Chatsworth is a community in Grey County, Ontario, Canada, part of the Township of Chatsworth. It is located south of Owen Sound and north of Durham where Highways 6 and 10 merge. The village neighbours Williamsford, Dornoch, and Desboro.
Chatsworth | |
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Unincorporated village | |
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| Coordinates: 44°27′13″N 80°53′45″W / 44.45361°N 80.89583°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| province | Ontario |
| County | Grey |
| Township | Chatsworth |
| Elevation | 296 m (971 ft) |
| Population (2016)[1] | |
• Total | 535 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code | N0H 1G0 |
| Area code(s) | 519 and 226 |
History
editOriginally named Johnstown after an early landowner, the post office was renamed Holland East in 1851. It was renamed again to its present name in 1857. The name comes from Chatsworth House, in Derbyshire, near the home town of the postmaster at that time.[2]
Chatsworth was founded in 1848 at the northern terminus of the Toronto-Sydenham Colonization Road. Modern Highway 10 follows most of the original road's route. On January 1, 2001, The Village of Chatsworth was merged into the new Township of Chatsworth, along with Holland and Sullivan Townships.
Famous Canadian suffragette Nellie McClung was born in Chatsworth.
Transportation
editChatsworth sits at the junction of Ontario Highway 6 and Ontario Highway 10, which are the modern-day evolutions of the Garafraxa Colonization Road and the Toronto-Sydenham Colonization Road respectively. The Toronto, Grey and Bruce Railway once passed through the village, but that section of its line (then owned by Canadian Pacific) was abandoned in the 1980s.
References
edit- ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census Chatsworth, Dissolved municipality". Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
- ^ Rayburn, Alan (1997). Place names of Ontario. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 66. ISBN 0-8020-7207-0. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
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