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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Canton City (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Canton City. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Name Variations for Canton City ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

Canton City has also been known as: Hensel.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Canton City is located in Pembina County.

To see how the shape of North Dakota's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Pembina County: Kittson (MN), Cavalier & Walsh.

Below are the counties that are near Canton City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Canton City:

  • Pembina County     (The home county of Canton City)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Canton City, with the one closest to Canton City listed first.
    • Akra
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akra
      • Akra is located in Pembina County
    • Crystal
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Cavalier
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cavalier have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cavalier
      • Cavalier is located in Pembina County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,204 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cavalier <1>
    • Mountain
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain
      • Mountain is located in Pembina County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mountain <1>
    • Glasston
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Backoo
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Backoo
      • Backoo is located in Pembina County
    • Svold
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Svold have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Svold
      • Svold is located in Pembina County
    • Saint Thomas
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Thomas have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Thomas
      • Saint Thomas is located in Pembina County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 301 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Thomas <1>
    • Gardar
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardar
      • Gardar is located in Pembina County
    • Hamilton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hamilton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
      • Hamilton is located in Pembina County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hamilton <1>
    • Bathgate
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Leroy
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
      • Leroy is located in Pembina County
    • Walhalla
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Cavalier County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Canton City, with the one closest to Canton City listed first.
    • Hanks Corner
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanks Corner
      • Hanks Corner is located in Cavalier County
    • Milton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Osnabrock
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Osnabrock have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osnabrock
      • Osnabrock is located in Cavalier County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osnabrock <1>
  • Walsh County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Canton City, with the one closest to Canton City listed first.
    • Hoople
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hoople have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoople
      • Hoople is located in Walsh County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hoople <1>
    • Auburn
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
      • Auburn is located in Walsh County
    • Edinburg
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edinburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
      • Edinburg is located in Walsh County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edinburg <1>
    • Kerry ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerry
      • Kerry is located in Walsh County
    • Mandt
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandt
      • Mandt is located in Walsh County
    • Park River
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park River have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park River
      • Park River is located in Walsh County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,305 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Park River <1>
    • Cashel ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cashel have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashel
      • Cashel is located in Walsh County
    • Grafton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Herrick
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Pisek
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Herriott
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herriott
      • Herriott is located in Walsh County
    • Adams
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Lankin
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lankin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lankin
      • Lankin is located in Walsh County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lankin <1>
  • Kittson County (MN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Canton City, with the one closest to Canton City listed first.
    • Saint Vincent
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Vincent have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Vincent
      • Saint Vincent is located in Kittson County (MN)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
    • Noyes
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Noyes have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noyes
      • Noyes is located in Kittson County (MN)
    • Humboldt
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt
      • Humboldt is located in Kittson County (MN)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Canton City, see our County-by-County Page for Canton City.

Newspapers Published in Canton City ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Canton City.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Canton City, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Canton City.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Canton City:

Cemeteries Near Canton City ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Canton City.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Canton City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Canton City, with the one closest to Canton City listed first.

  • West Point Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Point Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Point Cemetery
  • Crystal City Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Crystal City Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Crystal.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crystal City Cemetery
  • St. Patricks Catholic Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Hallson Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hallson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hallson Cemetery
  • Stokesville Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stokesville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stokesville Cemetery
  • Zion Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zion Cemetery
  • Peters Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Peters Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Peters Cemetery
  • Mountain Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mountain Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mountain Cemetery
  • Hoople Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • St. Thomas Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Thomas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Thomas Cemetery
  • Old Peters Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Peters Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Peters Cemetery
  • Andvari Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Andvari Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Andvari Cemetery
  • Continue List   (83 more) ...
    • St. Ellens Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Ellens Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Ellens Cemetery
    • St. Johns Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
    • Hamilton Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hamilton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hamilton Cemetery

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Canton City had railroad service and no post office. In 2020, Canton City had a population of 33 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Canton City, with the one closest to Canton City listed first.

  • Crystal
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Akra
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akra
    • Akra is located in Pembina County
  • Cavalier
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cavalier have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cavalier
    • Cavalier is located in Pembina County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,204 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cavalier <1>
  • Hallson
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hallson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallson
    • Hallson is located in Pembina County
  • Mountain
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain
    • Mountain is located in Pembina County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mountain <1>
  • Backoo
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Backoo
    • Backoo is located in Pembina County
  • Hoople
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hoople have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoople
    • Hoople is located in Walsh County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hoople <1>
  • Glasston
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Saint Thomas
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Thomas have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Thomas
    • Saint Thomas is located in Pembina County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 301 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Thomas <1>
  • Hamilton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hamilton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
    • Hamilton is located in Pembina County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hamilton <1>
  • Union
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
    • Union is located in Cavalier County
  • Bathgate
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Leroy
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
      • Leroy is located in Pembina County
    • Nash
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nash have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash
      • Nash is located in Walsh County
    • Auburn
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
      • Auburn is located in Walsh County

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Canton City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Canton City.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Canton City. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of North Dakota: www.nd.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Canton City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Canton City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.6881, Longitude: -97.6673    
<4>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<5>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Canton City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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