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:
- Salisbury
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Fruitland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Delmar
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Delmar
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hebron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pittsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mardela Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mardela Springs is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mardela Springs
- Laurel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Princess Anne
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Willards
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bethel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Sharptown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sharptown is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharptown
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- Galestown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Galestown is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galestown
- Vienna
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brookview
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Brookview is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookview
Wicomico County ...
Canton is located in Wicomico County<2>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Wicomico 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 Wicomico 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: 1668630
- GNIS ID for Wicomico County: 1668606
- GNIS ID for State of Maryland: 1714934
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Canton is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and Division #5 (the South Atlantic Division).
For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Canton.
Footnotes ...
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