New Canton is an incorporated town in Pleasant Vale Township

Pleasant Vale Township, Pike County, Illinois

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, Pike County

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, Illinois

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, United States. The population was 417 at the 2000 census.
New Canton is located at 39.6374060°N 91.0982090°W.

According to the United States Census Bureau

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, the town has a total area of 0.8 square miles (2.1 km²), all of it land.
As of the census

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of 2000, there were 417 people, 176 households, and 124 families residing in the town. The population density

Population density

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 was 535.8 people per square mile (206.4/km²).