Canton’s Town Trails

Canton’s Town Trails

If you, like me, have always said to yourself, “boy, wouldn’t it be interesting if Canton, Connecticut was named after Canton, China” but then dismissed that as a ridiculous idea, you’ll be as surprised as I was at the Wikipedia page about Canton saying that this is indeed true.

And the claim does go to a footnote that links to some 1903 book of Connecticut place-name etymologies. Several of which are dubious at best. Anyway, Canton is a small town mostly known for it’s funky-historic Collinsville section, but north Canton is a beautiful and often wild place. I love it.