Townhomes for Sale in Canton, IL

Canton, the largest city in Fulton County, Illinois, with just under 13,000 residents, owes its name to what turned out to be a highly inaccurate piece of 19th-century geographic speculation. In 1825, town founder Isaac Swan believed he was on the opposite side of the globe as Canton, China (present-day Guangzhou). However, for that to be true, he would need to be in Argentina. Regardless, Swan’s name for the town stuck.

Originally a coal mining town, Canton became a regional economic colossus that manufactured steel plows for over 100 year ...