Everything about Kent County Ontario totally explained
Kent County area is a
historic county in the
Canadian province of
Ontario.
The county was created in
1792 and named by
John Graves Simcoe in honour of the
English County. The county is in an
alluvial plain between
Lake St. Clair, and
Lake Erie, watered by two
navigable streams, the
Thames River and the
Sydenham River.
On
January 1,
1998, the county, its townships, towns, and Chatham were amalgamated into the single-tier city of
Chatham-Kent.
Original Townships
Camden
Area . Surveyed in 1794 and named from the
Earl of Camden. Community centres: (
Dresden,
Thamesville)
Chatham
Area Surveyed in 1794. Community centres: City of Chatham and (
Wallaceburg)
Dover
Area . Dover Township was named after
Dover, England. It was surveyed in 1794 and incorporated in 1850. Within the boundaries of Dover along the Chenal Ecarte of the river St. Clair is the site of
Lord Selkirk's Baldoon Settlement, established in 1803. Communities include
Mitchell's Bay and
Pain Court
Harwich
Area . Surveyed in 1794 and named from the English port at the mouth of the Thames. (
Blenheim,
Erieau,
Erie Beach,
Shrewsbury)
Howard
Area . Surveyed in 1794 and named after Thomas Howard, Earl of Effingham, father-in-law of
Sir Guy Carleton. Community centres: (
Morpeth,
Ridgetown)
Orford
Area, . Surveyed in 1794 and named from the English port of Orford in Suffolk. Community centre. (
Highgate)
Raleigh
Area . Surveyed in 1794. Likely named for
Walter Raleigh. Community centres: (
Charing Cross)
Romney
Area, Surveyed in 1794. Named form the Kentish port in England. Community centres: (
Wheatley)
Tilbury East
Area . Surveyed in 1794, named form the English Tilbury fort in Essex. Community Centres: (
Merlin,
Tilbury)
Zone
Area . Separated form Oxford in 1821 to provide a special organizational district, "the zone", for the Indians of the Moravian Mission on the Thames. Community Center. (
Bothwell)
Original Towns
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