North Canton is a city in central Stark County, Ohio, United States.

During World War I, it became unfashionable to be associated with anything German so in 1918, the community changed the name of the village to North Canton.

[4] William H. “Boss” Hoover moved his tannery business from the family farm to the center of the New Berlin village in 1873.

The first upright vacuum cleaner was invented in June 1908 in North Canton by department store janitor James M.

In 2007, Hoover officially shut down its production facility in North Canton.

[8] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.40 square miles (16.58 km2), all land.

[14] As of the census[3] of 2000 (jobs), there were 16,369 people, 7,114 households, and 4,382 families living in the city.

33.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Also in the city limits is St. Paul School,[15] that offers a private, parochial education, in the Catholic tradition, for students in grades K-8.