniStruggle>{{cite web|last=Warikoo|first=Niraj|url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2021/08/02/yemeni-americans-dearborn-politics/8074806002/|title=Yemeni Americans in Dearborn struggle to be included in city government|newspaper=[[Detroit Free Press]]|place=[[Detroit]]|date=August 2, 2021-08-02|accessdate=2023-06-June 16, 2023}}</ref>

In 2010, [[Nabeel Qureshi (author)|Nabeel Qureshi]], [[David Wood (Christian apologist)|David Wood]], and two other people acting as Christian missionaries, were arrested at the Dearborn International Arab Festival. They had been handing out Christian literature aimed at Muslim believers. The four were prosecuted for [[breach of the peace]]. Police ordered them to stop filming the incident, to provide identification, and to move at least five blocks from the border of the fair.<ref name="messenger39903">{{cite news|url=http://michiganmessenger.com/39903/dearborn-police-accused-of-violating-first-amendment |title=Dearborn police accused of violating First Amendment |last=Brayton |first=Ed |date=2010-07-July 22, 2010 |work=The Michigan Messenger |access-date=23 April 23, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125213223/http://michiganmessenger.com/39903/dearborn-police-accused-of-violating-first-amendment |archive-date=25 November 25, 2010 }}</ref> After reviewing the video evidence, the jury acquitted the defendants.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dearbornfreepress.com/2010/09/25/acts-17-group-acquitted-of-inciting-crowd/|title=Acts-17 Group Acquitted of Inciting Crowd|last=Light|first=Jonathan|date=September 25, 2010|work=Dearborn Free Press|access-date=23 April 23, 2011|location=DEARBORN, Michigan}}</ref> The four defendants filed a separate civil suit against the city. Dearborn was found to have violated their [[Freedom of speech in the United States|constitutional rights]] related to freedom of speech. The city settled the lawsuit and issued a formal apology to the individuals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2013/05/dearborn_ordered_to_apologize.html|title=Dearborn ordered to apologize for arrests of Christian missionaries at Arab Fest|date=7 May 7, 2013}}</ref>

Preacher [[Terry Jones (pastor)|Terry Jones]] of [[Gainesville, Florida]], known for burning a [[Quran]], the sacred book of Islam, planned a protest in 2011 outside the [[Islamic Center of America]]. Local authorities required him either to post a $45,000 "peace bond" to cover Dearborn's cost if Jones [[heckler's veto|incited violence]], or to go to trial. Jones contested that requirement, and he and his co-pastor Wayne Sapp refused to post the bond. They were held briefly in jail, while claiming violation of [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution|First Amendment]] rights. That night Jones was released by the court.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/18461890/jones-released-from-jail-after-paying-peace-bond |title=Jones Released from Jail After Paying 'Peace Bond' |date=2011-04-April 22, 2011 |work=[[WJBK]] |access-date=3 November 3, 2012 |location=Dearborn |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130702110254/http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/18461890/jones-released-from-jail-after-paying-peace-bond |archive-date=2 July 2, 2013 }}</ref> The ACLU had filed an ''amicus brief'' in support of Jones's protest plans.<ref>[http://www.aclumich.org/sites/default/files/TerryJonesACLUAmicus.pdf "Terry Jones Amicus Brief"], ACLU Michigan Website, accessed 1 September 1, 2011</ref> AOne week later, on April 29, Jones led a rally at the Dearborn City Hall, in a designated free speech zone. Riot police were called out to control counter protesters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/Crowds-Bust-Barricades-At-Pastor-s-Speech-In-Dearborn/-/1719418/1793202/-/tmpgi0z/-/index.html|title=Crowds Bust Barricades At Pastor's Speech In Dearborn|author=WDIV|work=ClickOnDetroit}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://dearborn.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/riot-police-respond-as-counter-protesters-storm-florid3b31afbed|title=Riot Police Respond as Counter-Protesters Storm Terry Jones' Demonstration|work=Dearborn, Michigan Patch|date=30 April 30, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gainesville.com/article/20110429/WIRE/110429365 |title=Riot police were called in Friday evening after Gainesville pastor Terry Jones taunted protesters here, prompting the protesters to rush past a police barricade and begin throwing water bottles and shoes |publisher=Gainesville.com |date=2011-04-April 29, 2011 |access-date=2016-03-March 13, 2016}}</ref> Jones also planned to speak at the annual Arab Festival on June 18, 2011, but his route was blocked by protesters, six of whom were arrested. Police said they did not have enough officers present to maintain safety.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dearborn.patch.com/articles/six-arrested-in-bamn-mobbing-of-pastor-jones|title=6 Arrested as Mob Rushes Terry Jones on Way to Arab Festival in Dearborn|work=Dearborn, Michigan Patch|date=18 June 18, 2011}}</ref> Christian [[missionaries]] accompanied Jones with their own protest signs.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.freep.com/article/20110619/NEWS02/110619004/Christian-missionaries-take-Muslims-Catholics-Arab-International-Festival?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE|title=Christian missionaries take on Muslims, Catholics at Arab International Festival|last=WARIKOO|first=Niraj|date=JunJune 19, 2011|work=Detroit Free Press|access-date=20 June 20, 2011}}</ref>

The [[Ford MotorWorld CompanyHeadquarters|world headquarters]] has itsof [[Ford WorldMotor Headquarters|world headquartersCompany]] is in Dearborn.<ref>"[http://www.ford.com/about-ford/investor-relations/contact-ford Contact Ford] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091007230149/http://www.ford.com/about-ford/investor-relations/contact-ford |date=2009-10-07 }}." [[Ford Motor Company]]. Retrieved on November 7, 2009.</ref> In addition itsIts Dearborn campus contains many research, testing, finance, and some production facilities. Ford Land controls the numerous properties owned by Ford, including sales and leasing to unrelated businesses, such as the Fairlane Town Center shopping mall. [[DFCU Financial]], the largest [[credit union]] in Michigan, was created for Ford and related companies' employees.

[[University of Michigan–Dearborn]] and [[Henry Ford College]] are located in Dearborn on Evergreen Road and are adjacent to each other. [http://www.cuaa.edu Concordia University Dearborn Center], and [[Central Michigan University]] both offer classes in Dearborn.<ref>[http://www.arbor.edu/Metro-Detroit/Locations/Adult-Professional/Index.aspx Locations: Detroit (Dearborn)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017043408/http://arbor.edu/Metro-Detroit/Locations/Adult-Professional/Index.aspx |date=2012-10-October 17, 2012 }}, Spring Arbor University, accessed November 8, 2012</ref><ref>[http://global.cmich.edu/locations/location.aspx?site=DRBRN CMU in Dearborn, Michigan], CMU Global Campus, Central Michigan University, accessed November 8, 2012</ref> Career training schools include [[Kaplan Career Institute]], [[ITT Tech]], and [[Sanford Brown College]].

Dearborn residents, along with a small portion of [[Dearborn Heights, Michigan|Dearborn Heights]] residents, attend [[Dearborn Public Schools]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://dearbornschools.org/|title=Dearborn Public Schools|publisher= Dearborn Public Schools |access-date=August 25, 2012}}</ref> The system operates 34 schools including threethe major high schools: [[Fordson High School]], [[Dearborn High School]], and [[Edsel Ford High School]]. The public schools serve more than 18,000 students in the fourth-largest district in the state.

The [[Islamic Center of America]] operates the Muslim American Youth Academy (MAYA), an Islamic elementary and middle school.<ref>"[http://www.mayaschool.org Home]." Muslim American Youth Academy. Retrieved on November 1, 2015. The address is "19500 Ford Road, Dearborn, MI 48128, United States"</ref>

The [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit]] operates Sacred Heart Elementary School. It previously operated the St. Alphonsus School in Dearborn. In 2003 the archdiocese closed the high school of St. Alphonsus;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stalsalumni.com/schoolhistory.htm |title=School History – St. Alphonsus Schools Alumni Dearborn, MI |publisher=Stalsalumni.com |access-date=2016-03-March 13, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102212418/http://www.stalsalumni.com/schoolhistory.htm |archive-date=January 2, 2016-01-02 }}</ref> and in 2005 closed the St. Alphonsus elementary school.<ref name="Prattclose0">Pratt, Chastity, Patricia Montemurri, and Lori Higgins. "[https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1814901451.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+17%2C+2005&author=CHASTITY+PRATT%3B+PATRICIA+MONTEMURRI%3B+LORI+HIGGINS&pub=Detroit+Free+Press&desc=PARENTS%2C+KIDS+SCRAMBLE+AS+EDUCATION+OPTIONS+NARROW&pqatl=google Parents, kids scramble as education options narrow] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130721105752/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1814901451.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+17%2C+2005&author=CHASTITY+PRATT%3B+PATRICIA+MONTEMURRI%3B+LORI+HIGGINS&pub=Detroit+Free+Press&desc=PARENTS%2C+KIDS+SCRAMBLE+AS+EDUCATION+OPTIONS+NARROW&pqatl=google |date=2013-07-21 }}." ''[[Detroit Free Press]]''. March 17, 2005. A1 News. Retrieved on April 30, 2011. "School closings announced Wednesday by the Archdiocese of Detroit doomed eight high schools in Detroit and neighboring suburbs and will shutter 10 elementary schools, including historic landmarks such as St. Alphonsus Elementary in Dearborn and St. Florian Elementary in Hamtramck."</ref>

Dearborn Christian School closed in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|author=Wisely, John|url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/education/2019/05/28/michigan-private-schools-closing-catholic/3757380002/|title=200 private schools have closed in Michigan in the last decade|work=[[Detroit Free Press]]|date=May 28, 2019-05-28|access-date=May 2, 2020-05-02}}</ref>

Around April 1963<!--three months before July 30--> the [[Ford Motor Company]] granted the City of Dearborn $3 million to build a library as a memorial to [[Henry Ford]]. Ford MotorThe Companycompany deeded {{convert|15.3|acre|ha}} of vacant land for the public library to the city on July 30, 1963, the centennial or 100th anniversary of Henry Ford's birth. The [[Ford Foundation]] later granted the library an additional $500,000 for supplies and equipment. On November 25, 1969, the library was dedicated. Library employees have occupied the building since its opening; originallyOriginally only the library had offices in the building. Inbut in 1979, the library staff gave up the western side's meeting rooms, andfor the City of Dearborn Health Department occupied those rooms.<ref>"[http://dearbornlibrary.org/aboutus/centenni.htm A LOOK AT THE Henry Ford Centennial Library]." ([https://archive.today/20131115230418/http://dearbornlibrary.org/aboutus/centenni.htm Archive]) Dearborn Public Library. Retrieved on November 15, 2013.</ref>

The Esper Branch, the smallest branch, is located in what is known as the Arab residential quarter of the city. The library has about 35,000 books, entertainment and educational videocassettes, music CDs, children's music cassettes, audio books, and magazines. Newspapers are also available. It features many Arabic-language books, newspapers, and videocassettes for Arabic-speaking residents. This library was dedicated on October 12, 1953. Originally named the Warren Branch, this structure had replaced the Northeast Branch, which opened in a storefront in 1944. In October 1961, it was named after city councilman Anthony M. Esper.<ref>"[http://dearbornlibrary.org/aboutus/esper.htm A LOOK AT THE Esper Branch]." ([https://archive.today/20131115231105/http://dearbornlibrary.org/aboutus/esper.htm Archive]) Dearborn Public Library. Retrieved on November 15, 2013.</ref>

===Notable Architecture===

DearbornSeveral hasdesigns several buildings designedare by architect [[Albert Kahn (architect)|Albert Kahn]] for Henry Ford.

Dearborn has historically firmly voted for the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]].

In 2016, [[Bernie Sanders]] received the most votes in the heavily Muslim and Arab parts of Dearborn in the [[2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Warikoo|first=Niraj|url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2016/03/13/sanders-won-arab-muslim-majority-areas-dearborn/81539164/|title=Sanders won in Arab Muslim-majority areas of Dearborn|newspaper=[[Detroit Free Press]]|place=[[Detroit]]|date=2016-03-March 13, 2016|accessdate=2023-06-June 16, 2023}}</ref>

In 2021, Niraj Warikoo of the ''[[Detroit Free Press]]'' reported that Yemeni Americans in Dearborn were advocating for more of a role in their city's government.<ref name=WarikooYemeniStruggle/>

In the [[2022 Michigan elections]], there was a shift in east Dearborn (heavily Arab and Muslim) towardstoward the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] as LGBTQ+ materials in schools became a political issue. According to Niraj Warikoo of ''[[The Detroit News]]'', "Democrats still won the city overall by a comfortable margin".<ref>{{cite web|last=Warikoo|first=Niraj|url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2022/11/12/republican-candidates-gain-votes-in-dearborn-after-lgbtq-book-protests/69634143007/|title=GOP made gains in east Dearborn after protests over LGBTQ books|newspaper=[[Detroit Free Press]]|place=[[Detroit]]|date=2022-11-November 12, 2022|accessdate=2023-06-June 16, 2023}}</ref>

* 1780 – Pierre Dumais clears farm near what is today'sbecame Morningside Street in Dearborn's South End.

* 1783 – By terms of the [[Treaty of Paris (1783)|Treaty of Paris]] ending the [[American Revolutionary War]], [[Great Britain]] cedes territory south of the [[Great Lakes]] to the [[United States]], although the British retain practical control of the Detroit area and several other settlements until 1797.

* December 26, 1791 – Detroit environs become part of [[Kent County, Ontario|Kent County]], [[Ontario]].

* 1796 – [[Wayne County, Michigan|Wayne County]] is formed by proclamation of the acting governor of the Northwest Territory. Its original area is {{convert|2000000|sqmi|km2}}, stretching from [[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]], [[Ohio]], to [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], and northwest to [[Canada]].

* October 20, 1947 – Dearborn City Council approves purchase of land near [[Milford, Michigan|Milford]], [[Michigan]] for what would become Camp Dearborn. First section of camp opens following year.

* 1967 – Dearborn Towers in [[Clearwater, Florida|Clearwater]], [[Florida]] opens.

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*[[Rima Fakih]] – [[Miss Michigan USA]] 2010, [[Miss USA 2010]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.missuniverse.com/missusa/titleholder/445096 | work=Miss Universe | title=Rima Fakih | date=May 16, 2010 | access-date=August 28, 2020 | archive-date=March 28, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328082001/https://www.missuniverse.com/missusa/titleholder/445096 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

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