Canton

charter township in Wayne County, Michigan, USA
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Canton

Summary

Canton is a charter township of Michigan[1]. Canton ranks in the top 0.92% of charter_township_of_michigan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,208 views/month, #1 of 109).[2]

Key Facts

  • Canton was a member of GovAI Coalition[3].
  • Canton is located in Wayne County[4].
  • Canton is in the country of United States[5].
  • Canton's instance of is recorded as charter township of Michigan[6].
  • Canton's instance of is recorded as census-designated place in the United States[7].
  • Guangzhou is named after Canton[8].
  • Canton's postal code is recorded as 48187[9].
  • Canton's postal code is recorded as 48188[10].
  • Canton's Commons category is recorded as Canton Township, Michigan[11].
  • Canton's local dialing code is recorded as 734[12].
  • 1825 marks the founding of Canton[13].
  • Canton's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 42.3086, 'longitude': -83.4822}[14].
  • Canton's official website is recorded as http://www.canton-mi.org/[15].
  • Canton's official website is recorded as https://www.cantonmi.gov/[16].
  • Canton has a population of {'amount': '+90173'}[17].
  • Canton has a population of {'amount': '+98659'}[18].
  • Canton's number of households is recorded as {'amount': '+34685'}[19].
  • Canton's category of associated people is recorded as Category:People from Canton, Michigan[20].
  • Canton sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+207'}[21].
  • Canton covers an area of {'amount': '+36.0'}[22].
  • Canton's per capita income is recorded as {'amount': '+44092'}[23].

Body

Geography

Canton is in the country of United States[5]. Canton is located in Wayne County[4].

Physical Characteristics

Canton covers an area of {'amount': '+36.0'}[22]. Canton sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+207'}[21]. Population counts include {'amount': '+90173'}[17] and {'amount': '+98659'}[18].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include charter township of Michigan[6] and census-designated place in the United States[7].

History and Context

1825 marks the founding of Canton[13]. Guangzhou is named after Canton[8].

Why It Matters

Canton ranks in the top 0.92% of charter_township_of_michigan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,208 views/month, #1 of 109).[2] Canton has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] Canton is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 21d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-09-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/53411|batch #53411]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 7w ago · DontCallMeLateForDinner · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → Guangzhou
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P138]]: [[Q16572]]"
  3. 18w ago · Mxn · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Per capita income → {'amount': '+44092'}
    Member of → GovAI Coalition
    Instance of → charter township of Michigan, census-designated place in the United States
    Country → United States
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P463]]: [[Q138812596]], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/258464|batch #258464]]"
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