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Welcome to Cana ...So far, we found very little information about Cana. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Cana to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Cana, please Contact Us. Cana would have been located within present day Abbeville County<2>. The location of Cana has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Cana, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895. While the community is gone, the present day location for Cana is 440 feet [134 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Cana was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Cana would have been located in the (864) area code. Communities Also Named Cana ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Cana - they are located in California, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Saskatchewan, Texas and Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cana. Communities near Cana ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Cana.
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 Cana. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cana. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cana. 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 Cana. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Cana. See our Newspapers Page for Cana. Adding Cana to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Cana in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Cana was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). We also found Cana on a map titled Rand McNally Map of South Carolina (1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Cana. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Abbeville County: www.abbevillecountygovernment.org/ The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/ Footnotes ...
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