- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Canton
- Creator:
- Brown, Caroline
- Date of Original:
- 2005-11-17
- Subject:
- Cities and towns--Georgia
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Cherokee County, Canton, 34.23676, -84.49076
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about the town of Canton, Georgia. Canton, the seat of Cherokee County, lies at the southern tip of the Blue Ridge Mountains in northwest Georgia. Located on Interstate 575 forty miles north of Atlanta, Canton experienced a population and economic boom as Atlanta's expanding metropolitan area encroached upon it. Canton's population was 7,709, according to the 2000 U.S. census, which represented a 60 percent population increase from 1990, more than twice that of the state's overall growth.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/canton/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "ARTICLE TITLE," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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