Bethesda is a hamlet in

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, in the town of

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. The hamlet is centred at the intersection of

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and Bethesda Road in the south-eastern region of Whitchurch-Stouffville; it flourished around 1875. The community gained distinction with the formation of a private telephone company, the ''Bethesda and Stouffville Telephone Association'' in 1904, with 1188 users from Newmarket to

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by 1930. The entire system was purchased by Bell Telephone in 1960.For a brief account of Bethesda's history, cf. Jean Barkey et al.
Whitchurch Township
(Erin, ON: Boston Mills, 1993), 72-74.

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