Census Data for Canton
As far as we can tell, Canton has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.
While we don't have census information for Canton, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- Cadiz
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hardin
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Grand Rivers
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kuttawa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- LaFayette
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Benton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Eddyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Princeton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Dover
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Murray
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Calvert City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hopkinsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
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- Dycusburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dycusburg is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dycusburg
- Fredonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hazel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Trigg County ...
Canton is located in Trigg County<2>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Trigg County.
Miscellaneous Information for Canton ...
The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Trigg County or the community of Canton:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Canton:
- GNIS ID for Canton: 507647
- GNIS ID for Trigg County: 516957
- GNIS ID for State of Kentucky: 1779786
- The FIPS Codes ...
- An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
- State Code: 21 (Kentucky)
- County Code: 221 (Trigg County)
- Place Code: 12646 (Canton)
- State & County Code: 21/221 (Kentucky / Trigg County)
- State & Place Code: 21/12646 (Kentucky / Canton)
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Canton is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and Division #6 (the East South-Central Division).
For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Canton.
Footnotes ...
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| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Trigg, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |