Dixie, Mississauga

Dixie
—  Unincorporated community  —
Coordinates:
Country Canada
Province Ontario
Regional municipality Peel
City Mississauga
Time zone Eastern (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) Eastern (UTC-4)
Forward sortation area L4X and L4Y
Area code(s) 905 and 289
NTS Map 030M12
GNBC Code FAWWY

Dixie is a neighbourhood in the city of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. The community lies in the southeastern part of the city and is one of the older neighbourhoods in the city.

The name of the neighbourhood dates back to the Village of Dixie at the corner of Cawthra Road and Dundas Street West in the south part of the city. In 1865, the village was named in honour of Dr. Beaumont Dixie, a settler who paid for the establishment of the Union Chapel, a multi-denominal Protestant church in the village originally built in 1816 (and rebuilt in 1837).[1]

References

  1. ^ History and Heritage of Mississauga
Communities of Mississauga