Canton Township
Canton Township is one of twenty-six townships in Fulton County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 14,217 and it contained 6,284 housing units.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality with 14,200 residents
- Description: township in Fulton County, Illinois
- Also known as: “Canton Township, Fulton County, Illinois” and “Township of Canton”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ingersoll Airport and Illinois River Correctional Center.
Ingersoll Airport
Aerodrome
Ingersoll Airport is a public use airport located two nautical miles northwest of the central business district of Canton, a city in Fulton County, Illinois, United States.
Illinois River Correctional Center
Prison
The Illinois River Correctional Institution is a maximum-security state prison for men located in Canton, Fulton County, Illinois, owned and operated by the Illinois Department of Corrections. Illinois River Correctional Center is situated 2½ miles southwest of Canton Township.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Canton and Norris.
Canton
Town
Canton is the largest city in Fulton County, Illinois, United States. The population was 13,242 at the 2020 census, down from 14,704 at the 2010 census.
Norris
Village
Norris is a village in Fulton County, Illinois, United States. The population was 173 at the 2020 census. Norris is situated 3 miles north of Canton Township.
Canton Township
- Category: township of Illinois
- Location: Fulton, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Vietnamese—“Canton Township” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Canton udalerria, Fulton konderria (Illinois)”
- Basque: “Canton udalerria, Fulton konderria”
- Chinese: “坎頓鎮區 (伊利諾伊州富爾頓縣)”
- Chinese: “坎頓鎮區”
- French: “Canton Township”
- German: “Canton Township”
- Japanese: “カントン郡区”
- Persian: “ناحیه کانتن، شهرستان فولتن، ایلینوی”
- Persian: “ناحیه کانتن”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Canton (condado de Fulton, Illinois)”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Canton”
- Urdu: “کینٹن ٹاؤن شپ، فلٹن کاؤنٹی، الینوائے”
- Urdu: “کینٹن ٹاؤن شپ”
- Vietnamese: “Xã Canton, Quận Fulton, Illinois”
- Vietnamese: “Xã Canton”
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