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Welcome to Canaan Street ...

Canaan Street is located in Grafton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Canaan Street, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1879.

Canaan Street is 1,140 feet [347 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Canaan Street lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Canaan Street: 603

Communities Also Named Canaan Street ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Canaan Street - it's located in Connecticut.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Canaan Street.

Communities near Canaan Street ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Canaan Street.

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Canaan Street ...

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

Adding Canaan Street to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Canaan Street 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 for Canaan Street was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Canaan Street post office opened in 1879.

We also found Canaan Street in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Canaan Street.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New Hampshire's counties, including Grafton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Canaan Street - 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>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.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/