Pinkerton (also Pinkerton's Corners) is an unincorporated rural community in
Bradford West Gwillimbury Township,
Simcoe County
Simcoe County is a county and census division located in the central region of Ontario, Canada. The county is located north of the Greater Toronto Area, and forms the north western edge of the Golden Horseshoe. The county seat is located in Mi ...
,
Ontario
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, Canada.
History
Matthew Pinkerton, a surveyor and early settler, built a log school house in 1840.
A Wesleyan Methodist Church was erected in 1844, and a hotel was built in Pinkerton in 1854. A
Primitive Methodist Church
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was built in 1864, and St. Lukes Anglican Church was established in 1871.
Pinkerton School (S.S. 11) was built in 1873, and was one of the first brick schools in the area. A new brick school with a bell tower and two entrances was built in 1908, and was used until at least the late 1950s.
The Toronto–Barrie Highway, now called
Ontario Highway 400
King's Highway 400, commonly referred to as Highway 400, historically as the Toronto–Barrie Highway, and colloquially as the 400, is a 400-series highways, 400-series highway in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian provi ...
, was built through the east boundary of Pinkerton in the late 1940s.
References
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Communities in Simcoe County