The petition was granted in 1847 and the new community was named Taylor Township. Because of this, the residents petitioned to form a separate community. Many residents in the western portion of the township found that they lived too far away to participate in the civic affairs and functions of the township.
The Coan family name continues through the existence of the artificial Coan Lake in Heritage Park, which was named in his honor. The first landowner in the area was Peter Coan, who purchased an 80-acre (32 ha) parcel from the US government in 1830. At this time the land was mostly rural farm land with little development.
The city of Taylor traces its origins back to when it was originally part of Ecorse Township to the west. The city is served by the Taylor School District. Heritage Park is located within the city and hosts the Junior League World Series, which invites youth baseball players from all over the world for an annual tournament in August. The city was also home to the now-demolished Gibraltar Trade Center. Taylor is home to the Southland Center, Taylor Sportsplex, Beaumont Hospital – Taylor, the Downriver Campus of the Wayne County Community College District, and is the founding location of Hungry Howie's Pizza. Taylor is the most-populated municipality of the Downriver community, and it is located about 5 miles (8.0 km) west of the southern border of Detroit and about 15 miles (24.1 km) southwest of Downtown Detroit. The area was originally a civil township known as Taylor Township, which was organized in 1848 and later incorporated as the city of Taylor in 1968. Taylor is the fifth most-populated city in Wayne County and the 17th most-populated city in Michigan. Its population was 63,409 at the 2020 census. Taylor is a city in Wayne County in the U.S.
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