Canton, Ohio 真的跟廣東有關係。。。

OMIGA, ohio的這個城市真的是因廣東而得名的啊。。。
每個月收到的電力帳單都是從這裡寄出的，美國電力的區域性總部在那裡。。。
我是無聊了看美國雀巢的總部也在那附近才查的。。。
Canton was founded in 1805. Cantonrep.com quotes Kim Kenney, the curator of the William McKinley Presidential Library & Museum, whose information came from E.T. Heald’s series The Stark County Story, as saying that Canton was incorporated as a village in 1822, and then as a city in 1838. However, the history page of the City of Canton’s web page[9] gives the date for incorporation as a village as being in 1815, as a town in 1834, and as a city in 1854.[10]

Bezaleel Wells, the surveyor who divided the land of the town, named it after Canton (an antiquated transliteration for Guangzhou), China. The name was a memorial to a trader named John O’Donnell, whom Wells admired. O’Donnell had named his Maryland plantation after the Chinese city, as he had been the first person to transport goods from there to Baltimore.
通過Canton, Ohio – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
無聊又查了一下，發現大部分叫canton的城市都跟廣東有關係，illinois的那個最搞笑，是因為建城者誤以為自己的城市的對立點（穿越地心的對面）正好是廣州（英語也叫canton）
另外那個baltimore的廣東其實也有一種說法，是因為原來的american can company在這裡所以才由can-town演化而來。這種說法不是那麼可信，況且據說建城者正好是做貿易生意把廣東的東西運到baltimore的。。。