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Canton

town in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States
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Canton

Summary

Canton is a town in the United States[1]. Canton ranks in the top 4% of town_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (96 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Canton is located in St. Lawrence County[3].
  • Canton is in the country of United States[4].
  • Canton's instance of is recorded as town in the United States[5].
  • Canton's instance of is recorded as town of New York[6].
  • Canton's location is recorded as New York[7].
  • Canton's Commons category is recorded as Canton (village), New York[8].
  • Canton's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 13576824[9].
  • Canton's located in time zone is recorded as Eastern Time Zone[10].
  • Canton's local dialing code is recorded as 315[11].
  • +1805-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Canton[12].
  • Canton's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 978789[13].
  • Canton's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 44.5975, 'lon': -75.171111111111}[14].
  • Canton's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02k2rl[15].
  • Canton's FIPS 55-3 is recorded as 36-12342[16].
  • Canton's official website is recorded as http://www.cantonnewyork.us/portal.html[17].
  • Canton's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Canton (town), New York[18].
  • Canton's National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID is recorded as XX5558046[19].
  • Canton's population is recorded as {'amount': '+11638'}[20].
  • Canton's population is recorded as {'amount': '+10995'}[21].
  • Canton's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[22].
  • Canton's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Town of Canton'}[23].
  • Canton's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Canton'}[24].
  • Canton's category for people born here is recorded as Q109371128[25].
  • Canton's number of households is recorded as {'amount': '+3731'}[26].
  • Canton's GeoNames ID is recorded as 5111486[27].

Body

Founding

+1805-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Canton[12].

Identity

Official names include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Town of Canton'}[23] and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Canton'}[24].

Why It Matters

Canton ranks in the top 4% of town_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (96 views/month).[2] Canton has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Canton is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

New York United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . 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] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . datos.bne.es. datos.bne.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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