Welcome to Canton ...Canton is located in Allen Parish<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Canton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886. When the people of Canton refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Cantonian<2> Canton is 80 feet [24 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Canton lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Canton: 337 Communities Also Named Canton ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Louisiana communities named Canton: This one is located in Allen Parish and the other is located in Calcasieu Parish. Beyond Louisiana, there are 39 communities that are also named Canton - they are located in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (3), Kentucky, 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.
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. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Canton ...Looking for more information about Canton? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Canton, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor 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.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Canton. Footnotes ...
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