Canton
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city in Lewis County, Missouri, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Missouri
- County
- Lewis
- Total
- 2.59 sq mi (6.70 km )
- Land
- 2.29 sq mi (5.92 km )
- Water
- 0.30 sq mi (0.78 km )
- Elevation
- 509 ft (155 m)
- Density
- 1,214.1/sq mi (468.76/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 29-11134
- Website
- showmecanton .com
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Canton
- Population
- 2774
- Area
- 6.703237
- Elevation
- 183
- Image
- Canton downtown, Fourth between Lewis and Clark.jpg
- Households
- 806
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- Commons category
- Canton, Missouri
- postal code
- 63435
- inception
- 1830-00-00
- P8168
- Daria Werbowy
- water as percent of area
- 11.7051
- per capita income
- 23304
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Canton is a city in Lewis County, Missouri, United States. The population was 2,774 at the 2020 census. Canton is the home of Culver-Stockton College, a small liberal arts college affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). It also had the oldest continuously operating ferry across the Mississippi River, which closed in April 2014. Four members of the United States House of Representatives have come from Canton, and are buried in the city's Forest Grove Cemetery. Canton is part of the Quincy, IL–MO Micropolitan Statistical Area.
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