The Pea Ridge Community is located in Canton beginning at Belleta Drive and extends down Pea Ridge Rd. The founding families included the Keith and Freeman families. Philip Keith, a formerly enslaved African American and Cherokee worker on the Keith plantation was given the land upon being freed. It is said that Phillip Keith and other laborers saved the plantation owner and helped build the property after destruction caused by Union soldiers during a raid. The Keith family also owned property including the Texaco station which would later become the historic Canton volunteer firehouse. 

Together the land and resources provided by the Keith and Freeman families provided the neighborhood with a church, schoolhouse, park, and more. Over generations, the story has been told of how Pea Ridge received its name because peas were the only crops that would grow there.

The Nineteen community is located off of Highway 140 West, Reinhardt College Parkway. It begins at modern landmarks such as the Marathon Gas Station and the Landings Apartments and extends further up the hill. Upper areas of the neighborhood have now been sealed off from traffic. 

Like the Pea Ride community, the Nineteen community was founded upon land given to Phillip Keith upon his emancipation. According to folklore, the Nineteen community received its name during Prohibition when the community was permitted to distill only 19 barrels of liquor. Residents of the Nineteen community recall that there were both White and Black residents and children played together regardless of race.

The Stumptown neighborhood is situated "across the river" on the other side of the Etowah from Pea Ridge and Nineteen. Located off East Main Street and Crisler Street, the area is now home to several churches. In its earlier development, it housed a school, churches, a funeral home, and a soul food restaurant owned by the Thompson family. 

Stumptown received its name from the discovery of tree stumps left under the foundations of homes during the town's development. Families such as the Stevensons found refuge in the neighborhood after being expelled from Forsyth County.