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Canton

Canton Township is a charter township in in the U.S. state of . A western , Canton is located roughly 23 miles west of , and 15 miles east of .
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  • Type: Town with 98,700 residents
  • Description: charter township in Wayne County, Michigan, USA
  • Also known as: “Canton Charter Township”, “Canton Township”, “Canton, MI”, “Canton, Michigan”, and “Charter Township of Canton”
  • Postal codes: 48187 and 48188

Places of Interest

Highlights include Canton Charter Academy and David and Elizabeth Bell Boldman House.

School
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National Heritage Academies, Inc. is a for-profit education management organization headquartered in . As of the 2024-25 school year, NHA operates 103 charter schools in nine states: Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, New York, North Carolina, Colorado, Georgia, Louisiana, and Wisconsin. is situated 2 miles northwest of Canton.

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The was a private house located at 3339 Canton Center Road near Sheldon in Canton Township, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. The former site of the house is now vacant.

House
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The is a private house located at 48145 Warren Road in Canton, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. is situated 2½ miles northwest of Canton.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cherry Hill.

Hamlet
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is an unincorporated community in in the U.S. state of . The community is located within Canton Township along and Ridge Roads but otherwise has no legally defined boundaries or population statistics. is situated 2½ miles west of Canton.

Canton

Latitude
42.3077° or 42° 18′ 28″ north
Longitude
-83.4869° or 83° 29′ 13″ west
Population
98,700
Elevation
679 feet (207 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US CNT
Open location code
86JR8G57+36
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6275176753
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4987990
Wiki­data ID
Q2086257
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Welsh—“Canton” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Canton”
  • Cebuano: “Canton”
  • Chechen: “Кантон”
  • Chinese: “Canton”
  • Chinese: “坎通”
  • Chinese: “坎頓”
  • Chinese: “坎顿”
  • Dutch: “Canton”
  • Finnish: “Canton”
  • French: “Canton Township”
  • French: “Canton”
  • German: “Canton”
  • Hebrew: “קנטון”
  • Irish: “Canton”
  • Italian: “Canton”
  • Japanese: “カントン郡区”
  • Korean: “캔턴”
  • Mazanderani: “کانتون (میشیگان)”
  • Mazanderani: “کانتون”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Canton”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Canton”
  • Norwegian: “Canton”
  • Persian: “کانتون، میشیگان”
  • Persian: “کانتون”
  • Portuguese: “Canton”
  • Russian: “Кантон”
  • Serbian: “Кантон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Canton, Michigan”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Canton”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کانتون، میشیقان”
  • Spanish: “Canton (Míchigan)”
  • Spanish: “Municipio de Canton (Míchigan)”
  • Spanish: “Municipio de Canton”
  • Swahili: “Canton Charter Township, Michigan”
  • Swahili: “Canton Charter Township”
  • Swedish: “Canton”
  • Tatar: “Кантон”
  • Turkish: “Canton, Michigan”
  • Turkish: “Canton”
  • Ukrainian: “Canton Charter Township”
  • Ukrainian: “Canton Township”
  • Ukrainian: “Canton, Michigan”
  • Ukrainian: “Кантон”
  • Urdu: “کینٹن، مشی گن”
  • Urdu: “کینٹن”
  • Vietnamese: “Canton, Michigan”
  • Vietnamese: “Xã Canton, Michigan”
  • Vietnamese: “Xã Canton, Quận Wayne, Michigan”
  • Vietnamese: “Xã Canton”
  • Volapük: “Canton”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Canton Charter Township”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Canton Township, Michigan”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Canton Township”
  • Welsh: “Canton, Michigan”
  • Welsh: “Canton”

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