Canton, North Carolina Canton, North Carolina Official seal of Canton, North Carolina Location of Canton, North Carolina Location of Canton, North Carolina State North Carolina Canton is the second biggest town in Haywood County, North Carolina, United States.
It is positioned about 13 miles (21 km) west of Asheville, North Carolina and is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The town is titled after the town/city of Canton, Ohio.
By 1790 Jonathan Mc - Peters was farming the banks of the Pigeon River where Canton now stands. Around 1815 the first church was assembled in what was to turn into Canton; it was called the Locust Old Field Baptist Church. Canton was established in 1889 as Buford, later that same year the name was changed to Vinson.
The name was changed to Canton in 1893.
The town was titled for Canton, Ohio, the origin of the steel for the bridge over the Pigeon River.
Canton was the site of a Champion International Paper factory.
Champion contributed largely to the small-town economy, and was the biggest employer in Canton.
The Canton Main Street Historic District and Colonial Theater are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. As of the census of 2000, there were 4,029 citizens , 1,819 homeholds, and 1,118 families residing in the town.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 19.6% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 26.0% from 25 to 44, 24.1% from 45 to 64, and 23.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $28,775, and the median income for a family was $38,191.
About 9.5% of families and 13.3% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 24.6% of those under age 18 and 5.9% of those age 65 or over.
Canton Middle School North Canton Elementary Western North Carolina: Its Mountains and Its People to 1880.
Boone, North Carolina: Appalachian Consortium Press.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
Town of Canton website Municipalities and communities of Haywood County, North Carolina, United States
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