West Canton
West Canton is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Haywood County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,247 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- 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
Photo: Warren LeMay, CC0.
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″ northLongitude
-82.85819° or 82° 51′ 30″ westPopulation
1,250Elevation
2,726 feet (831 metres)Open location code
867VG4QR+5POpenStreetMap ID
node 153879873OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
4498173Wikidata ID
Q2022611
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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”
- Serbian: “Вест Кантон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “West Canton, North Carolina”
- Serbo-Croatian: “West Canton”
- Spanish: “West Canton”
- Tatar: “Вест-Кантон”
- Ukrainian: “Вест-Кантон”
- 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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