| Cannonsburg, Michigan | |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place (CDP) & unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | Michigan#USA |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Label: | Cannonsburg |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Michigan##Location within the United States |
| Coordinates: | 43.0539°N -85.4697°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Name1: | Michigan |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kent |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Cannon |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Date: | 1842 |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.10 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.42 |
| Area Land Km2: | 1.09 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.42 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.01 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 203 |
| Population Density Km2: | 186.02 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 482.19 |
| Elevation Ft: | 781 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code(s) |
| Postal Code: | 49301 (Ada) 49317 49341 (Rockford) |
| Area Code: | 616 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 1617970 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Cannonsburg is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The community is within Cannon Township about 10miles northeast of the city of Grand Rapids.
While the area was still a part of Plainfield Township, the settlement at Cannonsburg was founded in 1842 on an old Native American trail (Chippewa and Ottawa populated the area prior to the region being opened for white settlers). In 1844 and 1845, mills were erected by Edwin B. Bostwick, with H.T. Judson as architect.[2]
As an inducement to settlement, the community was platted in 1848[3] [4] (or 1845 by some accounts[5] [6]). Bostwick, a business agent of railroad and steamboat financier LeGrand Cannon of Troy, New York, was instructed to give a lot to each resident who was not otherwise provided for. Twenty-five lots were given away and the town was named in honor of Cannon, who acknowledged the honor with the gift of a small cannon engraved with his name and the date.[5]
The first record of the township separate from Plainfield is on April 6, 1846. Mention is made that the Michigan Legislature had organized the town under the name of "Churchtown" in the spring of 1846[7] [8] (or 1845 in some sources[9]). The name was soon after changed to Cannon, after the largest settlement.
A post office was established on May 7, 1844, with the spelling as "Cannonsburgh". The spelling was changed to Cannonsburg on February 5, 1894.[3] The Cannonsburg ZIP code 49317 provides P.O. Box only service.[10] Cannonsburg continued to be at the center of township business through the end of the 20th Century when the township offices were moved to a new location 2 miles to the north, along the M-44 corridor.
For the 2020 census, Cannonsburg was included as a newly-listed census-designated place, which is included for statistical purposes only. Cannonsburg continues to remain an unincorporated community with no legal autonomy of its own.[11]