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The Collins Axe Co. factory opened in Canton in 1826 and produced the first ready-to-use axes in the U.S.
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- 1806 - (Canton, CT) incorporated
This rural town in western Hartford County is located on the Farmington River and lies on land originally part of Simsbury. After Canton’s...Read MORE... - 1819 - Canton
Canton, a post town in the western part of the county, being 13 miles northwesterly from Hartford, is bounded east on Simsbury, south on Farmington...Read MORE... - 1826 - (Canton, CT) - The Collins Axe Company, founded in 1826, used early mass-production techniques and soon became the world-leading axe manufacturer.
connecticuthistory.org/ towns-page/ canton/ - 1854 - Canton
Canton, a post-township of Hartford county, Connecticut, 12 miles N. W. of Hartford, intersected by Farmington river. Population, 1980.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854. - 1859
CANTON, a township of Hartford co., in the state of Connecticut, 13 m. WNW of Hartford. Its surface is hilly, and its soil unproductive. Pop. 1,736.
A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge, Publisher A. Fullarton, 1859 - 1869 - October 4 - Canton CT was deluged with 12.35 inches of rain.
WeatherForYou.com - 1886 - Canton
CANTON* measures eight miles north and south, with a breadth east and west varying from one and a half miles at the north to three miles at the...Read MORE... - 1895 - Canton
Canton, a post-township of Hartford co., Conn., is drained by Farmington River, and intersected by the Connecticut Western Railroad. It has 7...Read MORE... 
Baptist Church, Canton, Ct.
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Canton, a post-village of Hartford co., Conn., in Can ton township (town), which is drained by the Farmington River, about 14 miles SE. of Winsted....Read MORE... 
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Canton, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Baptist Church, Canton, Ct.
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Canton, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
East Main Street
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Canton, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
GRA-ROCK GINGER ALE
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1806 - (Canton, CT) incorporated
This rural town in western Hartford County is located on the Farmington River and lies on land originally part of Simsbury. After Canton’s... Read MORE...
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1819 - Canton
Canton, a post town in the western part of the county, being 13 miles northwesterly from Hartford, is bounded east on Simsbury, south on Farmington... Read MORE...
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1826 - (Canton, CT) - The Collins Axe Company, founded in 1826, used early mass-production techniques and soon became the world-leading axe manufacturer.
connecticuthistory.org/ towns-page/ canton/
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1854 - Canton
Canton, a post-township of Hartford county, Connecticut, 12 miles N. W. of Hartford, intersected by Farmington river. Population, 1980.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
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1859
CANTON, a township of Hartford co., in the state of Connecticut, 13 m. WNW of Hartford. Its surface is hilly, and its soil unproductive. Pop. 1,736.
A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge, Publisher A. Fullarton, 1859
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1869 - October 4 - Canton CT was deluged with 12.35 inches of rain.
WeatherForYou.com
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1886 - Canton
CANTON* measures eight miles north and south, with a breadth east and west varying from one and a half miles at the north to three miles at the... Read MORE...
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1895 - Canton
Canton, a post-township of Hartford co., Conn., is drained by Farmington River, and intersected by the Connecticut Western Railroad. It has 7... Read MORE...
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1916
Canton, a post-village of Hartford co., Conn., in Can ton township (town), which is drained by the Farmington River, about 14 miles SE. of Winsted.... Read MORE...
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