Canton, Ohio Canton, Ohio City of Canton Skyline of downtown Canton Skyline of downtown Canton Flag of Canton, Ohio Location of Canton in Stark County Location of Canton in Stark County Canton is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Stark County, Ohio, United States. Founded in 1805 alongside the Middle and West Branches of Nimishillen Creek, Canton became a heavy manufacturing center because of its various barns lines.
Canton is positioned approximately 24 miles (39 km) south of Akron, and 60 miles (97 km) south of Cleveland, in Northeast Ohio.
Canton lies on the outskirts of the greater northeast Ohio urbane region anchored by Cleveland, and is also a short distance away from the periphery of the greater Pittsburgh area.
The town/city lies on the edge of Ohio's extensive Amish country, especially in Holmes and Wayne counties to the city's west and southwest.
Canton is positioned along Interstate 77, U.S.
Canton is the biggest incorporated region in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metropolitan Travel Destination , which includes all of Stark and Carroll counties.
Canton's town/city population declined 9.7%, down to 73,007 residents. Even with this decline, the 2010 figure actually moved Canton from ninth to eighth place among Ohio cities.
Nearby Youngstown in Mahoning County, once considerably more crowded than Canton, suffered a larger decline. Canton is chiefly notable for two reasons: the first is football, especially the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the formation in 1920 of what eventually became the National Football League.
The second is William Mc - Kinley, who conducted from his home in Canton the famed front porch campaign which won him the presidency of the United States in the 1896 election.
Canton is presently experiencing an urban renaissance, anchored by its burgeoning and grow arts precinct centrally positioned in the downtown area.
Several historic buildings have been rehabilitated and converted into upscale lofts, attracting thousands of new downtown inhabitants into the city. Furthering this downtown development, in June 2016, Canton became one of the first metros/cities in Ohio to allow the open consumption of alcoholic beverages in a "designated outside refreshment area" pursuant to a state law enacted in 2015 (Sub.
Canton was established in 1805, incorporated as a village in 1822, and re-incorporated as a town/city in 1838. Bezaleel Wells, the surveyor who divided the territory of the town, titled it after Canton (a traditional name for Guangzhou), China.
Canton was the adopted home of President William Mc - Kinley.
Born in Niles, Mc - Kinley first practiced law in Canton around 1867, and was prosecuting attorney of Stark County from 1869 to 1871.
Canton is now the site of the William Mc - Kinley Presidential Library and Museum and the Mc - Kinley National Memorial, dedicated in 1907.
Canton's street layout forms the basis for the fitness of addresses in Stark County.
Canton proper is divided into address quadrants (NW, NE, SW, SE) by Tuscarawas Street (dividing N and S) and Market Avenue (dividing E and W).
This fitness extends into Stark County but is not shared by the metros/cities of Massillon, Louisville, East Canton or North Canton, which have their own internal address grids.
Canton is positioned at an altitude of 1060 feet (323 m). Nimishillen Creek and its East, Middle and West Branches flow through the city. Canton is bordered by Plain Township and North Canton to the north, Meyers Lake and Perry Township to the west, Canton Township to the South, and Nimishillen Township, Osnaburg Township and East Canton to the east.
Annexations were allowed in December 2006 extending Canton's easterly boundary to East Canton's border. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 25.48 square miles (65.99 km2), of which, 25.46 square miles (65.94 km2) is territory and 0.02 square miles (0.05 km2) is water. Canton has a humid continental climate (Koppen climate classification Dfa), typical of much of the Midwestern United States, with very warm, humid summers and cold winters.
Climate data for Canton, Ohio (Akron-Canton Airport), 1981 2010 normals Market Street, Showing Northwest Corner Public Square, Canton, Ohio Canton is the biggest principal town/city of the Canton-Massillon Metropolitan Statistical Area, a urbane region that covers Carroll and Stark counties and had a combined populace of 404,422 at the 2010 census. Canton City Hall Canton has a mayor council government and is the biggest city in Ohio to operate without a charter.
The 2016 2017 propel officials of the City of Canton consist of: City of Canton Elected Officials 2016-2017 Canton is represented by the following office holders at the Ohio state government: City of Canton State Representatives The City of Canton is represented by the following U.S.
City of Canton Federal Representatives Diebold Safe and Lock Company, Canton, Ohio.
The Canton area's economy is primarily industrial, with momentous community care and agricultural segments. The town/city is home to the Timken - Steel Corporation, a primary manufacturer of specialty steel.
Poultry manufacturing and dairy farming are also meaningful segments of the Canton area's economy.
In recent years, Canton has experienced a very low unemployment rate. The healthcare zone is especially strong, with Aultman Hospital and Mercy Medical Center among its biggest employers.
The chief plant in close-by North Canton closed its doors in September 2007.
Beginning in the 1970s, Canton, like many mid-size American cities, lost most of its downtown retail company to the suburbs.
The majority of the Canton area's "box store" retail is positioned in the general vicinity of the Belden Village Mall in Jackson Township.
A several retail centers remain in Canton at or near the town/city limits.
Tuscarawas Street (Lincoln Way), a leg of the Lincoln Highway connecting Canton with close-by Massillon, is home to the Canton Centre Mall and a several retail outlets of varying size.
A vein of commerce runs along Whipple Avenue, connecting the Canton Centre region with the Belden Village area.
Connecting Cleveland and Market avenues is a small shopping precinct on 30th Street NW, and retail lines the Route 62 corridor dominant from Canton to Louisville and Alliance.
In recent years, Canton has come to experience a renaissance.
At the heart of this transformation is the Pro Football Hall of Fame, with its multimillion-dollar "Hall of Fame Village" expansion project. This universal has been complemented with momentous investments by town/city leaders in urban redevelopment, which continued with the transformation of the Hotel Onesto into the Historic Onesto Lofts. Other urban renewal plans are underway, which include the redevelopment of the downtown Market Square area. Private investment has furthered Canton's transformation, which is illustrated by the multimillion-dollar creation of the Gervasi Vineyard, which draws patrons throughout the region. In furtherance of these evolution initiatives, Canton was one of the first metros/cities in Ohio to problematic a "designated outside refreshment area" legalizing the possession and consumption of "open container" alchohlic beverages in its downtown area. According to Canton's 2014 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the town/city are: 2 Canton City School District 2,642 7 City of Canton 1,141 The Canton Museum of Art, established in 1935, is a broad-based improve arts organization designed to encourage and promote the fine arts in Canton.
The exhibition sponsors annual shows of work of high school students in Canton and Stark County, and financial scholarships are awarded.
Educational Outreach programs take the exhibition off-site to libraries, parochial schools, region enhance schools, five inner town/city schools and a school for students with behavioral disorders.
Canton's K-12 students are primarily served by the Canton City School District, although students north of 17th Street NW have an overlap with Plain Local School District.
Canton Local School District serves the better part of Canton South.
Catholic-run Walsh University is positioned nearby in North Canton.
Also, in downtown Canton, there is a small annex for Stark State College to be used by the Early College High School students who are positioned on the Timken Campus.
Perry Township is also home to Perry High School which serves students from both the Massillon and Canton area.
Catholic undertaking schools inside the town/city limits of Canton are St.
Additional Catholic schools in the Canton region include Canton St.
Michael School, ranked first in the Power of the Pen state tournament in 2010, and Canton St.
Canton Country Day School is a private Pre - K-8 school positioned just outside town/city limits in close-by Plain Township.
Within the town/city limits is the private Canton Montessori School, which teaches as stated to the Montessori Plan for education proposed by Maria Montessori in the early 20th century.
Canton is served in print by The Repository, the city's only newspaper.
Canton is part of the greater Cleveland radio and tv media market.
Channel 39: WIVM-LD (RTV) Canton Local, autonomous Channel 47: WRLM (TCT) Canton Christian Canton also has a cable Public-access tv channel, Canton City Schools TV 11.
Citizens positioned in North Canton will see North Canton's programming freshwater Canton City's.
1060: WILB, (Living Bread Radio Inc., Catholic) Canton 1480: WHBC, (Next - Media Group, News/Talk) Canton 1520: WINW, (Gospel) Canton 94.1: WHBC-FM, (Next - Media Group, Hot AC) "Mix 94.1" Canton 101.7 WHOF (I Heart Radio) My 101.7 North Canton 106.9 WRQK (I Heart Radio) Rock 106.9 Canton Canton is home to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
The American Professional Football Association, the forerunner of the NFL, was established in a Canton car dealership on September 17, 1920.
The Canton Bulldogs were an NFL football team that played from 1920 1923 skipped 1924 season then played 1925 to '26 before folding.
Every summer, Canton is the home of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival, which includes a hot air balloon festival, ribs burn-off, fashion show, improve parade, Sunday morning race, enshrinee dinner, and the Pro Football Hall of Fame Grand Parade.
Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium, used amid the regular season by Canton Mc - Kinley High School (as well as some other region schools and colleges), was rated the number one high school football venue in America by the Sporting News in 2002. This may be partly attributable to the Bulldogs' rivalry with the close-by Massillon Washington High School Tigers, which is regarded as one of the best rivalries in all of high school football. Three of the Ohio High School Athletic Association state final football games are hosted in Canton at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium.
The Canton Legends played in the American Indoor Football Association at the Canton Civic Center.
The Continental Indoor Football League also has offices in Canton.
The first official female bodybuilding competition was held in Canton in November 1977 and was called the Ohio Regional Women's Physique Championship. Canton is also home to an NBA D-League team, the Canton Charge, which started play with the 2011 2012 season. The Cleveland Cavaliers have full control over the team.
The Charge play their home games at the Canton Memorial Civic Center.
The Canton Invaders of the National Professional Soccer League II and American Indoor Soccer Association played home games at the Canton Memorial Civic Center from 1984 until 1996, winning five league championships.
Canton has been home to experienced baseball on a several occasions.
A number of minor league squads called Canton home in the early 1900s, including the Canton Terriers in the 1920s and '30s.
The Canton Akron Indians were the AA partner of the primary league Cleveland Indians for nine years, playing at Thurman Munson Memorial Stadium until the team relocated north to Akron following the 1996 season.
Two autonomous minor league teams, the Canton Crocodiles and the Canton Coyotes, both members of the Frontier League, called Munson Stadium home for a several years afterward.
Canton is connected to the Interstate Highway System via Interstate 77 which joins Canton to Charleston, West Virginia, and points south, and to Cleveland and Akron, Ohio, to the north.
Route 62 joins Canton to Columbus, Ohio, and points southwest, and to Youngstown, Ohio, and points northeast.
Ohio 43 (Market Avenue, Walnut Avenue and Cherry Avenue), Ohio 153 (12th Street and Mahoning Road), Ohio 172 (Tuscarawas Street) / The Lincoln Highway, Ohio 297 (Whipple Avenue and Raff Avenue), Ohio 627 (Faircrest Street), Ohio 687 (Fulton Drive), and Ohio 800 (Cleveland Avenue) / A.K.A.
On the July 21, 2008, Stephen Colbert on The Colbert Report made a comment about John Mc - Cain making a campaign stop in Canton, Ohio, and "not the crappy Canton in Georgia." The comment resulted in a small-town uproar, with the Canton, Georgia, mayor insisting Colbert had never visited the town along with an invitation for him to do so. On July 30, 2008, Colbert apologized for the story, insisting that he was incorrect and that the "real" crappy Canton was Canton, Kansas, after which he made a several jokes at the Kansas town's cost. On August 5, Colbert apologized to people of Canton, Georgia and Canton, Kansas, then directing his derision on Canton, South Dakota.
Colbert later went on to offer a half-hearted apology to Canton, South Dakota before proceeding to mock Canton, Texas.
On October 28, Colbert turned his consideration back to Canton, Ohio after Barack Obama made a campaign stop there, forcing Colbert to find it "crappy." Canton was featured in the Star Trek: Voyager episode, "11:59", as an alternative locale for the Millennium Gate, a futuristic biosphere, because the town where it was supposed to be assembled was the home of Henry Janeway (an ancestor of Voyager's captain, Kathryn Janeway) who refused to comply.
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