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Welcome to Canton ...

So far, we found very little information about Canton. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Canton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Canton, please Contact Us.

Canton would have been located within present day Sharp County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Canton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1840.

When the people of Canton referred to themselves (known as a demonym), they are believed to have used Cantonian<3>

While the community is gone, the present day location for Canton is 390 feet [119 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Canton was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Canton was located: 870 & 327<5>

Communities Also Named Canton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 39 communities that are also named Canton - they are located in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (3), Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Maine, Maryland (2), Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Canton.

Communities near Canton ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Canton.

  • Cherokee Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Horseshoe Bend
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Thayer
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Thayer is located in Oregon County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thayer
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,103 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thayer <6>
  • Highland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Highland is located in Sharp County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,105 people
  • Ash Flat
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Mammoth Spring
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Imboden
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Ravenden
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Evening Shade
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Franklin
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Canton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Canton.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Canton. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Canton.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Canton. See our Newspapers Page for Canton.

Adding Canton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Canton in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Canton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Canton post office opened in 1840. The Canton post office closed in 1920.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Canton.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Canton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Sharp, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>A demonym is the name for a resident of a community which is usually derived from (or is related to) the name of that community. In other words, it's how the residents of Canton refer to themselves. It's important to note that there aren't any rules for taking a community's name and turning it into a demonym. A demonym is informal and while the majority of Canton may use one name, keep in mind that others may use something different.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Canton - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 870 code has been Overlayed with the 327 area code. New phone numbers in the Canton area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Canton area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/