Seymour is a former incorporated township and now a
geographic township
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located in
Northumberland County,
Ontario
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,
Canada
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.
It is currently part of the Municipality of
Trent Hills
The Municipality of Trent Hills is a township municipality in Northumberland County in Central Ontario, Canada. It is on the Trent River and was created in 2001 through the amalgamation of the municipalities of Campbellford/Seymour, Percy Town ...
.
European settlement began in earnest in the 1830s and brothers Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Campbell and Major Robert Campbell were granted on the Trent River in 1831. A settlement grew, and in 1876, the Village of
Campbellford
Campbellford is an unincorporated place and former town in Northumberland County, Ontario, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada, in the List of municipalities in Ontario#Lower-tier municipalities, township municipality of Trent Hills. It lies ...
was separated from Seymour and incorporated as a separate municipality.
Seymour was originally part of the
United Counties of Northumberland and Durham, then Northumberland after the United Counties were restructured in 1974. In 2001, Seymour was amalgamated with Campbellford, the Village of
Hastings
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east of Lewes and south east of London. The town gives its name to the Battle of Hastings, which took place to th ...
and the
Township of Percy to form the Town of Campbellford / Seymour, Percy & Hastings.
It was renamed Trent Hills later that year. According to the 2001 Census, Seymour had a population of 4,528 at the time of amalgamation.
Populated places
Prior to amalgamation, the Township of Seymour consisted of the following villages, hamlets & communities such as Burnbrae, Campbellford, Clarke's, Hardy Island, Healey Falls, Kellers, Menie, Meyersburg, Mount Pleasant, Nappan Island, Percy Boom, Pethericks Corners and Rylstone.
See also
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List of townships in Ontario
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Northern Ontario Northeastern Ontario Algoma D ...
References
External links
Trent Hills Official Website
Former township municipalities in Ontario
Geography of Northumberland County, Ontario
Populated places disestablished in 2001
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