Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Canton came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Canton in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Canton. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Canton data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

Rand McNally Map of North Carolina (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Shell Oil Road Map for North Carolina (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Canton is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Canton in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Canton for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Canton. See our Misc Page for Canton for more information.