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Welcome to Canning ...

Canning is located in Hughes County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Canning, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.

Canning is 1,540 feet [469 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Canning lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Canning: 605

Communities Also Named Canning ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Canning - they are located in Florida, Nova Scotia and Ontario.

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

Communities near Canning ...

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

  • Pierre
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Fort Pierre
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Blunt
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Harrold
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Verendrye Hill
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Verendrye Hill is located in Stanley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verendrye Hill
    • Estimated population in 2014: 5 people
  • Rousseau
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Rousseau is located in Hughes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rousseau
  • Alto
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Alto is located in Hughes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
  • Onida
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Holabird
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Oahe
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Oahe is located in Hughes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oahe
    • Estimated population in 2014: 474 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Canning ...

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

Adding Canning to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Canning 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 Canning was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Canning post office opened in 1883. The Canning post office closed in 1972.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Canning.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Dakota's counties, including Hughes, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Canning - 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>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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