Dearborn, city (2020 pop. 109,976),
Wayne co., SE Mich., on the River Rouge, adjoining Detroit; settled 1795,
consolidated with the city of Fordson in 1928, inc. as a city 1929. Dearborn
is the headquarters of the Ford Motor Company, and the city's economy is
dominated by the automobile industry; manufacturing as well as research and
development are important. Also residential, Dearborn now has a sizable Arab
American population. Fairlane Town Center, one of the nation's largest
shopping centers, is there. The city is home to the Henry
Ford,
which includes the Henry Ford Museum, Greenfield Village (a noted museum of
American history and architecture, with the birthplace of Henry Ford), and a business and history
research center; and to the Arab American National Museum. Ford's estate,
Fair Lane, is a national historic landmark and part of the Univ. of
Michigan's Dearborn campus.
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