Canaan

Canaan is a village and census-designated place within the town of in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. Formerly known as Canaan Depot, the village is more commonly known as Canaan Village to distinguish it from the located to the south of North Canaan.
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  • Type: Village with 1,100 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Connecticut, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Canaan Village” and “Canaan, Connecticut”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Colonial Theatre and Beckley Furnace Industrial Monument.

Movie theater
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is a movie theater.

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The is a state-owned historic site preserving a 19th-century iron-making blast furnace on the north bank of the Blackberry River in the town of , . is situated 2 miles southeast of Canaan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include North Canaan and Clayton.

Town
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is a town in Litchfield County, , United States. The population was 3,211 at the 2020 census. The town is part of the .

Hamlet
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, Massachusetts is the southernmost community in . It is part of the town of . is situated 2½ miles northeast of Canaan.

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is in the , otherwise known as the Berkshires, in northern Litchfield County.

Canaan

Latitude
42.02703° or 42° 1′ 37″ north
Longitude
-73.32963° or 73° 19′ 47″ west
Population
1,100
Elevation
673 feet (205 metres)
Open location code
87J82MGC+R4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158813332
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Wiki­data ID
Q5029170
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Canaan” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قرية كانان”
  • Basque: “Canaan (village), Connecticut (Connecticut)”
  • Basque: “Canaan, Connecticut (Connecticut)”
  • Chechen: “Кейнен (авыл, Коннектикут)”
  • Chechen: “Кейнен”
  • Chinese: “卡南 (康乃狄克州村落)”
  • Chinese: “卡南”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “قرية كانان”
  • German: “Canaan”
  • Irish: “Canaan (sráidbhaile)”
  • Italian: “Canaan”
  • Ladin: “Canaan (village)”
  • Persian: “کینین (روستا)، کنتیکت”
  • Persian: “کینین (روستا)”
  • Persian: “کینین، کنتیکت”
  • Spanish: “Canaan (condado de Litchfield, Connecticut)”
  • Spanish: “Canaan”
  • Tatar: “Кейнен (авыл, Коннектикут)”
  • Tatar: “Кейнен”
  • Turkish: “Canaan (sayım yerleşimi)”
  • Ukrainian: “Кейнен”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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