Do you know of Canton ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Canton. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Canton.
Our sources for Canton (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Canton other than they indicate that Canton would be found somewhere in Sioux County, Nebraska.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1890 and closed in 1921.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Canton ...
We found 39 communities that share the name Canton.
Within Nebraska, the name Canton is unique.
Beyond Nebraska, we know of another 39 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 39 communities, 37 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Sharp County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Canton [Sharp County].
- California
- El Dorado County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Canton [El Dorado County].
- Colorado
- Weld County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Canton [Weld County].
- Connecticut
- Hartford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Canton [Hartford County].
- Georgia
- Cherokee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Canton [Cherokee County].
- Illinois
- Fulton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Canton [Fulton County].
- Indiana
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Canton [Washington County].
- Iowa
- Jackson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Canton [Jackson County].
- Kansas
- Anderson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Canton [Anderson County].
- McPherson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Canton [McPherson County].
- Riley County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Canton [Riley County].
- Kentucky
- Trigg County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Canton [Trigg County].
- Louisiana
- Allen Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Canton [Allen Parish].
- Calcasieu Parish
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Canton [Calcasieu Parish].
- Maine
- Oxford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Canton [Oxford County].
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Norfolk County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Canton [Norfolk County].
- Michigan
- Wayne County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Canton [Wayne County].
- Minnesota
- Fillmore County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Canton [Fillmore County].
- Mississippi
- Madison County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Canton [Madison County].
- Missouri
- Lewis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Canton [Lewis County].
- Montana
- Broadwater County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Canton [Broadwater County].
- New Brunswick
- Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Canton.
- New Jersey
- Salem County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Canton [Salem County].
- New Mexico
- DeBaca County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Canton [DeBaca County].
- New York
- Saint Lawrence County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Canton [Saint Lawrence County].
- North Carolina
- Haywood County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Canton [Haywood County].
- Ohio
- Stark County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Canton [Stark County].
- Oklahoma
- Blaine County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Canton [Blaine County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Canton.
- Pennsylvania
- Bradford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Canton [Bradford County].
- South Dakota
- Lincoln County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Canton [Lincoln County].
- Texas
- Van Zandt County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Canton [Van Zandt County].
- Virginia
- Scott County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Canton [Scott County].
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Barron County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Canton [Barron County].
- Arkansas
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Canton ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Canton:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Canton - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
More Orphans in Sioux County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Sioux County.
| Adele | Grammercy |
| Adelia | |
| Mansfield | |
| Bell | Marshfield |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Canton could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |