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Whitby Township is a geographic township and former municipality in what was Ontario County (now Durham Region), Ontario, Canada. It is now part of the Town of Whitby. Ontario County, 1877. The Township was established in 1792 () as part of what was then York County.
Lynde House Museum, c. 1812 Whitby Township (now the Town of Whitby) was named after the seaport town of Whitby, Yorkshire, England.. When the township was originally surveyed in 1792, the surveyor, from the northern part of England, named the townships east of Toronto after towns in the historic North Riding of Yorkshire: York, Scarborough, Pickering, Whitby and Darlington. [3]
Community centres: Oshawa, Whitby, Brooklin, Ashburn and Myrtle. The Town of Oshawa was also located in the county. In 1855 the Town of Whitby was incorporated in part of Whitby Township. Scugog Township was formed from a portion of Reach Township and Cartwright Township in adjoining Northumberland and Durham County in 1856.
Myrtle is a community in the Town of Whitby, Durham Region, Ontario, Canada. Myrtle, located in what was Whitby Township, was first named Well's Corners. In 1856, the name of the community was changed to Wellwood and again to Myrtle in the 1860s. In 1968, Myrtle became part of the Town of Whitby when the Town amalgamated with Whitby Township.
A railway station was constructed and the community that grew in the vicinity was known as Myrtle Station. The community was originally part of Whitby Township and became part of the Town of Whitby when the two municipalities amalgamated in 1968. From 1994 until 2004 Myrtle Station hosted the annual Grasstock music and arts festival.
Uxbridge Township; Town of Whitby; Regional Municipality of Halton. Halton Region in Ontario. Historical Townships [1] [2] Halton County. Esquesing; Nassagaweya; Nelson;
Whitby is a seaside town, port and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is on the Yorkshire Coast at the mouth of the River Esk and has a maritime, ...
Whitby Township is a civil township in Bottineau County in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2010 census, its population was 8. [1] References