Canton
Canton is a city in and the county seat of Cherokee County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 22,958, up from 7,709 in 2000.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 27,900 residents
- Description: county seat in Cherokee County, Georgia, United States
- Also known as: “Canton, GA”, “Canton, Georgia”, and “Etowah”
- Postal codes: 30114, 30115, and 30169
Places of Interest
Highlights include AMC Riverstone 15.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Buffington and Holly Springs.
Buffington
Hamlet
Buffington is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Georgia, United States. It began as the location of Fort Buffington, one of the Cherokee Removal Forts used as collection points for the Cherokee before the beginning of the Trail of Tears in 1838. Buffington is situated 4 miles east of Canton.
Holly Springs
Town
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Holly Springs is a city in Cherokee County, Georgia, United States. The population was 9,189 as of the 2010 census, up from 3,195 in 2000. It is a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia. Holly Springs is situated 4½ miles south of Canton.
Canton
- Categories: city in the United States, municipality of Georgia, county seat, and locality
- Location: Cherokee, Georgia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.23676° or 34° 14′ 12″ northLongitude
-84.49076° or 84° 29′ 27″ westPopulation
27,900Elevation
968 feet (295 metres)United Nations Location Code
US CNXOpen location code
866Q6GP5+PMOpenStreetMap ID
node 154172682OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Canton” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كانتون”
- Basque: “Canton”
- Catalan: “Canton”
- Cebuano: “Canton”
- Chechen: “Кантон”
- Chinese: “Canton”
- Chinese: “坎頓”
- Chinese: “坎顿”
- Czech: “Canton”
- Danish: “Canton”
- Dutch: “Canton”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كانتون”
- Finnish: “Canton”
- French: “Canton”
- German: “Canton”
- Gilaki: “کنتن”
- Haitian: “Canton, Georgie”
- Haitian: “Canton”
- Hebrew: “קאנטון”
- Hungarian: “Canton”
- Ido: “Canton, Georgia”
- Ido: “Canton”
- Irish: “Canton”
- Italian: “Canton”
- Japanese: “カントン (チェロキー郡)”
- Japanese: “カントン”
- Korean: “캔턴”
- Ladin: “Canton (Georgia (stat American))”
- Ladin: “Canton)”
- Mazanderani: “کانتون”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Canton”
- Newari: “क्यान्टन, जर्जिया”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Canton”
- Norwegian: “Canton”
- Persian: “کانتون”
- Persian: “کنتن”
- Polish: “Canton”
- Portuguese: “Canton”
- Russian: “Кантон (Джорджия)”
- Russian: “Кантон”
- Serbian: “Кантон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Canton, Georgia”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Canton”
- Silesian: “Canton”
- Slovenian: “Canton”
- South Azerbaijani: “کانتون، جورجیا”
- Spanish: “Canton (Georgia)”
- Spanish: “Canton”
- Swedish: “Canton, Georgia”
- Swedish: “Canton”
- Tatar: “Кантон (Джорджия)”
- Tatar: “Кантон”
- Turkish: “Canton, Georgia”
- Turkish: “Canton”
- Ukrainian: “Кантон”
- Urdu: “کینٹن، جارجیا”
- Uzbek: “Canton”
- Volapük: “Canton”
- Waray (Philippines): “Canton, Georgia”
- Waray (Philippines): “Canton”
- Welsh: “Canton, Georgia”
- Welsh: “Canton”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cherokee County Administration Building and Cherokee County Courthouse.
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