Colchester South Township was a former incorporated township and is now a

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located in Essex County in

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. Located on

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, the incorporated township comprised the towns of

Colchester Colchester ( ) is a city in Essex, in the East of England. It had a population of 122,000 in 2011. The demonym is Colcestrian. Colchester occupies the site of Camulodunum, the first major city in Roman Britain and its first capital. Colches ...

and Harrow. It was amalgamated into the Town of Essex in 1999.

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Former township municipalities in Ontario Communities in Essex County, Ontario {{WesternOntario-geo-stub

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