Canton Map. The City of Canton is located in Wayne County in the State of Michigan.Find directions to Canton, browse local businesses, landmarks, get current traffic estimates, road conditions, and more.The Canton time zone is Eastern Daylight Time which is 5 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
Sheldon’s stadiums: University of Michigan Stadium Athletic fields: Palmer Golf courses: New Rogell Golf Course, San Marino Golf Club, Northville Golf Course, Glenhurst Golf Course, Walnut Creek Golf Club, Leslie Golf Course, Westland Municipal Golf Course, Bonnie Brook Golf Course, Brae-Burn Golf Club, Brooklane Golf Course
Sheldon Corners (Michigan and Sheldon roads) was established in 1825 adjacent to the Sauk Trail (Michigan Avenue). The center spawned a small village made up of a number of homes, post office, general store, blacksmith, church and school.
Sweet Corn Capitol. From 1925 to 1970, Canton became known as the "Sweet Corn Capitol of Michigan.". A number of local farms provided corn to the area's major grocery stores. Because of Canton's central location it became a dairy farming center.
In the late 1980's, Wayne County was experiencing a shortage in landfill capacity. Canton, along with a number of communities, possessed sites (private interests) for landfills. It was very difficult to site new landfills. Residents and elected officials made landfill development very difficult. Capacity issues became so acquit that The County Executive threatened to use his police power's to site new landfills. Canton's officials recognized that the site in Canton was likely to be identified as a new landfill. As a result, Canton became the first community in Michigan to utilize a host community agreement to facilitate the construction of a landfill. In exchange for not fighting the development the community would receive annual financial benefits.
The opening of the Erie Canal in 1825 brought settlers from New England. Settlers were met by heavy forests and many animals, including; bear, wolf, lynx, and fox. Early settlers engaged in self sustaining farming. Farm-produced food and products provided the family with sustaining food and extra goods could be sold or bartered for goods, ...
Earlier, on October 20, 1829, the legislature had passed a bill creating the townships of Lima and Richland out of Bucklin Township. Governor Lewis Cass returned the acts unapproved, citing a conflict under the law.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 36.14 square miles (93.60 km 2 ), of which 36.11 square miles (93.52 km 2) is land and 0.03 square miles (0.08 km 2) (0.08%) is water.
According to the Charter Township's 2010 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city are:
Canton Township is served by the Plymouth-Canton Community Schools (which serves the northern 2/3 portion of Canton), Wayne-Westland Community Schools (which serves the south-eastern portion of Canton) and Van Buren Public Schools (which serves the south-western portion of the township).
Pickleball is a mixture of tennis, badminton and is a great source of cardio. Please pre-register at the Summit on the Park Club 55+ front desk and sign a medical waiver prior to your first time playing. Courts are assigned to different levels of play. Outdoor Pickleball.
Point play opportunity and fun games and drills will be used to improve your game. Tennis is the perfect sport for fun, fitness and social interaction. All adult classes will be taught to the level of the participants and will focus on forehand, backhand, serve and volley stroke production.
Tennis is a very popular sport for many seniors, and for good reason. It can not only be extremely healthy, but it’s also a sport seniors can compete in and master. Lesson fee includes: registration, court time and tennis balls.