Huntley is a former incorporated and now geographic

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in Carleton County in eastern

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. Huntley was located in the western part of the county, bordered to the northwest by

Fitzroy Township Fitzroy is a former incorporated and present day geographic township originally part of Carleton County in eastern Ontario, Canada. Fitzroy was located in the western part of the county, bordered to the northeast by Torbolton Township, to the so ...

, to the northeast by March Township, to the southwest by Ramsay Township and to the southeast by Goulbourn Township. It includes the communities of

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, Corkery, Huntley, Manion Corners, and Westwood. According to the

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, the Township had a population of 10,922.

History

The township was surveyed in 1818 and the first settlers arrived shortly thereafter. The township was incorporated in 1850. The first settlers in the area were immigrants from

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in the early 19th century. Huntley took its name from

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, associated with Charlotte Lennox, Duchess of Richmond, whose husband

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served as

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from 1818 to 1819. By 1866, there was a Post Office in the township of Huntley and John Graham served as postmaster.Ottawa City and counties of Carleton and Russell Directory, 1866-7 In 1974, it was amalgamated with Torbolton and Fitzroy to form West Carleton. In 2001, West Carleton became part of the new city of

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Reeves

*1850 J.E. Fenton *1853 Henry McBride *1862 John Holmes *1869 John Caldwell *1874 Edward Armstrong *1875 John Holmes *1876 Edward Armstrong *1889 George Nelson Kidd *1894 A. Hodgkins *1897 n/a *1907 G.A. Hodgkins *1911 Robert Cox *1923 William Rivington *1947 William J. Cox *1949 E.F. Johnston *1956 J.A. Boyd *1968 Glen Rivington

References

External links

Huntley Community Association website

Huntley Township Historical Society website
Former municipalities now in Ottawa Geographic townships in Ontario Populated places disestablished in 1974 {{EasternOntario-geo-stub

History

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