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Canton

city in Madison County, Mississippi, USA
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Canton

Summary

Canton is a city in the United States[1]. Canton ranks in the top 7% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (231 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Canton is located in Madison County[3].
  • Canton is in the country of United States[4].
  • Canton's head of government is recorded as William Truly, Jr.[5].
  • Canton's image is recorded as Madison County Mississippi Courthouse.jpg[6].
  • Canton's instance of is recorded as city in the United States[7].
  • Canton's instance of is recorded as county seat[8].
  • Canton's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 264820950[9].
  • Canton's locator map image is recorded as Madison County Mississippi Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Canton Highlighted.svg[10].
  • Canton's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82067427[11].
  • Canton's postal code is recorded as 39046[12].
  • Canton's Commons category is recorded as Canton, Mississippi[13].
  • Canton's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 8322809[14].
  • Canton's local dialing code is recorded as 601[15].
  • Canton's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 691133[16].
  • Canton's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 2403988[17].
  • Canton's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 32.6119, 'lon': -90.0317}[18].
  • Canton's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0wq_c[19].
  • Canton's FIPS 55-3 is recorded as 28-11100[20].
  • Canton's official website is recorded as http://canton-mississippi.com/[21].
  • Canton's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Canton, Mississippi[22].
  • Canton's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as ade572c4-5885-4dc7-887f-20c4242cadc4[23].
  • Canton's population is recorded as {'amount': '+1963'}[24].
  • Canton's population is recorded as {'amount': '+13218'}[25].
  • Canton's population is recorded as {'amount': '+13189'}[26].
  • Canton's population is recorded as {'amount': '+10948'}[27].

Body

Identity

Canton's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Canton'}[28].

Why It Matters

Canton ranks in the top 7% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (231 views/month).[2] Canton has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] Canton is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . cantonms.gov. Retrieved . cantonms.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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