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Place Name
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Canton
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Capital is
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Madison County
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Population
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10,062 (1990)
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Location
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Madison County, Mississippi (MS), United States, North America
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Latitude
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32°36'N
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Longitude
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90°01'W
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Canton
, city (1990 pop. 10,062),  Madison co., central
Miss., 23 mi/37 km NNE of Jackson; 32°36'N
90°01'W. Trade and processing center in agr. (vegetables, potatoes,
cotton, corn, soybeans; poultry; dairying) and timber area. Mfg.
(poultry processing, dairy prods., furniture, metal prods., light
mfg.). Has fine antebellum homes. Telda Bogue, restored log home, built
in 1830s. Ross Barnett Reservoir, on Pearl R., to SE; Natchez Trace
(Natl.) Parkway passes to SE. Inc. 1836.
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