Canton

Summary

Canton is a town in the United States^[1]. Canton ranks in the top 2% of town_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (323 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Canton is located in Norfolk County^[3].
• Canton is in the country of United States^[4].
• Canton's image is recorded as Canton Town Hall, MA.jpg^[5].
• Canton's instance of is recorded as town in the United States^[6].
• Canton's seal image is recorded as Seal of Canton, Massachusetts.png^[7].
• Canton's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 138410117^[8].
• Canton's locator map image is recorded as Canton ma lg.png^[9].
• Canton's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n83030973^[10].
• Canton's postal code is recorded as 02021^[11].
• Canton's part of is recorded as Massachusetts House of Representatives' 6th Norfolk district^[12].
• Canton's part of is recorded as Massachusetts Senate's Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth district^[13].
• Canton's Commons category is recorded as Canton, Massachusetts^[14].
• Canton's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 2389799^[15].
• Canton's located in time zone is recorded as Eastern Time Zone^[16].
• Canton's local dialing code is recorded as 781^[17].
• Canton's local dialing code is recorded as 339^[18].
• +1630-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Canton^[19].
• Canton's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 619457^[20].
• Canton's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 42.158333333333, 'lon': -71.145277777778}^[21].
• Canton's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0t_cb^[22].
• Canton's FIPS 55-3 is recorded as 25-11315^[23].
• Canton's official website is recorded as http://www.town.canton.ma.us/^[24].
• Canton's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Canton, Massachusetts^[25].
• Canton's page banner is recorded as Canton Town Hall, MA (cropped).jpg^[26].
• Canton's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 0d89496a-81f3-4614-b0a2-1885bcebda50^[27].

Body

Founding

+1630-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Canton^[19].

Identity

Canton's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Canton'}^[28]. Part of include Massachusetts House of Representatives' 6th Norfolk district^[12], a Massachusetts House of Representatives electoral district^[29], in United States^[30] and Massachusetts Senate's Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth district^[13], a Massachusetts Senate electoral district^[31], in United States^[32].

Why It Matters

Canton ranks in the top 2% of town_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (323 views/month).^[2] Canton has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] Canton is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]