Canton (South Dakota)
Lincoln County
46-09500
Canton is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) and the administrative seat of Lincoln County in the U.S. state of South Dakota. In 2010, Canton had 3057 inhabitants. By the estimation in year 2012, the population increased to 3224th
Geography
Canton is located in southwestern South Dakota on the west bank of the Big Sioux River, which forms the border with Iowa. The geographical coordinates are 43 ° 18'08 Canton " north latitude and 96 ° 35'27 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 8.34 km ².
Towns nearby Canton are Inwood, Iowa (14 km east), Fairview (15,1 km southeast), Worthing (17,1 km west-northwest ) and Harrisburg (22,9 km northwest ).
The nearest major cities are Sioux Falls ( 35.8 km NNW ), Minneapolis, Minnesota (405 km northeast), Rochester, Minnesota ( 403 km east-northeast ), Iowa's capital, Des Moines (425 km south-east ), Omaha, Nebraska (280 km south ) and Fargo, North Dakota ( 433 km north ).
Traffic
About 15 kilometers west of Canton runs Interstate 29, which runs from Kansas City, Missouri to Winnipeg in the Canadian province of Manitoba. U.S. Highway 18 in west-east direction as the main road through the city of Canton. All other roads within the city are subordinate roads, some unpaved roadways or within city roads.
In Canton several railway routes meet for freight transport together.
With the Canton Municipal Airport is located in the north of the city of Canton, a small airfield. The nearest major airport is located 42.4 km north-northeast Sioux Falls Regional Airport, the largest airport of South Dakota.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Canton 3057 people in 1248 households. The population density was 366.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 1248 households lived statistically 2.37 per person.
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. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.7 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
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 median annual income for a household was $ 45,000. The per capita income was $ 24,278. 8.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- Ernest Lawrence (1901-1958) - nuclear physicist and Nobel laureate - was born and raised in Canton
- Merle Antony Tuve (1901-1982) - physicist and geophysicist - born and raised in Canton
- Archie M. Gubbrud (1910-1987) - 22 Governor of South Dakota ( 1961-1965 ) - attended college in Canton
- Oscar S. Gifford (1842-1913) - reopublikanischer Member of the U.S. House of Representatives - lived in Canton and is buried there
- Tim Johnson ( * 1946) - 1997 Democratic U.S. Senator from South Dakota - born in Canton