Canton Township, Michigan
| Canton, Michigan | |
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| Charter township | |
| Charter Township of Canton | |
Canton Municipal Building
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 Location of Canton within Michigan |
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 Canton, Michigan
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| Coordinates: 42°18′31″N 83°28′56″W / 42.30861°N 83.48222°WCoordinates: 42°18′31″N 83°28′56″W / 42.30861°N 83.48222°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Michigan |
| County | Wayne |
| Settled | 1825 |
| Organized | 1834 |
| Government | |
| • Supervisor | Philip LaJoy |
| Area | |
| • Total | 36.0 sq mi (93.2 km2) |
| • Land | 36.0 sq mi (93.2 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) 0.0% |
| Elevation | 679 ft (207 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 90,173 |
| • Density | 2,500/sq mi (970/km2) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP codes | 48187-48188 |
| Area code(s) | 734 |
| FIPS code | 26-13120 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1626030 |
| Website | www.canton-mi.org |
Canton is a charter township of Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located about 8 miles (13 km) west of the city limits of Detroit and 8 miles (13 km) east of the city limits of Ann Arbor. As of the 2010 census, the township had a population of 90,173, making it Michigan's second largest township and eleventh largest community. Canton is ranked as 96th highest-income place in the United States with a population of 50,000 or more. Canton Township is also consistently ranked as one of the safest cities in the United States, as well as in the state of Michigan. In 2015, the township was ranked as the 29th safest city in America. Canton is one of Michigan's fastest growing communities.
Earlier, on October 20, 1829, the legislature had passed a bill creating the townships of Lima and Richland out of Bucklin Township. Governor Lewis Cass returned the acts unapproved, citing a conflict under the law. The names conflicted with post offices in existence, contrary to a territorial law from April 12, 1827, prohibiting incorporation of a new township bearing the same name as any existing post office. The legislature thus had to substitute the names of Nankin and Pekin after the cities of Nanjing (Nanking) and Beijing (Peking) in China. The name of Pekin was extinguished when it was renamed Redford in 1833.
The Township of Canton was created by act of the Michigan Territorial Legislature on March 7, 1834 out of a southern portion of Plymouth Township. It was named in honor of the port and provincial capital known historically as Canton, Imperial China, which in 1918 was renamed Guangzhou (Chinese: 廣州; pinyin: Guǎngzhōu) — now the capital and largest city of Guangdong province, People's Republic of China.
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