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Trumbull County Ohio incorporated and unincorporated areas South Canal highlightedPhoto: 636Buster · CC BY-SA 4.0
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History · South Canal

25% of South Canal’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1908 on and the census since 2000.

0on the National Register
25%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about South Canal’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of South Canal are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19084 editions of the USGS map, 1908 to 1994. Watch South Canal change.Old housesHalf of South Canal’s homes were built before 1958.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how South Canal’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

South Canal on the map, 1908 to 1994

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of South Canal. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

South Canal on the 1908 USGS mapSouth Canal on the 1959 USGS mapSouth Canal on the 1970 USGS mapSouth Canal on the 1994 USGS map1908Warren sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of South Canal.

The story so far

South Canal, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of South Canal yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

South Canal is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in western Newton Township, Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,101 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Youngstown–Warren metropolitan area.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,100 in 2010, 1,101 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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People over time

South Canal, census by census

02004006008001,0001,2001,40020002020Peak: 1,346

Between 1,100 and 1,346 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on South Canal’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to South Canal

Nobody well known was born in South Canal itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Hart CraneAmerican writer · b. 1899
Lucretia GarfieldFirst Lady of the United States from 1881 to 18… · b. 1832
Jeff RichmondAmerican composer, television actor and producer · b. 1961
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Clara Louise BellAmerican painter · b. 1886
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Fred RichardsAmerican baseball player · b. 1927
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Roy Eugene DavisAmerican Kriya Yoga teacher and author · b. 1931
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.