Stormont County area is a county in the
Canadian province
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of
Ontario
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.
Stormont was created in 1792, but was settled seven years earlier in 1785. Veterans of Loyalist regiments were among the first settlers. An estimated one third of the pioneers in the county were
Highlander, one third German and the rest English, Irish and Lowland Scots people.
The original territory of Stormont also included
Russell County, which became a separate county in 1800.
Stormont later united with
Dundas Dundas may refer to:
Places
Australia
* Dundas, New South Wales
* Dundas, Queensland, a locality in the Somerset Region
* Dundas, Tasmania
* Dundas, Western Australia
* Fort Dundas, a settlement in the Northern Territory 1824–1828
* Shire of ...
and
Glengarry
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to form the regional government
United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry
The United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry (SDG) is an upper-tier municipality in the Canadian province of Ontario that comprises three historical counties and excludes the City of Cornwall and the Mohawk Nation of Akwesasne. However ...
.
Historic Townships
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Cornwall
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(SE): area . Was settled in 1785 by veterans of
Sir John Johnson's and other Loyalist companies. Community centres were Moulinette, north Field and Cornwall. This township is now part of
South Stormont Township
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Finch
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(NW): Was part of Osnabruck Township until 1798. It was settled in 1785. It is named in honour of Lady Elizabeth Finch, wife of the first
Earl of Mansfield
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History
The titles Earl of Mansfield (i ...
. Community centres were Crysler, Berwick, Finch, and Glen Payne. The township is now part of
North Stormont Township
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Osnabruck (SW): area . Surveyed from 1784 to 1787, it was named from a
Hanoverian town closely associated with the royal family. The township was settled in 1785 by Loyalist veterans, many of them Germans. Community Centres: Newington, Grantley, Osnabruck Centre and Wales. The township is now part of South Stormont Township.
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Roxborough Roxborough may refer to:
Places
* Roxborough, Manchester, Jamaica
* Roxborough, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, a neighborhood
* Roxborough, Trinidad and Tobago, Tobago Island, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
* Roxborough Castle, Ireland
* Roxborou ...
(NE): Was part of Cornwall Township until 1798. It was named from the Scottish County. Community Centres were Moose Creek, Avonmore and Monckland. The township is now part of North Stormont Township.
Sources
''Province of Ontario -- A History 1615 to 1927'' by
Jesse Edgar Middleton
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Biography
Middleton was born in Pilkington, Ontario, the son of Margaret Agar and Rev. Eli Middleton, a Methodist minister. He attend ...
and
Fred Landon
Fred Landon (November 5, 1880 – August 1, 1969) was a Canadian journalist, historian, librarian, teacher, administrator and specialist in Ontario history.
Biography
He was born in London, Ontario in 1880 and died there in 1969. He marri ...
, copyright 1927, Dominion Publishing Company, Toronto
See also
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List of Ontario census divisions
The Province of Ontario has 51 first-level administrative divisions, which collectively cover the whole province. With two exceptions, their areas match the 49 census divisions Statistics Canada has for Ontario.
The Province has four types of ...
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The Lost Villages
The Lost Villages were ten communities (nine conventional villages and a populated island) in the Canadian province of Ontario, in the former townships of Cornwall and Osnabruck (now South Stormont) near Cornwall, which were permanently sub ...
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List of townships in Ontario
This is a list of townships in the Canadian province of Ontario. Townships are listed by census division.
Northern Ontario Northeastern Ontario Algoma District
Historical/Geographic Townships
*Abbott
*Aberdeen Additional
*Abigo
*Abotossaway
* ...
External links
1951 map of Stormont County
Former counties in Ontario
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