1903 Map of Canton

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Canton serves as the industrial and transit hub of Stark County in this turn-of-the-century survey, shown as a dense grid of streets including Market Street and Tuscarawas Street. The city is a major junction for the Pennsylvania System and the Wheeling and Lake Erie R. R., highlighting the era's reliance on heavy rail to connect the various branches of the Nimishillen Creek. Outside the city center, the landscape is dotted with smaller agrarian settlements and specialized sites such as the Infirmary and Westlawn Cem.