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Also known as Canton Charter Township, Canton Township, Canton, Michigan, Canton, MI

charter township in Wayne County, Michigan, USA

Key facts

Country
United States
State
Michigan
County
Wayne
Supervisor
Anne Marie Graham-Hudak
Clerk
Michael Siegrist
Treasurer
Dian Slavens
Charter township
36.14 sq mi (93.6 km )
Land
36.11 sq mi (93.5 km )
Water
0.03 sq mi (0.078 km )
Elevation
679 ft (207 m)
Density
2,732.2/sq mi (1,054.9/km )
Metro
4,285,832 ( Metro Detroit )
Time zone
UTC-5 ( EST )
Summer dst
UTC-4 ( EDT )
Zip code s
48187, 48188
Fips code
26-13120
Website
www .cantonmi .gov

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

Canton Township (commonly known simply as Canton) is a charter township in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A western suburb of Detroit, Canton is located roughly 23 miles (37.0 km) west of downtown Detroit, and 15 miles (24.1 km) east of Ann Arbor. As of the 2020 census, the township had a population of 98,659, making it Michigan's second most-populated township (after Clinton Township) and ninth most-populated municipality overall.

Communities

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Canton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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