The Downtown Canton Journal
One useful question at a time about downtown Canton, Georgia. Every post is dated and links its sources.
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Canton’s National Register places: five listings and where they are
We checked five Canton places on the National Register of Historic Places at the National Park Service’s NPGallery: the Canton Commercial Historic District (NRIS 84000962, 1984), the 1928 marble Cherokee…
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Canton Farmers Market: the 2026 season and when to look for 2027
The 2026 Canton Farmers Market season is over. It ran on Saturdays from May 30 to Aug. 29, 2026, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., in Brown Park at 251 E.…
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Canton First Fridays: 2026 in review and what we know of 2027
Canton’s 2026 First Friday season is over. The City held six free evenings downtown, on May 1, June 5, July 3, Aug. 7, Sept. 4 and Oct. 2, from 6…
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How the City of Canton saved the Canton Theatre
The Canton Theatre at 171 E. Main St. showed slides and silent films as early as 1911, the City says. It reopened as the Art Deco Canton Theatre in 1940,…
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From Canton Cotton Mills to The Mill on Etowah: dates that disagree
The Mill on Etowah at 225 Reformation Parkway is the former Canton Cotton Mill No. 1. Sources give three founding years because they count different steps: the charter was granted…
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Canton Christmas Parade 2026: Saturday, Dec. 12, at 6 p.m.
The 2026 Canton Christmas Parade is Saturday, Dec. 12, at 6 p.m. in downtown Canton, when the City’s Merry Market in Cannon Park closes (noon to 6 p.m.), per the…
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