Canton
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town in Massachusetts, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Massachusetts
- County
- Norfolk
- Type
- Open town meeting
- Town administrator
- Charles Doody
- Total
- 19.6 sq mi (50.7 km )
- Land
- 18.9 sq mi (49.0 km )
- Water
- 0.66 sq mi (1.7 km )
- Elevation
- 98 ft (30 m)
- Density
- 1,288/sq mi (497.3/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( Eastern )
- Zip code
- 02021
- Area code
- 781 / 339
- Fips code
- 25-11315
- Gnis feature id
- 0619457
- Website
- www.town.canton.ma.us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Canton
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Norfolk County
- Population
- 24370
- Area
- 19.6
- Elevation
- 30
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Official website
- www.town.canton.ma.us
- Image
- Canton Town Hall, MA.jpg
- Households
- 9238
- Dialing code
- 339
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- Commons category
- Canton, Massachusetts
- topic's main category
- Category:Canton, Massachusetts
- postal code
- 02021
- inception
- 1630-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Canton, Massachusetts
- per capita income
- 56441
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Encyclopedic overview
Canton is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 24,370 at the 2020 census. Canton is part of Greater Boston, about 15 miles (24 kilometers) southwest of Downtown Boston.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Canton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.