Lemonville, Ontario

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Lemonville
Unincorporated community
Lemonville United Church
Lemonville United Church
Coordinates: 43°59′19″N 79°18′32″W / 43.98861°N 79.30889°W / 43.98861; -79.30889Coordinates: 43°59′19″N 79°18′32″W / 43.98861°N 79.30889°W / 43.98861; -79.30889
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
Regional municipalityYork Region
TownWhitchurch–Stouffville
Amalgamation(With Town of Stouffville)
1 January 1971
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
 • MayorIain Lovatt
 • Councillor, Ward 3Hugo Kroon
Elevation
290 m (950 ft)
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Forward sortation area
L4A
Area code(s)905 and 289

Lemonville is a hamlet in York Region, Ontario, Canada, in the town of Whitchurch–Stouffville. The hamlet is centred at the intersection of McCowan Road and Bloomington Road, in the geographical centre of Whitchurch-Stouffville.[1]

The town was named after George Lemon of New Jersey, who was granted land at this location in 1805. In 1877 the town reached a population of 100.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ See the detailed 1878 map: Township of Whitchurch, Illustrated historical atlas of the county of York and the township of West Gwillimbury & town of Bradford in the county of Simcoe, Ont. (Toronto: Miles & Co., 1878).
  2. ^ For a brief account of Lemonville's history, cf. Jean Barkey et al., Whitchurch Township (Erin, ON: Boston Mills, 1993), 79-81.
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