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Canton is an unincorporated community within the township, although the name often refers to the whole township itself. It is located just south of M-153 (Ford Road) at The Canton post office, first established in 1852, serves an area conterminous with the township itself—using the 48187 ZIP Code north of Cherry Hill Road and the 48188 ZIP Code to the south.
One of the earliest settlers in Canton Township was Elisha Kinyon; he and his wife Dilla first bought land in the area in 1831. [2] Elisha's son Orrin bought 120 acres (49 ha) from his father in 1834, [2] and in 1835 he married Roxanne Fairman. [3]
John Patterson was born in 1804 in Connecticut. [3] John and his wife Pamelia moved to Canton Township in Michigan and purchased property in 1826. [2] Eight years later, in 1834, Pamelia Patterson died in childbirth; John remained a widower for 10 years. [2]
Cherry Hill, settled in 1825, [2] was an early crossroads hamlet in Canton Township. [3] The town was originally called "Ridge" (also the origin of "Ridge Road") due to its position atop the ridge shore of an ancient lake. [3] The first area church, the Cherry Hill United Methodist Church, was built in the village in 1834. [2]
Downriver communities near Detroit and Dearborn (such as Allen Park, Lincoln Park, Wyandotte, River Rouge, Melvindale and Ecorse) were developed in the 1920s-1940s and are identified by brick and mortar homes (often bungalows), tree-lined streets and Works Progress Administration-designed municipal buildings, typical also of the homes within Detroit's city limits.
Canton–Plymouth Mettetal Airport covers an area of 63 acres (25 ha) at an elevation of 696 feet (212 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 2,303 by 75 feet (702 x 23 m). [1] No commercial airline service is available, although many small flight schools are based there.
As of the census [1] of 2000, there were 1,194 people, 427 households, and 330 families residing in the township. The population density was 33.7 inhabitants per square mile (13.0/km 2).
Plymouth-Canton-Salem Unified Teams PCEP Debate Team The team has grown tremendously in the past two years, and is now placing in the top two places for the Wayne-Oakland Debate League. PCS United Cheer In 2005, the PCS United Cheer team was formed, composed of cheerleaders from all three schools and is also a nationally ranked team.