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Welcome to Cannon City ...

Cannon City is located in Rice County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cannon City, you might consider that their post office opened in 1855.

Cannon City is 1,200 feet [366 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Cannon City lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Cannon City ...

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

  • Owatonna
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Faribault
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Northfield
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Elko New Market
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Elko New Market is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elko New Market
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,733 people
  • Lonsdale
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Rice Lake
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Rice Lake is located in Steele County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Lake
  • Cannon Falls
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Montgomery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Waterville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Kenyon
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)

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 Cannon City. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cannon City.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cannon City. 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 Cannon City.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cannon City ...

Looking for more information about Cannon City? 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 Cannon City, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Cannon City.

Adding Cannon City to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cannon City in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Cannon City was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Cannon City post office opened in 1855. The Cannon City post office closed in 1880.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cannon City.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Rice, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cannon City - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/