Canaan is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...

comprising the main settlement in the

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Canaan Canaan (; Phoenician: 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍 – ; he, כְּנַעַן – , in pausa – ; grc-bib, Χανααν – ;The current scholarly edition of the Greek Old Testament spells the word without any accents, cf. Septuaginta : id est Vetus T ...

, Essex County,

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, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 392, out of a total town population of 972. The Canaan CDP is in the northeast part of the town of Canaan and is bordered by Leach Creek to the west, the

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to the southeast, the community of

Beecher Falls, Vermont Beecher Falls is a census-designated place in the town of Canaan, Essex County, Vermont Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New ...

, to the east, and the

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province of

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to the north. The community of

West Stewartstown, New Hampshire West Stewartstown is a census-designated place in the town of Stewartstown in Coös County, New Hampshire, United States. It had a population of 263 at the 2020 census, down from 386 at the 2010 census. Geography It is located along U.S. Route ...

, is to the southeast, across the Connecticut River. Beecher Falls to the east is the northeasternmost community in Vermont. The Canaan CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 2.87%, is water.

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