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	Canaan Twp.
		The Town and Township of Canaan, Athens County, Ohio
		Joseph Simmons was born in Pennsylvania in 1772, and settled in Canaan township in 1797.
		Captain Parker Carpenter, a native of Killingly, Connecticut, came to this township in 1817, and settled on a new farm a little north of the present village of New England.
	progenealogists.com /athens/canaantownship.htm (1569 words)

	Canaan
		Canaan, New Hampshire Canaan is a town located in 2000 census, the town had a total population of 3,319.
		Canaan, New York Canaan is a town located in 2000 census, the town had a total population of 1,820.
		Canaan (town), Connecticut Canaan is a town located in 2000 census, the town had a total population of 1,081.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/canaan.html (252 words)

	New Canaan, Connecticut - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the town the population is spread out with 31.2% under the age of 18, 3.3% from 18 to 24, 25.4% from 25 to 44, 26.6% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who are 65 years of age or older.
		In 1731, Connecticut's colonial legislature established Canaan Parish as a religious entity in northwestern Norwalk and northeastern Stamford.
		Because Canaan Parish was not planned as a town, New Canaan, when incorporated in 1801,found itself without a central common, a main street or a town hall.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/New_Canaan,_Connecticut (810 words)

	Canaan (town), Connecticut (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Canaan is a town located in Litchfield County, Connecticut.
		As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 1,081.
		The racial makeup of the town is 97.04% White, 1.48% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.19% Asian, 0.09% Pacific Islander, 0.37% from other races, and 0.83% from two or more races.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/canaan__town__connecticut (405 words)

	Canaan and North Canaan Connecticut (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Beyond convenience, Canaan is probably one of the few places in Connecticut where you can sit in a National Register diner, drinking coffee from a heavy white mug, the smell of bacon wafting around you, and look across the street to a perfect Gothic Revival church, circa 1845.
		Located just east of town and dominated by a perfect meeting house, "the Valley" is a long, south-facing roll of green, dotted with farms and some spectacular 18th and early 19th century houses.
		Canaan depends on volunteers for the local fire and ambulance departments, town libraries, and Housatonic Youth Services, as well as community events like Canaan's Railroad Days, an 11-day festival featuring competitions, crafts sales and food that culminates in a night of fireworks in late July.
	www.bordenrealtors.com /canaan.html (595 words)

	New Canaan Answer Book: History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Because Canaan Parish was not planned as a town, upon incorporation New Canaan found itself without a village, a main street, a town hall, or a central common or town green.
		Canaan was a region within Norwalk according to the land records, and the Congregationalists chose the biblical name Canaan Parish when we became a parish.
		In 1967 the town acquired the “castle” and 300 acres of surrounding parkland.
	www.acorn-online.com /answer/nc-hist.htm (914 words)

	CANAAN (TOWN), CONNECTICUT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		In the town the population is spread out with 23.6% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 27.5% from 25 to 44, 28.8% from 45 to 64, and 14.2% who are 65 years of age or older.
		The median income for a household in the town is $54,688, and the median income for a family is $62,500.
		Out of the total people living in poverty, 5.6% are under the age of 18 and 3.8% are 65 or older.
	www.websters-online-dictionary.org /definition/CANAAN+%2528TOWN%2529,+CONNECTICUT (369 words)

	Barbara Cleary's Realty Guild Incorporated
		New Canaan, regarded affectionately by townspeople as "the next station to Heaven", is situated on 22 square miles with its southern border on the Merritt Parkway.
		New Canaan schools are known to be some of the finest in the United States.
		Located within the 300 acre Waveny Park (the largest of the five town parks) are the Society for the Arts at the Carriage Barn and the Town Players of New Canaan in the 220 seat Powerhouse Theatre.
	www.barbaracleary.com /town_new_canaan.html (182 words)

	Town of North Canaan, Connecticut
		North Canaan is located at the junctions of Route 44 and Route 7 in the northwest corner of Connecticut.
		The town was incorporated in 1858 when it separated from the Town of Canaan (Falls Village).
		The Canaan Railroad Station is where the east-west tracks connecting Hartford, Connecticut and Poughkeepsie, NY (and beyond to Campbell Hall, NY where connections were made to the west with other railroads) cross the north-south tracks connecting Danbury, Connecticut and Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
	northcanaan.org /index.html (112 words)

	Canaan Connecticut Genealogy
		Also, the zip for North Canaan (on the vital records page) should be 06018 and the phone number for the Town Clerk is 824-3138 on Pease St. If you look at the address for the Canaan Town Clerk, you will see the address is Falls Village.
		The Town of Canaan had been laid out in 1731 and included land north and south of Canaan Mountain.
		In 1858 Canaan was split into the towns of North Canaan and Canaan (called Falls Village).
	www.rockvillemama.com /canaan.htm (778 words)

	Canaan, Athens County, Ohio Genealogy and History
		It is difficult to separate the first settlement of Canaan township from that of Athens, of which Canaan was originally a part.
		It thus became valuable as a means of communication and supplies, and the regions accessible by it were the first to be settled in the county.
		The name of Canaan was suggested by Judge Walker, of Ames township, one of the county commissioners at this time.
	www.ohiogenealogy.org /athens/canaan.htm (1803 words)

	Wilton Connecticut
		The town is in southwest Connecticut, directly adjacent to Westport, Weston, New Canaan, Norwalk, Ridgefield and Redding.
		Originally a part of the town of Norwalk, the land that represents Wilton was purchased in 1640 by Roger Ludlow.
		In 1802, Wilton was granted a Town Charter by the Connecticut General Assembly and became a political entity independent from Norwalk.
	www.dochertyfamily.com /wilton.htm (227 words)

	CT DEP: Connecticut Town Master Metadata (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Representations of the Connecticut and parts of the New York and Rhode Island coastline and all coastal islands, as defined in the Hydrography Master Archive Data Layer, were inserted into this second, statewide coverage.
		The Town Number (TOWN_NO) identifies polygons that make up individual Connecticut Towns and was assigned through an overlay process that captured these values from an earlier version of 1:24,000 scale town boundaries.
		TOWN is a decode of TOWN_NO, storing the name of the corresponding town.
	www.dep.state.ct.us /gis/dataguides/dep/layers/metadata/townm.htm (2055 words)

	Barbara Cleary's Realty Guild Incorporated
		New Canaan, regarded affectionately by townspeople as "the next station to Heaven", is situated on 22 square miles with its southern border on the Merritt Parkway.
		New Canaan schools are known to be some of the finest in the United States.
		Located within the 300 acre Waveny Park (the largest of the five town parks) are the Society for the Arts at the Carriage Barn and the Town Players of New Canaan in the 220 seat Powerhouse Theatre.
	www.realty-guild.com /town_new_canaan.html (179 words)

	CANAAN, CONNECTICUT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Our next town, named for the Biblical land of Canaan, was auctioned at New London in 1738, bids starting at £60 per right, the high rate for Litchfield County.
		The present Canaan, which does not include the village of that name, is made up of mountains on the south and east, with a plain along the Housatonic, from which cultivated valleys reach back into the hills.
		U.S. 7 crosses from Salisbury at Lime Rock Station, and continues north under the cliffs of Canaan Mt. At South Canaan there is an attractive Congregational Church, erected in 1802, with pedimented doorway and Palladian window; the tower is rather heavy for the building.
	www.skyweb.net /~channy/CTGuideCan.html (418 words)

	NORTH CANAAN, CONNECTICUT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The town of North Canaan, which includes Canaan village, was settled in 1738, and cut off from the town of Canaan in 1858.
		North Canaan is dominated by the sharp peak of Canaan Mountain, which thrusts out northwest into the valley, towering above it about a thousand feet.
		In East Canaan, where we join R. 101, we have a good Colonial church, built in 1822, and the Nathaniel Stevens House, dating from 1786.
	www.skyweb.net /~channy/CTGuideNCan.html (472 words)

	North Canaan Chamber of Commerce
		The Canaan Chamber would like to take this opportunity to thank Larry Nestor, who, with his gift of his time and carpentry talent, remade the Sleigh that stands at the entrance to town.
		This steadily growing town nestled in historic Canaan valley has gorgeous views of the berkshire foothills and is located in the northwest corner of Connecticut.
		Canaan (settled in 1738), has officially been called North Canaan since 1858, when the southern section of town split off.
	northcanaanchamber.com (509 words)

	New Canaan Connecticut
		New Canaan is a quiet rural town of 23 square miles and almost 19,000 people located north of Darien and east of Stamford.
		What New Canaan really offers is perhaps the last vestiges of a way of life - a classic New England village with a touch of sophistication and easy access to New York City.
		New Canaan Library - The New Canaan Library has served local readers since 1877, when it was founded by volunteers who staffed it as a reading room on Elm Street.
	www.pruwheeler.com /newcanaan.htm (388 words)

	Railroad History Archives, Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut
		The railroad scene in Canaan began in the very early year of 1841 with the arrival from the south of the Housatonic Railroad.
		The station in Canaan that many of us knew, however, was not built until one year after the arrival of the Connecticut Western Railroad from the east which occurred in 1871.
		From that date on, Canaan was always known as "a railroad town." The railroad workforce in Canaan probably peaked in the early 1900s with a hundred or more people being on the payrolls of both rail lines at the time.
	railroads.uconn.edu /exhibits/canaan/essay.htm (582 words)

	Canaan Connecticut History1837 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		CANAAN was sold at auction in New London, in January, 1738.
		The first clergyman in the town was the Rev.
		Canaan is 41 miles northwest from Hartford, bounded north by the Massachusetts line, east by Norfolk, west by the Housatonic, dividing it from Salisbury, and south by Cornwall.
	www.rockvillemama.com /canaanhistory.htm (371 words)

	Canaan, New Hampshire
		According to the Canaan Historical Society, the first train passed through in November 1847 with Daniel Webster on board, and the railroad operations sparked rapid business growth in Canaan Village.
		In September 1907, Canaan was the site of a tragic train accident, the collision of a passenger train and a freight, resulting in 25 dead and an equal number injured.
		The 2005 Census estimate for Canaan was 3,452 residents, which ranked 102nd among New Hampshire's incorporated cities and towns.
	www.nhes.state.nh.us /elmi/htmlprofiles/canaan.html (365 words)

	CHS: Library : CHS Loan Collection: Connecticut Towns
		Schenck, E.H. History of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Conn., from the Settlement of the Town in 1639 to 1818.
		Reynolds, J. Proceedings in Commemoration of the Settlement of the Town of New Haven.
		Farnham, T.J. Weston: The Forging of a Connecticut Town.
	www.chs.org /loancoll/CTtown.htm (3852 words)

	TownGreens.com Columbia Town Green (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Along the 800 foot length of the largest parcel is located the Town Hall, the Congregational Church, a former chapel (now a gallery), the parsonage and the former house of Eleazor Wheelock (c.
		Near the intersection is the town historical marker and a World War I memorial (1919) consisting of a bronze marker on a fieldstone boulder.
		The green, as a wide open space at the center of the town, is marred by the traffic signals strung across the street, sign posts, huge electric light standards with wires criss-crossing overhead.
	www.towngreens.com /greenlink/index.cgi/view/29 (145 words)

	Listings Connecticut: North Canaan
		North Canaan, Connecticut From The Connecticut Guide, 1935 The town of North Canaan, which includes Canaan village, was settled in 1738, and cut off from the town of Canaan in 1858.
		Cannan Valley Cemetery North Canaan, Connecticut From the Hale Collection -, A son of Asa Susanna North, born died 1796.
		East Canaan Cemetery North Canaan, Connecticut From the Hale Collection Abernathy, Giles, died Aug. 2, 1843, age 50 yrs.
	listingsus.com /Connecticut/Litchfield-County/North-Canaan (164 words)

	Connecticut US 7
		From Canaan to New Milford, the road was called Route 134; from there to Danbury, Route 128; from there to Ridgefield, part of another New England route, NE-3; and from there to Norwalk, Route 126.
		In my hometown of Canaan, they went so far as to condemn and destroy the town playground, community house, and ballfield, along with one of the oldest homes in the area, dating back to the 1700's.
		Connecticut was the only state that could continue construction, as it alone was not using federal funds.
	www.kurumi.com /roads/ct/us7.html (4258 words)

	TownCanaan
		The town of Norfolk which was chartered to Bezaleel Woodward, February 27, 1782, was annexed to Canaan, but both being small townships leaves Canaan still smaller than most of the towns in the state.
		The town was settled by Silas Sargeant, John Hugh and Hubbard Spencer, who moved their families into town in 1785.
		As a frontier town it was subjected to considerable disturbance during the War of 1812.
	www.rootsweb.com /~vermont/TownCanaan.html (333 words)

	Fairfield, Weston, New Canaan Connecticut real estate listings, home buying, selling and relocation information - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		New Canaan is a quiet, suburban town of 23 square miles and almost 18,000 people located north of Darien and east of Stamford.
		New Canaan is known by the commuter as "the last stop before heaven".
		The New Canaan Nature Center is situated on over 40 acres with many specialized programs and points of interest for all ages.
	www.gailmustard.com /l_new-canaan_fairfield-weston-new-canaan-connecticut-real-estate.asp (2141 words)

	New Canaan Real Estate - New Canaan, Connecticut
		Town of New Canaan Contains information about town services, demographics, government, school system, current issues, emergency contact numbers, forms and permits, online payments, and volunteering.
		American Towns: New Canaan Features community calendar, links, and information for government departments, schools and libraries, clubs and organizations, sports and recreation, arts and entertainment, restaurants, businesses, real estate, and kids activities as well as a community action exchange program.
		New Canaan Answer Book Reproduction of the annually issued guide from the publishers of the New Canaan Advertiser.
	www.neighborhoodscout.com /connecticut_real_estate/new_canaan (816 words)

	New Canaan Referendum - The 1974 Agreement
		New Canaan’s Board of Selectmen and Board of Education agree that the wooded buffer along South avenue is to be maintained for “nature study and general conservation only.”
		In 1974, New Canaan’s Board of Selectmen clarified the language regarding Waveny property and the new (1971) high school.
		WHEREAS, the TOWN has allocated and set aside an area of 10.339 acres to be used by the said new high school in conjunction with the recreational and sports activities of said high school, and
	www.kmoser.com /newcanaanreferendum/agreement.shtml (357 words)

	Canaan, Connecticut CT, town profile (Litchfield County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
		Canaan is a town in Litchfield County, in the Torrington metro area.
		Canaan is on the Housatonic and Hollenbeck rivers
		Median rent in Canaan, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $541.
	www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=9116 (472 words)

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