Southwest Middlesex, Ontario

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Southwest Middlesex is a municipality in Middlesex County, Ontario.

The restructured municipality of Southwest Middlesex was incorporated on January 1, 2001. This amalgamation joined Glencoe and Wardsville with Ekfrid and Mosa townships. Southwest Middlesex had a population of 5,890 in the Canada 2006 Census. Southwest Middlesex is located in the southwest corner of Middlesex County, about halfway between London and Chatham.

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The township includes the communities of Appin, Ekfrid, Glencoe, Lewis Corners, Macksville, Mayfair, Newbury Station, North Appin Station, North Ekfrid, North Glencoe Station, Riverside, Strathburn, Tate Corners, Wardsville and Woodgreen. It surrounds, but does not include, the independent village of Newbury.

Wardsville was the site of the Battle of Longwoods during the War of 1812.