Illinois
Fulton
Canton Township

Canton

Canton is the largest city in , United States. The population was 13,242 at the 2020 census, down from 14,704 at the 2010 census.
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  • Type: Town with 14,800 residents
  • Description: city in Fulton County, Illinois, United States
  • Also known as: “Canton, IL” and “Canton, Illinois”
  • Postal code: 61520

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ingersoll Airport.

Aerodrome
is a public use located two nautical miles northwest of the central business district of Canton, a city in , , . is situated 2½ miles west of Canton.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St. David and Dunfermline.

Hamlet
is a village in , , . The population was 522 at the 2020 census. is situated 4½ miles south of Canton.

Village
is a village in , , . The population was 262 at the 2020 census. is pronounced Done-ferm-lin. is situated 4½ miles south of Canton.

Village
is a village in , , . The population was 173 at the 2020 census. is situated 4½ miles north of Canton.

Canton

Latitude
40.5581° or 40° 33′ 29″ north
Longitude
-90.03512° or 90° 2′ 6″ west
Population
14,800
Elevation
646 feet (197 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US CTJ
Open location code
86GFHX57+6X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151350174
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4831990
Wiki­data ID
Q578911
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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”
  • Cebuano: “Canton”
  • Chechen: “Кантон”
  • Chinese: “Canton”
  • Chinese: “坎頓”
  • Chinese: “坎顿”
  • Croatian: “Canton”
  • Czech: “Canton”
  • Dagbani: “Canton”
  • Danish: “Canton”
  • Dutch: “Canton”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كانتون”
  • French: “Canton”
  • German: “Canton”
  • Gilaki: “کنتن”
  • Haitian: “Canton, Ilinwa”
  • Haitian: “Canton”
  • Hebrew: “קנטון (אילינוי)”
  • Hungarian: “Canton”
  • Ido: “Canton, Illinois”
  • Ido: “Canton”
  • Irish: “Canton”
  • Italian: “Canton”
  • Japanese: “カントン”
  • Korean: “캔턴”
  • Ladin: “Canton”
  • Mazanderani: “کانتون”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Canton”
  • Newari: “क्यान्टन, इलिनोइ”
  • Newari: “क्यान्टन”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Canton”
  • Persian: “کانتون، ایلینوی”
  • Persian: “کانتون”
  • Polish: “Canton”
  • Portuguese: “Canton”
  • Russian: “Кантон”
  • Serbian: “Кантон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Canton, Illinois”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Canton”
  • Slovak: “Canton”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کانتون، ایلینوی”
  • Spanish: “Canton (Illinois)”
  • Spanish: “Canton”
  • Swedish: “Canton, Illinois”
  • Swedish: “Canton”
  • Tatar: “Кантон (Иллинойс)”
  • Tatar: “Кантон”
  • Turkish: “Canton, Illinois”
  • Turkish: “Canton”
  • Ukrainian: “Кантон”
  • Urdu: “کینٹن، الینوائے”
  • Urdu: “کینٹن”
  • Uzbek: “Canton”
  • Uzbek: “Cантон”
  • Vietnamese: “Canton, Illinois”
  • Vietnamese: “Canton”
  • Volapük: “Canton”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Canton, Illinois”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Canton”
  • Welsh: “Canton, Illinois”
  • Welsh: “Canton”

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