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Dundee

Location
Dundee is conveniently located in southeastern lower Michigan in Monroe County. Sitting at the intersection of US-23 and M-50, Dundee is about 17 miles from both the Ohio border (to the south) and the city of Ann Arbor (to the north).

History
It is generally agreed that the village of Dundee, like many of its U.S. namesakes, takes its name from Dundee, Scotland, the town on the Firth of Tay, which was founded in the 12th century and later became a prominent whaling center. The first settler to homestead in what was to become Dundee was William Remmington, who arrived in 1823. In 1836, a Scotsman named Alonzo Curtis was the area postmaster and decided to establish a new post office in the town. He called it Dundee, in memory of his ancestors’ village in Scotland. It eventually was incorporated as a village in 1855.

Education
Dundee Schools are widely recognized as being on the cutting edge of education. It recently constructed a new high school to accommodate the district’s growth due to a steady increase in population in recent years. It meets student needs through the high school, a middle school and an elementary school. Like many school districts in Monroe County, Dundee has embraced technology. Examples include being the lead in the county for Japanese language instruction using distance learning capabilities. The Dundee school district has has collaborated with Monroe County Community College to enhance its computer-aided design curriculum.

2010 Demographics
Village population: 4,537
Households: 1,736
Median household income: $41,563
Median housing value: $113,600
Housing owner-occupied: 61 percent
Households in poverty: 6.5 percent

Culture and Recreation
Dundee is known as the "hub of the highways" because it’s located approximately at the junction of M-50 and US-23. However, a closer look reveals that it’s also a center of culture, recreation and tourism. From the Italianate architecture of its historice downtown buildings, to its quaint Old Mill Museum housed in an old mill and one-time hydro station established by Henry Ford, to its historic Triangle Park in the village’s center, Dundee has a rich and varied heritage. The creation of a Cabela’s outdoor equipment store made Dundee one of Michigan’s primary tourist destinations almost overnight and spurred a raft of related development, both commercial, industrial and residential.

Official government Web site: http://www.dundeevillage.net/