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Canton (N.Y.)

LC control no.n 50000931
Descriptive conventionsrda
Geographic headingCanton (N.Y.)
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Geographic subdivision usageNew York (State)--Canton
Variant(s)Canton, N.Y.
Village of Canton (N.Y.)
Beginning date1807~
Associated countryUnited States
LocatedNew York (State)
Found inGeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 44°35ʹ44ʺN 075°10ʹ09ʺW)
Wikipedia, October 13, 2019 (Canton (village), New York; Canton is a village in St. Lawrence County, New York; county seat of St. Lawrence County; village is centrally located in both the town of Canton and the county of St. Lawrence; first permanent settlement occurred in 1801. The first post office used the name "New Cairo," [no access points found in OCLC] but changed to Canton by 1807; village was incorporated in 1845; 44°35ʹ51ʺN 75°10ʹ16ʺW)
Canton website, October 13, 2019: home page (Canton, New York; Canton includes the Town of Canton, the Village of Canton, the Village of Rensselaer Falls, the Hamlets of Pyrites and Morley)
   <https://cantonny.gov/>
Geographic area coden-us-ny
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