THE CANON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Outer Piedmont setting.
Canon city has 3.12 square miles of land in Franklin County, Hart County. Its Census reference point is in Southern Outer Piedmont, within Piedmont.
The Piedmont is a belt of irregular plains and hills between the Appalachians and the coastal plain. A complex mixture of older rocks underlies its pine and hardwood woodland landscapes.
Regional context: Piedmont ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Canon intersects 2 county geographies: Franklin County, Hart County. A Canon mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Canon by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Canon, or 0.2% of its total area. It is 2.7 percentage points lower than the 2.9% recorded for Georgia. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Canon city has 1.4 times the land area of nearby Bowersville town (2.19 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

