Baltimore is a village located in the southeast portion of
Hamilton Township in
Northumberland County in central
Ontario
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. It is just north of the town of
Cobourg
Cobourg ( ) is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in Southern Ontario east of Toronto and east of Oshawa. It is the largest town in and seat of Northumberland County. Its nearest neighbour is Port Hope, to the west. It is ...
, located at the intersection of County Road 45 (formerly Highway 45) and County Road 74 (Dale Road).
Baltimore was first occupied by the Irish immigrant John McCarty around 1805, and was named after his family's ancestral home in
Baltimore, County Cork
Baltimore (, ; , translated as the "Fort of the Jewels") is a village in western County Cork, Ireland. It is the main village in the parish of Rathmore and the Islands, the southernmost parish in Ireland. It is the main ferry port to Sherkin Isla ...
,
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
. It is best known today for the presence of historic Ball's Mill, built in 1842, and as the birthplace of
Letitia Youmans
Letitia Youmans (3 January 1827 – 16 July 1896) was a Canadian school teacher who became an activist for the temperance movement. Youmans founded and served as the first president of the Ontario chapter of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. ...
(1827).
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Communities in Northumberland County, Ontario
1805 establishments in Upper Canada
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