West Canton
West Canton is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Haywood County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, West Canton had a population of 1,265. It is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area.- Type: Hamlet with 1,250 residents
- Description: township in Haywood County, North Carolina
- Also known as: “West Canton, NC” and “West Canton, North Carolina”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Canton and Coburn.
Canton
Town
Canton is the second largest town in Haywood County, North Carolina, United States. It is located about 17 miles west of Asheville and is part of that city's metropolitan area.
Coburn
Locality
Coburn is an unincorporated community in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. Coburn is located along US 74, West of Candler and East of Canton. At one time, Coburn was a whistle stop for the Southern Railway on the Murphy Branch. Coburn is situated 6 miles east of West Canton.
West Canton
- Categories: census-designated place in the United States and locality
- Location: Beaverdam Township, Haywood, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.53788° or 35° 32′ 16″ north
Longitude
-82.85819° or 82° 51′ 30″ west
Population
1,250
Elevation
2,726 feet (831 metres)
Open location code
867VG4QR+5P
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Volapük—“West Canton” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ويست كانتون”
- Basque: “West Canton”
- Catalan: “West Canton”
- Cebuano: “West Canton”
- Chechen: “Вест-Кантон”
- Chinese: “West Canton”
- Chinese: “西坎頓 (北卡羅萊納州)”
- Chinese: “西坎頓”
- Dutch: “West Canton”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ويست كانتون”
- French: “West Canton”
- German: “West Canton”
- Gilaki: “وست کنتن (کلسيايي کارؤلینا)”
- Gilaki: “وست کنتن”
- Irish: “West Canton”
- Italian: “West Canton”
- Ladin: “West Canton”
- Min Nan Chinese: “West Canton”
- Persian: “وست کنتن، کارولینای شمالی”
- Persian: “وست کنتن”
- Polish: “West Canton”
- Portuguese: “West Canton”
- Russian: “Вест Кантон”
- Serbian: “Вест Кантон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “West Canton, North Carolina”
- Serbo-Croatian: “West Canton”
- Spanish: “West Canton”
- Tatar: “Вест-Кантон”
- Ukrainian: “Вест-Кантон”
- Urdu: “ویسٹ کینٹن، شمالی کیرولائنا”
- Uzbek: “West Canton, North Carolina”
- Uzbek: “West Canton”
- Uzbek: “Wест Cантон”
- Volapük: “West Canton, North Carolina”
- Volapük: “West Canton”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Fibreville and Plott Farm Addition.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include West Canton-Phillipsville Community Cemetery and Smathers Cemetery.
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