Marlborough Township is a former incorporated and now geographic

township A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...

in eastern

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. Marlborough was located in the southern part of

Carleton County Carleton County (2016 population 26,220) is located in west-central New Brunswick, Canada. The western border is Aroostook County, Maine, Aroostook County, Maine, the northern border is Victoria County, New Brunswick, Victoria County, and the ...

. It was bounded to the south by Oxford Township, to the southwest by Montague Township, to the northwest by

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and to the northeast by

North Gower Township North Gower Township is a former and now geographic township in eastern Ontario, Canada, now located in Ottawa. It contains the communities of Manotick and North Gower. North Gower (pronounced "North Gor") was located in the southern part of Carl ...

. The

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runs along the border with Oxford Township. It was established in 1791. In 1800, it became part of Carleton County and was incorporated as a township in 1850. The first family to settle in this area was that of Stephen Burritt, a

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, in 1793. The township merged with North Gower Township in 1974 to become

Rideau Township Rideau is an historic township in eastern Ontario, Canada. It is located in the rural parts of the City of Ottawa, in the extreme south. Its eastern boundary is the Rideau River, its namesake. The township was created in 1974 after the amalgamatio ...

. Rideau, in turn, became part of the amalgamated city of

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in 2001. Marlborough Township took its name from

John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, 1st Prince of Mindelheim, 1st Count of Nellenburg, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, (26 May 1650 – 16 June 1722 O.S.) was an English soldier and statesman whose career spanned the reign ...

. According to the

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, the Township had a population of 2,204. According to the

Canada 2021 Census The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...

, this had increased to 2,368.

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*1850 John Pierce *1852 S. Burrett *1853 William Mackey *1857

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*1861 William Mackey *1867 J. Mills *1869 William Kidd *1871 Hugh Conn *1872 James Mills *1875 William Hill *1878 W.R. Pierce *1881 R. Mackey *1889 R. Beckett *1893 R. Mackey *1897 n/a *1907 George Bearman *1912 W. Ormrod *1918 W.H. Pratt *1923 A.H. Davidson *1933 James S. Meredith *1936 Ernest Cole *1938 J. Cliff Donnelly

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Former municipalities now in Ottawa Geographic townships in Ontario Populated places disestablished in 2001 {{EasternOntario-geo-stub

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