The New Student's Reference Work/Canton (Ohio)

Canton, the county seat of Stark County, Ohio, is 102 miles west-northwest of Pittsburg, 54 south-southeast of Cleveland. It has three railroads, the Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne & Chicago; Wheeling & Lake Erie; and Cleveland Terminal & Valley. It is situated in the center of a rich farming country, and is surrounded by rich deposits of coal and limestone. It has a number of important manufacturing concerns, including Aultman & Co., manufacturers of farm implements, Canton Rolling Mill, Canton Steel Company, American Bridge Company, Harvard Dental Chair Company, Gould Dental Chair Company and Dueber-Hampden Watch and Case Company. It contains two parks and is connected by electric railway with a beautiful lake resort. It has three daily and four weekly newspapers; twenty-three churches; ten banks; a hospital; eighteen school buildings, with 7,200 school-children enrolled. President McKinley's home was at Canton. Its rapid growth in recent years is shown by its increase in population as follows: in 1870—8,669; 1880—12,258; 1890—26,337; 1900—30,667; 1910—50,217.