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Jun 5, 2017 · It’s a question that shouldn’t be too difficult to answer — one might think. But while recently sleuthing and endeavoring to learn more about the old iron bridge that inspired Canton’s name, this so-called engineer/historian has uncovered a host of conflicting facts, dates, and fanciful tales.
FIPS code. 25-11315. GNIS feature ID. 0619457. Website. www.town.canton.ma.us. Canton is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 24,370 at the 2020 census. Canton is part of Greater Boston, about 15 miles (24 kilometers) southwest of Downtown Boston .
Jun 22, 2024 · Canton, the postal romanization name for Guangzhou, originated from Cantão, a name coined by the Portuguese. The Portuguese traders, who were the first Europeans to arrive in China in the 16th century, had conflated the city of Guangzhou with Guangdong, the province in which it is located.
Apr 21, 2020 · We asked the question of whether Canton really got its name from O’Donnell, a ship captain who traded in Canton, the anglicized name of Guangzhou, China. And we got the help we needed! Minutes after we published our video, Baltimore historian Wayne Schaumburg replied with some insight.
Several of the states that derive their names from names used for Native peoples have retained the plural ending in "s": Arkansas, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, and Texas. One common naming pattern has been as follows: Native tribal group → River → Territory → State.
The earliest known use of the noun Canton is in the 1860s. OED's earliest evidence for Canton is from 1860, in Texas Almanac.
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What Was the Original Name of Boston? When the Massachusetts Bay colonists first arrived in the Boston area in 1630, it was known as Trimount, due to the large hill with three peaks that made up the geography of the area at the time (these peaks were later cut down to fill in the bays during Boston’s massive land making project.)
