Canton Michigan
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If you are thinking of a Michigan relocation, or just relocating within Michigan Canton is a great city to move to. It has been carefully planned and developed with easy access to the highways and major thorough fares.
Canton township had a total population of 83,269. The municipal complex is located on Beck Rd south of Ford Rd. Canton twp was established in 1834. It covers 36 square miles. Canton has 49,725 registered voters and 31,846 housing units.
Canton Location
Canton is bordered by Plymouth Township to the North, and VanBuren Township to the South. Wayne and Westland border Canton to the East and Superior Township is to the West. US-12 ( Michigan Avenue) & I-275 run through the city. It takes about 25 minutes to get to Downtown Detroit and Ann Arbor from Canton. Canton sits about halfway between Detroit and Ann Arbor. It is a 20 minute ride to Detroit Metro Airport. From Canton it is a short ride to I-94, M-14, and I-96.?
Canton Parks and Recreation
Canton has 2 public golf courses (Pheasant Run and Fellows Creek Golf courses) and a senior center. The Village Theater in Cherry Hill opened in September 2004, and features art programs. Canton Township has 6 parks that cover over 270 acres.
Summit on the ParkCanton's state of the art recreation center is the heart of the Canton community and features a fitness center, personal training, aquatic center, banquet and conference center, full size gymnasium, racquetball court, child care facilities and many recreational programs or events for any age or interest.
Victory Park - The gateway to sports in Canton featuring Canton Sports Center, Arctic Edge Ice Arena and High Velocity Sports. If sports is your game, it's at Victory Park.
County Parks.
For information on Huron-Clinton Metroparks, call 800-47-PARKS. William P. Holliday Nature Preserve. This park cuts into the northeast corner of Canton at Koppernick Road, east of the C&O railtracks. 500 acres total, 57 acres in Canton. River Rouge Parkway: Flood plain along the lower Rouge River from Canton?Center to Hannan Road. 267 acres, undeveloped.
Canton Police and Fire Department
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Based on statistics reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Canton was the nation's 20th safest municipality during 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006. The designation is based on crime statistics in six categories: murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, and auto theft.
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Canton Restaurants
Canton has restaurants scattered throughout the city From Rose's Italian Restaurant to the 3 Brother's Polish restaurant to Mexican Fiesta. There is just about every ethnic restaurant and food imaginable. Many Restaurants are along Ford Rd.
Canton Schools
Canton Township is primarily served by the Plymouth-Canton Community Schools.? Though there are areas served by Wayne-Westland Schools (Walker-Winter Elementary) and Van Buren Schools.
Canton?Shopping
Canton is 30 minutes from Briarwood Mall, 20 minutes from 12 Oaks Mall, and 10 minutes from Laurel Park Place (mall). Canton has many big box stores like Meijer, Jc Penny, Target, Home Depot, Lowes, Ikea, and Walmart along Ford Rd.? There are many stores all along Ford Rd to get what ever you need.
Canton styles of Homes
Canton like many cities in Michigan really started their subdivisions in the 1960 and the 1970s. Orginally many of Canton's homes were ranchs, colonial, tri -levels and quad levels. Most of the homes built during that period sell in $100,000 to the $250,000 range. Canton continued to build larger homes and larger subidivisions as time went on.
It has been a carefully planned community with city planners making few exceptions to the master plan. Now you can find elegant brick colonials up to $600,00 in Canton (2006) down to small ranchs.
Canton History
Civilization arrived in Canton by the 1820´s. The first land grant in Canton was given to Philander Burd in 1825. In 1834 a six square mile area bounded by Joy Road on the north, Van Born Road to the south, Hannan to the east and Napier to the west became known as Canton, Michigan. Canton was named after a city in China due in part to the enhanced trade relations the United States had with China at that time.
Canton was primarily farm land throughout it's history. But among the corn fields and woods existed two small villages: Sheldon Corners and Cherry Hill.
Sheldon Corners was established in 1825 by Timothy & Rachel Sheldon after spending a night alongside the Sauk Trail (A.K.A. Michigan Ave.) under a large tree. They built an inn (which still stands) for other weary travelers heading westward.
Cherry Hill boasts Canton's first church-the Cherry Hill United Methodist Church and Cemetery, (1834). Cherry Hill was first known as "The Ridge", and was later renamed Cherry Hill Village. About 1865 after Abner Hitchcock built his inn and named it the "Cherry Hill House" after the abundant wild cherry trees growing there. In the 1940's Henry Ford built one of his "Village Industries" in Cherry Hill and adopted the Cherry Hill School as part of the Greenfield Village School System, offering the students many wonderful new opportunities.
In 1874 the first township hall was built on the corner of Canton Center and Cherry Hill Roads. It seated 400 people and was built at a cost of $700. Since the beginning? Canton was a farming community Farm. From 1925 to 1970 Canton was touted as the "Sweet Corn Capitol of Michigan." Canton became one of Michigan's first Charter Townships.
Dairy farming was also important in Canton due to its central location. At first farmers took their milk to local creameries located in the villages of Sheldon Corners and Cherry Hill. Today one large dairy herd still exists in Canton, run by descendants of another early family, the Gills.
Canton Demographics
Median resident age: 33.4 years
Median household income: $72,495 (year 2000)
Median house value: $194,100 (year 2000)
For population 25 years and over in Canton
- High school or higher: 92.0%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 39.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 14.7%
- Unemployed: 2.5%
- Mean travel time to work: 26.3 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Canton CDP
- Never married: 24.9%
- Now married: 63.1%
- Separated: 0.8%
- Widowed: 3.8%
- Divorced: 7.4%
10.6% Foreign born (7.0% Asia, 1.8% Europe).
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