[6] The township was named after Major General Zachary Taylor,[7] a hero of the Mexican–American War who would go on to serve as the twelfth president of the United States.

[8][9] In 1882, German settlers in Taylor built the West Mound United Methodist Church on Eureka Road.

The church sat located on Eureka Road until 1994 when it was sold to the city and relocated to Heritage Park.

[10][11] In 1954, the first American Bektashi Sufi lodge with significant support from the Albanian-American community of the Detroit area.

[14] President Bill Clinton attended the commemoration ceremony for the new Department of Public works building grand opening in 1996.

[15] During the middle of 2005 in preparation for Super Bowl XL in Detroit the following year, a large blue bridge was built at the intersection of Telegraph Road and I-94.

[citation needed] Corporal Matthew Edwards with the Taylor Police Department died from a fatal gunshot wound after responding to a burglary in an apartment complex in mid-2010.

[17] Edwards funeral saw participation from many local and federal law enforcement agencies during the procession.

[citation needed] In 2019, the FBI began a federal investigation of then Mayor Rick Sollars and the City of Taylor for corruption.

[5] Taylor has continental climate, meaning that it has cold winters and humid summers like many other places in the Great Lakes region.

In addition to its schools, the Downriver Campus of the Wayne County Community College District, churches, parks, golf courses, recreation center, library, and the Oakwood Health System's Heritage Hospital, Taylor also has commercial and industrial sectors, restaurants, and shopping.

In 2014, it was announced that the 80 acre property located at Eureka Road and I-75 which previously held the Gibraltar Trade Center would be redeveloped into what became Trader's Pointe, which opened in June 2018.

Taylor had also been the home to the headquarters of Masco Corporation, the 13th largest publicly traded company in Michigan.

The property is being leased by Ford Motor Company in an announcement released in April 2017.

[25] Taylor Lanes has hosted numerous ten-pin bowling championships on the Professional Bowlers Association's PBA Tour, beginning with the 1985 Budweiser Open.

In 2013, the archdiocese sold the attached part of the St. Alfred Elementary to PrepNet Schools and formed Taylor Preparatory Charter High school and walled off the hallways connecting to the main church hall of St. Alfred's.