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Town of Canton

Canton

Canton is a town in , United States. The population was 24,370 at the 2020 census. Canton is part of , about 15 miles southwest of .
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  • Type: Town with 21,800 residents
  • Description: town in Massachusetts, United States
  • Also known as: “Canton, MA”, “Canton, Massachusetts”, “Dorchester Village”, “Punkapoag”, and “South Canton”
  • Postal code: 02021

Places of Interest

Highlights include Canton Junction station and Canton Center station.

Railway station
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is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Canton, Massachusetts. It serves the Providence/Stoughton Line, and is planned for future service on the South Coast Rail line.

Railway station
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is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Canton, Massachusetts. It serves the Providence/Stoughton Line, including most Stoughton Branch service except for evening inbound trains.

Library
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Canton

Latitude
42.1584° or 42° 9′ 30″ north
Longitude
-71.1448° or 71° 8′ 41″ west
Population
21,800
Elevation
115 feet (35 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US ACU
Open location code
87JC5V54+93
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158910525
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4932214
Wiki­data ID
Q2429670
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Canton” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كانتون”
  • Armenian: “Կանտոն”
  • Basque: “Canton”
  • Belarusian: “Кантон”
  • Catalan: “Canton”
  • Cebuano: “Canton”
  • Chechen: “Кантон”
  • Chinese: “利奇菲尔德镇”
  • Chinese: “利奇菲爾德鎮”
  • Chinese: “坎頓”
  • Chinese: “坎頓鎮”
  • Chinese: “坎顿”
  • Chinese: “坎顿镇”
  • Danish: “Canton”
  • Dutch: “Canton”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بلده كانتون”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كانتون”
  • Finnish: “Canton”
  • French: “Canton”
  • German: “Canton”
  • Greek: “Κάντον”
  • Haitian: “Canton, Massachusetts”
  • Haitian: “Canton”
  • Hebrew: “קנטון”
  • Hungarian: “Canton”
  • Italian: “Canton”
  • Japanese: “カントン”
  • Japanese: “キャントン”
  • Kazakh: “Kénton”
  • Kazakh: “Кэнтон”
  • Kazakh: “كەنتون”
  • Kirghiz: “Кэнтон”
  • Luxembourgish: “Canton”
  • Mazanderani: “کانتون (ماساچوست)”
  • Mazanderani: “کانتون”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Canton”
  • Persian: “کانتون”
  • Persian: “کنتن، ماساچوست”
  • Persian: “کنتون”
  • Polish: “Canton”
  • Portuguese: “Canton”
  • Russian: “Кантон”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Canton, Massachusetts”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Canton”
  • Silesian: “Canton”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کانتون، ماساچوست”
  • Spanish: “Canton (Massachusetts)”
  • Spanish: “Canton”
  • Swahili: “Canton, Massachusetts”
  • Swahili: “Canton”
  • Swedish: “Canton, Massachusetts”
  • Swedish: “Canton”
  • Tatar: “Кантон”
  • Turkish: “Canton, Massachusetts”
  • Turkish: “Canton”
  • Ukrainian: “Кантон”
  • Urdu: “کینٹن، میساچوسٹس”
  • Urdu: “کینٹن”
  • Volapük: “Canton”
  • Welsh: “Canton, Massachusetts”
  • Welsh: “Canton”

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