Canton Township, Michigan
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Canton Charter Township, Michigan

Administration
Full nameCanton Charter Township, Michigan
Official nameCanton Charter Township, Michigan
Settlement typeCharter township
MottoMichigan's Community of Vision.
CountryUnited States
StateMichigan
CountyWayne
Settled1825
Organized1834
Government
SupervisorPhilip LaJoy
Geography
Total Area36.0 sq mi (93.2 km2)
Land Area36.0 sq mi (93.2 km2)
Water Area0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation679 ft (207 m)
Demography
Total Population86539 (2006)
Density (pop.)818.9/km2 (2121.5/sq mi)
Other information
Time zoneEST (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP codes48187-48188
Area code734
FIPS code26-13120 
GNIS feature ID1626030

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The Charter Township of Canton, usually referred to as Canton, is an affluent charter township of Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is twenty five minutes, 23 mi (37 km) west of Detroit and twenty minutes, 17 mi (27.4 km) east of Ann Arbor. As of the 2000 census, the township had a total population of 76,366. The 2008 Census Bureau Estimate put the population at 82,075, making it Michigan's second largest township and eleventh largest community. Canton is one of Michigan's fastest growing communities. Based on statistics reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Canton was the nation's 20th safest municipality with a population over 75,000 during 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2009. The designation is based on crime statistics in six categories: murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, and auto theft.

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Police say drunken driver caused crash that killed 32-year-old Canton woman ... - AnnArbor.com Tweet this news
AnnArbor.com--The driver of the 2002 Ford, a 32-year-old -Canton Township- woman, was pronounced dead at the scene. Her name has not been released. ... - Date : Wed, 27 Oct 2010 03:17:35 GMT+00:00
Booher: 'Trying to make a difference' - Hometownlife.com Tweet this news
Hometownlife.com---...- -Michigan- House of Representatives in the 20th District, which includes Plymouth, Plymouth Township, Northville and a portion of eastern -Canton Township-. ... - Date : Sun, 04 Jul 2010 10:55:34 GMT+00:00
Heise: Tax, regulations cut key to growth - Hometownlife.com Tweet this news
Hometownlife.com---...- the -Michigan- House of Representatives in the 20th District, which includes Plymouth, Plymouth Township, Northville and part of eastern -Canton Township-. ... - Date : Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:10:04 GMT+00:00
Better luck this time-we're all hopeful - Journal Newspapers Tweet this news
Journal Newspapers---Canton- Supervisor Phil LaJoy took that attitude to Lansing yesterday in hopes of securing a major grant-or at least in getting it-to fund some much-needed ... - Date : Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:19:09 GMT+00:00
Canton Crash Kills 1, Injures 2 Others - WWJ Tweet this news
WWJ---Canton Township- (WWJ) -- -Canton- police say that a crash Sunday afternoon killed one person and left two others injured. The two-vehicle accident happened ... - Date : Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:33:06 GMT+00:00

Municipalities and communities of Wayne County, Michigan

County seat: Detroit
CitiesAllen Park * Belleville * Dearborn * Dearborn Heights * Detroit * Ecorse * Flat Rock � * Garden City * Gibraltar * Grosse Pointe * Grosse Pointe Farms * Grosse Pointe Park * Grosse Pointe Shores � * Grosse Pointe Woods * Hamtramck * Harper Woods * Highland Park * Inkster * Lincoln Park * Livonia * Melvindale * Northville � * Plymouth * River Rouge * Riverview * Rockwood * Romulus * Southgate * Taylor * Trenton * Wayne * Westland * Woodhaven * Wyandotte |title3=Charter
townships |body3= Brownstown * Canton * Huron * Northville * Plymouth * Sumpter * Redford * Van Buren |title4=Civil
township |body4= Grosse Ile |title5=Footnotes |body5= �This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
Charter
townships
Brownstown * Canton * Huron * Northville * Plymouth * Sumpter * Redford * Van Buren
Civil
township
Grosse Ile
Footnotes�This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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Central cityDetroit
Suburbs
over 80,000
Canton Township * Clinton Township * Dearborn * Livonia * Sterling Heights * Troy * Warren * Westland
Suburbs
50,000 to 80,000
Dearborn Heights * Farmington Hills * Grosse Pointe * Macomb Township * Novi * Pontiac * Redford Township * Rochester Hills * Royal Oak * Saint Clair Shores * Shelby Township * Southfield * Taylor * Waterford Township * West Bloomfield Township
Satellite citiesAnn Arbor * Brighton * Flint * Howell * Lapeer * Monroe * Port Huron * Windsor, Ontario
Counties in MSALapeer * Livingston * Macomb * Oakland * St. Clair * Wayne
Counties in CSAGenesee * Monroe * Washtenaw
RegionSoutheast Michigan
Outlying regionsCentral Michigan * Flint/Tri-Cities * Northwest Ohio * Southwestern Ontario



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