Canton

Canton, capital of Stark county, Ohio, on the Nimishillen Creek, 56 miles SSE. of Cleveland by rail, with foundries, extensive iron and steel manufactories, paper and woollen mills, &c. Pop. (1860) 4041; (1880) 12,258; (1890) 20,189.—(2) A town of Fulton county, Illinois, 25 miles WSW. of Peoria, with coal-mining and some factories. Pop. 5604.—(3) A town of Norfolk county, Massachusetts, 14 miles S. of Boston, with cloth and metal manufactures. Pop. 4538.