Chatsworth, Ontario (village) explained

Official Name:Chatsworth
Settlement Type:Unincorporated village
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type1:province
Subdivision Name1:Ontario
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Grey
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:Chatsworth
Population As Of:2016
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:535
Timezone:EST
Utc Offset:−5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:−4
Coordinates:44.4536°N -80.8958°W
Elevation M:296
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:N0H 1G0
Area Code:519 and 226

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.

History

Originally 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

Chatsworth 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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census Chatsworth, Dissolved municipality . 8 February 2017. . April 30, 2019.
  2. Book: Rayburn. Alan. Place names of Ontario. 1997. University of Toronto Press. Toronto. 0-8020-7207-0. 66. 13 October 2017.