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Welcome to Canan ...

Canan is located in Blair County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Canan, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

Canan is 1,060 feet [323 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Canan: 814 & 582<3>

Websites for Canan ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.blairchamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Canan, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Canan ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Canan ...

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

Adding Canan to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Canan 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 Canan was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Canan.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Blair, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Canan - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 814 code has been Overlayed with the 582 area code. New phone numbers in the Canan area will be assigned with one of these codes: 814 or 582. As a result, placing a call in the Canan area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.