Dutton | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Ontario |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 200 |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Coordinates: | 42.6639°N -81.5014°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Established Title: | Settled |
Established Title2: | Amalgamated |
Established Date2: | 1998 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Robert Purcell |
Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Postal Code: | N0L |
Dutton is a community in the Township of Dutton/Dunwich, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada. Dutton is located southwest of St. Thomas.
Originally part of Dunwich Township, Dutton was originally called Bennettville, then Lisgar. When the Canada Southern Railway was built in 1872, the station was named Dutton Station after the railway's chief engineer.[1] It was shortened to Dutton in 1881 and incorporated as a separate municipality a few years later.
On January 2, 1998, as part of county-wide municipal restructuring, the Village of Dutton was reamalgamated with Dunwich to form Dutton/Dunwich.[2]