Main Ridge is today the center of town. At one time it was planted with corn. Canton is the ridge just to the east of Main Ridge and is connected by a bridge. It was on this ridge the first settlement was made and for a while was more populated that Main Ridge. It is generally believed that the homes of the early fishermen were here while the other ridges were used for farming.
West Ridge is about a mile long.
In recent times a sea wall was erected and it has a small airport or airpark on it. Oyster Creek Ridge or what remains of this has long been abandoned. Joshua Thomas' son, John ran the first store on the island here. East Point Ridge was a very small ridge to the northeast of Canton. It was abandoned in approximately 1905, shortly after the houses on it burned.