Grenville County, Ontario
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Grenville County area 272,261 acres (110,180 ha) 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. Grenville County merged with Leeds County in 1850 to create Leeds and Grenville County.
Original Townships
- Augusta (still exists), 75,083 acres (30,385 ha) 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 66,669 acres (26,980 ha)
- Oxford, also known as Oxford-On-the-Rideau Township area 59,350 acres (24,018 ha) Surveyed in 1791, the first settlers were nearly all officers. (Now part of North Grenville)
- South Gower, area 27,709 acres (11,213 ha) 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 46,851 acres (18,960 ha) 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 Middleton & Fred Landon, copyright 1927, Dominion Publishing Company, Toronto
See also
- List of Ontario census divisions
- List of townships in Ontario
External links
Coordinates: 44°50′N 75°40′W / 44.833°N 75.667°W
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