Canton (South Dakota)
| Canton | |
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 Center of Canton |
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| Location in South Dakota | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1881 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | South Dakota |
| County : | Lincoln County |
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 18 ′ N , 96 ° 35 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 3,057 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 366.5 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 8.34 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 387 m |
| Postal code : | 57013 |
| Area code : | +1 605 |
| FIPS : | 46-09500 |
| GNIS ID : | 1254228 |
| Website : | www.cantonsd.org |
| Mayor : | Chuck Smith |
 The Lincoln County Courthouse in Canton, the judicial and administrative center of Lincoln County |
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Canton is a small town (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of Lincoln County in US -amerikanischen State South Dakota . In 2010 Canton had 3,057 inhabitants. Until the estimate in 2012, the population had increased to 3,224.
geography
Canton is located in southwest South Dakota on the western bank of the Big Sioux River , which forms the border with Iowa . The geographical coordinates of Canton are 43 ° 18'08 "north latitude and 96 ° 35'27" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 8.34 km².
Neighboring towns to Canton are Inwood , Iowa (14 km east), Fairview (15.1 km southeast), Worthing (17.1 km west-northwest), and Harrisburg (14.9 km northwest).
The nearest major cities are Sioux Falls (35.8 km northwest), Minneapolis , Minnesota (405 km northeast), Rochester , Minnesota (403 km east-northeast), Iowa's capital Des Moines (425 km southeast), Omaha , Nebraska (280 km south ) and Fargo , North Dakota (433 km north).
traffic
About 15 km west of Canton runs Interstate 29 , which runs from Kansas City in Missouri to Winnipeg in the Canadian province of Manitoba . The US Highway 18 in west-east direction as the main road through the city of Canton. All other roads within the urban area are subordinate country roads, partly unpaved roads or inner-city connecting roads.
Several railroad lines for freight traffic meet in Canton.
The Canton Municipal Airport is a small airfield in the northern part of the city of Canton. The nearest major airport is Sioux Falls Regional Airport , 42.4 km to the north-northeast, South Dakota's largest airport.
Demographic data
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1880 | 675 | - | |
| 1890 | 1101 | 63.1% | |
| 1900 | 1943 | 76.5% | |
| 1910 | 2103 | 8.2% | |
| 1920 | 2225 | 5.8% | |
| 1930 | 2270 | 2% | |
| 1940 | 2518 | 10.9% | |
| 1950 | 2530 | 0.5% | |
| 1960 | 2511 | -0.8% | |
| 1970 | 2665 | 6.1% | |
| 1980 | 2886 | 8.3% | |
| 1990 | 2787 | -3.4% | |
| 2000 | 3110 | 11.6% | |
| 2010 | 3057 | -1.7% | |
| 2012 estimate | 3224 | 5.5% | |
| 1880-2000 2010 2012 | |||
According to the 2010 census , Canton had 3,057 people in 1,248 households. The population density was 366.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.37 people lived in the 1248 households.
The racial the population was composed of 95.8 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 1.3 percent Native American, 0.8 percent Asian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.7 percent of the population.
26.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.8 percent were 65 years or older. 51.5 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was at 45,000 USD . The per capita income was $ 24,278. 8.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Personalities
- Oscar S. Gifford (1842-1913) - Republican member of the US House of Representatives - lived in Canton and is buried there
- Ernest Lawrence (1901–1958) - nuclear physicist and Nobel Prize winner - was born and raised in Canton
- John H. Lawrence (1904–1991) - nuclear medicine specialist - born in Canton
- Merle Antony Tuve (1901–1982) - physicist and geophysicist - born and raised in Canton
- Archie M. Gubbrud (1910–1987) - 22nd Governor of South Dakota (1961–1965) - attended college in Canton
- Tim Johnson (* 1946) - since 1997 Democratic US Senator from South Dakota - born in Canton
Individual evidence
- ↑ history.sd.gov - Towns (PDF; 45 kB). Retrieved July 3, 2013.
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
- ↑ AirNav.com - Canton Municipal Airport. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
- ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved July 3, 2013
- ↑ US Census Bureau - Estimate for 2012. ( Memento of the original from October 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
- ^ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress - Oscar S. Gifford. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
- ^ Find a Grave - Oscar S. Gifford. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
- ^ American Institute of Physics - Ernest Lawrence. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
- ^ The National Academies Press - Merle Antony Tuve. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
- ^ National Governors Association - Archie M. Gubbrud. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
- ^ Biographical Directory of the Unites States Congress - Tim Johnson. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
