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Canton
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city in Fulton County, Illinois, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- County
- Fulton
- Townships
- Canton , Buckheart
- Type
- Mayor–council
- Mayor
- Kent McDowell
- Total
- 8.02 sq mi (20.76 km )
- Land
- 7.86 sq mi (20.35 km )
- Water
- 0.16 sq mi (0.41 km )
- Elevation
- 640 ft (200 m)
- Estimate 2024
- 12,896
- Density
- 1,685.1/sq mi (650.62/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Fips code
- 17-11007
- Website
- www .cantonillinois .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Canton
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Fulton County
- Population
- 13242
- Area
- 20.893967
- Elevation
- 650
- Official website
- www.cantonillinois.org
- Households
- 5154
- Dialing code
- 309
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- postal code
- 61520
- inception
- 1825-00-00
- Commons category
- Canton, Illinois
- topic's main category
- Category:Canton, Illinois
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Canton, Illinois
- P8168
- Surville
- water as percent of area
- 2.021
- per capita income
- 30144
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (9)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Canton is the largest city in Fulton County, Illinois, United States. The population was 13,242 at the 2020 census, down from 14,704 at the 2010 census. The Canton Micropolitan Statistical Area covers all of Fulton County; it is, in turn, part of the wider Peoria–Canton, Illinois Combined Statistical Area (CSA).
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Canton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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