ECORSE, a village of Wayne county, Michigan, U.S.A., on the Detroit river, 7m. S.S.W. of Detroit. It is served by the Detroit, Toledo and Ironton, the Michigan Central and the New York Central railways. The population was 4,394 in 192o (81 % native white) and was 12,716 in 193o by the Federal census. It is a rapidly growing industrial suburb, manufacturing steel, castings, salt and motor engines. The village was founded about 1812 and incorporated in 1902.