Canton (N.Y.)

URI(s)

• http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50000931

Codes

• n-us-ny

Variants

• Canton, N.Y.
• Village of Canton (N.Y.)

Identifies LC/NAF RWO

• http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/n50000931

• Descriptor

  Villages

• Descriptor

  County seats

• Associated Locale

  United States

Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

• http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC%7Cn++50000931#skos:Concept

Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

• Canton Label from public data source Wikidata
• Canton (Nueva York, Estados Unidos)
• New York (State)--Canton

Earlier Established Forms

• Canton, N.Y.

Sources

• found: GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 44°35ʹ44ʺN 075°10ʹ09ʺW)
• found: Wikipedia, October 13, 2019(Canton (village), New York; Canton is a village in St. Lawrence County, New York; county seat of St. Lawrence County; village is centrally located in both the town of Canton and the county of St. Lawrence; first permanent settlement occurred in 1801. The first post office used the name "New Cairo," [no access points found in OCLC] but changed to Canton by 1807; village was incorporated in 1845; 44°35ʹ51ʺN 75°10ʹ16ʺW)
• found: Canton website, October 13, 2019:home page (Canton, New York; Canton includes the Town of Canton, the Village of Canton, the Village of Rensselaer Falls, the Hamlets of Pyrites and Morley) - https://cantonny.gov/

Instance Of

• MADS/RDF Geographic
• MADS/RDF Authority
• SKOS Concept

Scheme Membership(s)

• Library of Congress Name Authority File

Collection Membership(s)

• Names Collection - Authorized Headings
• LC Names Collection - General Collection

Change Notes

• 1980-02-08: new
• 2019-10-15: revised

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