Grenville County, Ontario

Grenville County, Ontario

Grenville County area convert|272261|acre|km2|0 is an historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario.

The county was created in 1792, and named in honour of William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, Secretary of State in 1790. The First settlers were Loyalist from the United States.Grenvill County merged with Leeds County in 1850 to create Leeds and Grenville County.

Original Townships

*Augusta (still exists), (75,083 acres surveyed in 1787, it was named in honour of Princess Augusta Sophia, second daughter of George III (community centers, Prescott, Maitland, Lord Mills, Algonquin, Maynard, Garretton)
*Edwardsburgh (now Edwardsburgh/Cardinal), Edwardsburg Township had an area of convert|66669|acre|km2|0
*Oxford, also known as Oxford-On-the-Rideau Township area convert|59350|acre|km2|0 Surveyed in 1791, the first settlers were nearly all officers. (Now part of North Grenville)
*South Gower, area convert|27709|acre|km2|0 was settled in 1803 mostly by retired army officers it is now part of North Grenville.
*Wolford (now the Village of Merrickville-Wolford). The township was convert|46851|acre|km2|0 and opened 1797. It was named for the Devonshire seat of John Graves Simcoe.

Source: "Province of Ontario -- A History 1615 to 1927" by Jesse Edgar Middletwon & Fred Landon, copyright 1927, Dominion Publishing Company, Toronto

ee also

* List of Ontario census divisions.

External links

* [http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/exhibits/maps/counties/grenville.htm 1951 map of Grenville County]


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