Canton, New York
Canton is positioned in New York Canton - Canton Location of Canton in New York State New York Canton is a town in St.
Lawrence County, New York, United States.
The populace was 10,995 at the 2010 census. The town contains two villages: one also titled Canton, the other titled Rensselaer Falls.
The town is titled after the great port of Canton (now titled Guangzhou) in China. Canton is the home of St.
Lawrence University and SUNY Canton.
Canton Central School District is centered in the village of Canton.
The town was organized/incorporated on May 14th, 1805 from part of the town of Lisbon.
Canton was one of the initial ten suburbs of the county.
In 1845, the improve of Canton was incorporated as a village.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 105.9 square miles (274.3 km ), of which, 104.8 square miles (271.4 km ) of it is territory and 1.1 square miles (2.8 km ) of it (1.03%) is water.
Route 11 is a northeast-southwest highway, which intersects New York State Route 68 and New York State Route 310 at Canton village.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 18.9% under the age of 18, 29.6% from 18 to 24, 21.8% from 25 to 44, 18.4% from 45 to 64, and 11.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $36,875, and the median income for a family was $43,819.
To the north on New York State Route 68, Ogdensburg borders Canada at the Johnstown crossing, which in turn is an hour from the capital, Ottawa.
Crary Mills A hamlet southwest of Canton village.
Brick Chapel A hamlet south of Canton village on County Road 27.
Canton A village centrally positioned in the town by the Grasse River and US-11.
Morley A hamlet on the northern town line by the Grasse River at the intersection of County Roads 14 and 27.
Rensselaer Falls A village in the northwest corner of the town on County Roads 14 and 15.
Lawrence University A college in Canton village.
SUNY Canton A state college northwest of Canton village.
Woodbridge Corners A locale NY-68 northwest of Canton village.
Silas Wright, New York State Governor Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclop dia Britannica article Canton (New York).
Canton town website Lawrence County, New York, United States County seat: Canton Brasher Canton Clare Clifton Colton De Kalb De Peyster Edwards Fine Fowler Gouverneur Hammond Hermon Hopkinton Lawrence Lisbon Louisville Macomb Madrid Massena Morristown Norfolk Oswegatchie Parishville Piercefield Pierrepont Pitcairn Potsdam Rossie Russell Stockholm Waddington Canton Gouverneur Hammond Heuvelton Massena Morristown Norwood Potsdam Rensselaer Falls Richville Waddington
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Towns in New York - Towns in St.
Lawrence County, New York
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