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East River Road–North Hickory Canal Bridge: ... Lilley Road–Lower Rouge River Bridge: 1923, 1933 2000-02-10 Canton Township ... Michigan Presque Isle: Spandrel ...
Many Shaikhs from North India are descended from Arabs, and adopted 'Shaikh' as their last name through marriage or their job. In Frontier Regions , Punjab of Pakistan, or Kashmir , the title shaikh was given to those who had descended from upper caste natives such as the Brahmins , Kayasthas and Rajputs .
The India Day, a celebration of Indian culture sponsored by the India League of America - Michigan, is held annually. [2] The Festival of India is held at Philip A. Hart Plaza in Downtown Detroit. Jaydevi and Bharat Sanghvi founded the festival.
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.
7675 N. Ridge Rd. Greek Revival: 1850 This house is a Greek Revival farmhouse, of post and beam construction, sided with wood and sitting on a stone foundation. It was built in 1850 by Orrin Kinyon, the son of one of Canton Township's original settlers. John and Eliza Barr Patterson House: 6205 N. Ridge Rd. Greek Revival: 1844
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]
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]
In 1825, Moses Bradford moved to Canton Township from Monroe County, New York, one of the first settlers to stake a claim in the area. [2] The following year, Aruna and Mary Bradford, Moses's parents, followed their son to Canton Township. [3] On arrival, they bought the property this house now sits on.