Palermo, founded as Hagartown, is a former village in
Halton County
Halton County is a former county in the Canadian province of Ontario, with an area of . It is also one of the oldest counties in Canada.
History
Halton County is named after Major William Mathew Halton (1746-1823), a British Army officer, who ...
, Ontario, Canada which has been amalgamated into the town of
Oakville.
The village was located around what is now the intersection of
Dundas Street and
Bronte Road
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.
The village was established in 1805 by Lawrence Hagar, a settler to
Upper Canada
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from
Pennsylvania
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.
The village was named Hagartown until 1836 when it was renamed to Palermo in honour of
Horatio Nelson, Lord of Palermo.
In 1869, the population was 300.
In 1875, the village had an
iron foundry
A foundry is a factory that produces metal castings. Metals are cast into shapes by melting them into a liquid, pouring the metal into a mold, and removing the mold material after the metal has solidified as it cools. The most common metals pr ...
, two stores, and a hotel. At that time its population was 150. By the 1870s, the village also had a wagon shop, blacksmith shop, harness shop,
brick school house, churches, a
telegraph
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office and drill shed.
The village was amalgamated with Oakville in 1962, along with
Trafalgar Township
Trafalgar Township was a township within the historic Halton County in Ontario, Canada. It today forms parts of the towns of Oakville, Milton, and Halton Hills in the Regional Municipality of Halton.
Named after Cape Trafalgar where Horatio Ne ...
and other nearby villages.
References
External links
Photo of Store & Post Office at Palermo, L. Hager, General Merchant
{{Halton region
Neighbourhoods in Oakville, Ontario
1805 establishments in Upper Canada