Canton, Ohio

City: Canton

County: Stark

State: Ohio

Lat/Long: 40.7833, -81.3667

The city of Canton is located in northeastern Ohio, twenty miles south-southeast of Akron. The town was platted in 1805, and was selected as the county seat of the newly-formed Stark County in 1809. Canton was incorporated as a town in 1822 and classified as a city in 1854.

Merriam-Webster’s Geographical Dictionary, 3rd ed. (Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, 1997), 210; William Henry Perrin, ed., History of Stark County, With an Outline Sketch of Ohio (Chicago: Baskin & Battey, 1881), 203, 300-302, 319.