Dutton is a community in the Township of Dutton/Dunwich,

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. Dutton is located southwest of St. Thomas. Originally part of Dunwich Township, Dutton was originally called Bennettville, then Lisgar. When the

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was built in 1872, the station was named Dutton Station after the railway's chief engineer. It was shortened to Dutton in 1881 and incorporated as a separate municipality a few years later. On January 2, 1998, as part of county-wide municipal restructuring, the Village of Dutton was reamalgamated with Dunwich to form Dutton/Dunwich.

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Communities in Elgin County Former villages in Ontario Populated places disestablished in 1998 {{WesternOntario-geo-stub