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Canton

city in and county seat of Lincoln County, South Dakota, United States
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Canton

Summary

Canton is a city in the United States[1]. Canton ranks in the top 8% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (245 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Canton is located in Lincoln County[3].
  • Canton is in the country of United States[4].
  • Canton's head of government is recorded as Sandi Lundstrom[5].
  • Canton's instance of is recorded as city in the United States[6].
  • Canton's instance of is recorded as county seat[7].
  • Canton's postal code is recorded as 57013[8].
  • Canton's Commons category is recorded as Canton, South Dakota[9].
  • Canton's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−06:00[10].
  • Canton's local dialing code is recorded as 605[11].
  • Canton's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 43.302222222222, 'lon': -96.590833333333}[12].
  • Canton's official website is recorded as http://www.cantonsd.org/[13].
  • Canton's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Canton, South Dakota[14].
  • Canton has a population of {'amount': '+3057'}[15].
  • Canton has a population of {'amount': '+3066'}[16].
  • Canton's capital of is recorded as Lincoln County[17].
  • Canton's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Canton'}[18].
  • Canton's category for people born here is recorded as Q20705582[19].
  • Canton's number of households is recorded as {'amount': '+1167'}[20].
  • Canton's category of associated people is recorded as Q32666448[21].
  • Canton sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+387'}[22].
  • Canton covers an area of {'unit': 'Q25343', 'amount': '+8340000'}[23].
  • Canton covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+8.343613'}[24].
  • Canton's water as percent of area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+0.855'}[25].
  • Canton's per capita income is recorded as {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+32163'}[26].

Body

Identity

Canton's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Canton'}[18].

Why It Matters

Canton ranks in the top 8% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (245 views/month).[2] Canton has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] Canton is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Related Entities

Ernest Lawrence United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . cantonsd.org. Retrieved . cantonsd.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 21d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category of associated people → Q32666448
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Lincoln County
    Official website → http://www.cantonsd.org/
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 43.302222222222, 'lon': -96.590833333333}
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46713|batch #46713]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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