Dearborn is a city of the Detroit metropolitan area and Wayne County in the state of Michigan in the United States . Almost 98,000 people were living in Dearborn as of 2000 . Dearborn is among a small number of municipalities that owns property in other cities ( the 626 a Camp Dearborn in Milford , Michigan , 35 m from Dearborn ) and is possibly unique in holding property in another state ( the Dearborn Towers apartment complex in Clearwater , Florida ) .