Yatton, Ontario Explained

Official Name:Yatton
Pushpin Map:Canada Ontario
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Yatton in Ontario
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1: Ontario
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Wellington County
Timezone:EST
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Coordinates:43.9833°N -139°W
Elevation M:380
Postal Code Type:Postal code span

Yatton is an unincorporated rural community in Mapleton Township, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada.[1]

History

The area was settled by people in the early 1820s, when Black Loyalists, African-Canadians and African-American immigrants arrived to the wilderness of the Queen's Bush. The majority was settled down between Peel Township (Wellington County) and Wellesley Township (Waterloo County). Until the late 1840s the Queen's Bush remained an unorganized territory. Three African-Canadian churches was constructed in the Queen's Bush and one of them was in Yatton, reverend Samuel H. Brown established that on his farm.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mapleton . Statistics Canada . November 2, 2016 .
  2. http://www.heritagefdn.on.ca/userfiles/page_attachment/Library/1/383347_Queens_Bush_Settlement_ENG.pdf The Great Fire of 1916
  3. Linda Brown-Kubisch: The Queen's Bush Settlement, Black Pioneers, 1839-1876, page 73.,