ADRIAN, a city in south-eastern Michigan, U.S.A., about 3om. N.W. of Toledo. It is the county seat of Lenawee county, and is served by the New York Central, the Wabash, the Detroit, Toledo and Ironton and the Toledo and Western (electric) rail ways. The population was 11,878 in 1920, and was 13,064 in 1930 (Federal census).
The county, a rich farming land, contains beautiful lakes. Adrian's trade in grain, livestock and dairy products is extensive. Woven wire fence was first made here, and is the leading manu facture. Electrical appliances, phonographs, furniture, leather, knitted goods, automobile supplies and condensed milk are also produced. There were 42 factories in 1927, with an output valued, at $11,330,448. Adrian college (established 1859, continuing Mich igan Union college, which had been organized at Leoni in 1852) is a Methodist Protestant co-educational institution. It has a beau tiful campus of 22ac. and an enrolment of about 300. The State training-school for girls (1879) is one mile north of the city.
Adrian was laid out in 1828; incorporated as a village in 1836; became the county seat in 1838; and was chartered as a city in 1853. Tradition says that it was named after the emperor Hadrian.