Dollar is a former community of Markham Township, now the city of

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and city of Richmond Hill,

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and was located near the corner of Leslie Street (3rd Line) and 15th Avenue ( Highway 7). In 1869, Dollar was granted a post office, which was located on the north-west corner of Line 3 (Leslie Street) and 15th Avenue. In 1871 Dollar also had general store, a blacksmith shop and a church. The Zion Wesleyan Methodist Church was built about 1870 on Lot 10, Concession 3, on the east side of Line 3, just south of the intersection.See Isabel Champion, ed.,
Markham: 1793-1900
' (Markham, ON: Markham Historical Society, 1979), pp. 233; 230; 225; 339; 158f., 180f. With the arrival of the railroad through

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and Unionville in the 1870s, the importance of smaller communities like Dollar began to fade. When rural mail delivery was instituted in 1914, Dollar was put on Rural Route #2,

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. In 1962 the name "Dollar" was rescinded and the hamlet ceased to exist. On January 1, 1971, the north side of

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was annexed to the city of Richmond Hill. The last three historical homes were demolished in 1972 to prepare for the construction of the Best Western Parkway Hotel Toronto North ( Richmond Hill). Today the former hamlet of Dollar is in close proximity to

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. The site of the former post office is now the Times Square shopping centre. The city of

is planning for significant future development on the south side of the intersection.

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