Kent County | |
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Dissolved County | |
 Location of Kent County in Ontario | |
| Coordinates:42°22′37″N82°11′20″W / 42.377°N 82.189°W /42.377; -82.189 | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Ontario |
| Settled | 1792 |
| Dissolved | 1998 - merged to formChatham-Kent |
| County seat | Chatham |
| Municipalities | |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Area code(s) | 519/226 |
Kent County, area 2,458 km2 (949 sq mi) is ahistoric county in theCanadian province ofOntario.
The county was created in 1792 and named byJohn Graves Simcoe in honour of theEnglishCounty. The county is in analluvial plain betweenLake St. Clair, andLake Erie, watered by twonavigablestreams, theThames River and theSydenham River.
On January 1, 1998, the county, its townships, towns, and Chatham were amalgamated into the single-tier city ofChatham-Kent.
Area: 40,625 acres (164 km2). Camden Township was conceded by treaty in 1790, and the Gore was surrendered by treaty in 1819.[1] Surveyed in 1794 and named from theEarl of Camden. Also referred to earlier as Camden Township and Gore, and in the 1861 census as Camden & Gore Township. Containing some of the best farmland in Ontario, the township was originally parcelled as a grid with Concessions 1 to 7 running north-westward, Lots 1 to 18 running north-eastward and Concession A along the road to Thamesville.[2] The Gore of Camden is a rectangular section of land in the north and northwest area of the township. The Camden Gore contains Concessions 1 to 14 running eastward and Lots 1 to 10 running northward.[2] The Gore was variously administered byLambton and Kent counties as the population changed and road improvements were made.[3] Community centres:Dresden,Thamesville
Area: 83,964 acres (340 km2) Chatham Township was conceded by treaty in 1790, and the Gore was conceded by treaty in 1796.[4] Surveyed in 1794. Also referred to earlier as Chatham Township and Gore. The township was originally parcelled as a grid with Concessions 1 to 19 running north-westward and Lots 1 to 25 running north-eastward.[5] The Gore of Chatham is a rectangular piece of land in the north-northwest of the township. The Chatham Gore contains four Concessions running northward and 25 Lots running eastward.[5] The Gore was variously administered by Lambton and Kent counties as the population changed and road improvements were made.[3] Community centres: City of Chatham, the town ofWallaceburg
Area: 68,617 acres (278 km2). Dover Township was named afterDover, England. It was surveyed in 1794 and incorporated in 1850. Within the boundaries of Dover along theChenail Ecarté of the river St. Clair is the site ofLord Selkirk's Baldoon Settlement, established in 1803. Community centres:Mitchell's Bay, Grande Pointe, Dover Centre andPain Court
Area: 88,349 acres (358 km2). Surveyed in 1794 and named from the English port at the mouth of the Thames. A resident of Harwich, Valintine Zimmer, co-founded with friends of the same nationality the German Concession of Harwich. Community centres:Blenheim,Erieau, Erie Beach,Shrewsbury
Area: 58,607 acres (237 km2). Surveyed in 1794 and named after Thomas Howard, Earl of Effingham, father-in-law ofSir Guy Carleton. Community centres:Morpeth,Ridgetown
Area: 49,677 acres (201 km2). Surveyed in 1794 and named from the English port ofOrford, Suffolk. Community centres:Highgate
Area: 72,100 acres (292 km2). Surveyed in 1794. Likely named forWalter Raleigh. Community centres:Charing Cross
Area: 26,193 acres (106 km2), Surveyed in 1794. Named for theKentish port in England. Community centres:Wheatley
Area: 54,116 acres (219 km2). Surveyed in 1794, named for the English Tilbury fort in Essex. Community centres:Merlin,Tilbury
Area: 27,154 acres (110 km2). Separated from Orford in 1821 to provide a special organizational district, "the zone", for the Indians of the Moravian Mission on the Thames. Community centres:Bothwell
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