Urania
Page 567 of Walter Romig's Michigan Place Names says:
"Urania, Washtenaw County:
"Peter Cook, station agent for the Toledo and Ann Arbor Railroad here in York Township, in 1878, became its first postmaster on Jan. 10, 1879, the office operating until Jan. 31, 1914 [GSM 1879; PO Archives]."
Urania was not a town or community. It was just a station along the Ann Arbor Railroad, at Willis Road. There was no store, no church, no school, and no town hall in Urania. "Urania" was just the name of a railroad station.
The station got its name when Thomas Richards of Milan worked hard to bring the railroads to Milan. He was rewarded for his effort. He was given the chance to name a railroad station. He named the station at Willis Road after his late wife, Urania Blakeslee Richards.
Urania Richards is laid to rest at the York Cemetery near her mother, Urania Blakeslee.
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