Canton Bend, once known simply as Canton, is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

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 Camden in 1833. It has several historic sites, including Youpon Plantation and the Tristram Bethea House.

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