Canton Bend, once known simply as Canton, is an

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in Wilcox County,

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, United States. Located on the south bank of the

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, it served as the first

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for Wilcox County from 1819 until its move to

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in 1833. It has several historic sites, including Youpon Plantation and the

Tristram Bethea House The Tristram Bethea House, also known as Pleasant Ridge, is a historic Plantation house in the Southern United States, plantation house in Canton Bend, Alabama, Canton Bend, Alabama. The two-story brick house was built in 1842 in the Federal arc ...

Geography

Canton Bend is located at and has an elevation of .

References

Unincorporated communities in Alabama Unincorporated communities in Wilcox County, Alabama {{WilcoxCountyAL-geo-stub