Darbyville | |
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locality[1] | |
 Looking south on Guelph Line in Darbyville | |
| Nickname: Darb's | |
  Darbyville Location of Darbyville Show map of Regional Municipality of Halton Darbyville Darbyville (Southern Ontario) Show map of Southern Ontario | |
| Coordinates:43°32′42″N80°03′52″W / 43.54500°N 80.06444°W /43.54500; -80.06444[1][2] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| Regional municipality | Halton |
| Town | Milton |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Kees VanNeck |
| • MP | Cole Martin |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| GNBC Code | FAVIM[1] |
Darbyville is a small locality in the Town ofMilton,Halton Region,Ontario,Canada.[1][3] The settlement was originally located in the then political (now geographic)Nassagaweya Township, Halton County.[2][3]
Darbyville is located along the Guelph Line (Regional Road 1), at the intersection with 20 Side Road (Regional Road 34). Mountsberg Creek flows through Darbyville.[3] It is surrounded by farmland and there is a golf course nearby.
John Taylor built a house there in 1837. The following year, Edward and Robert Darby, namesake of the settlement, opened a blacksmith and wagon-making shop.[4]
A carpenter shop and general store were established many years later.[5] Wagon-making was continued in the settlement by the Pickett and Erwin families.[6]
WhileCampbellville was the principal urban center in Nassagaweya Township, Darbyville was one of several smaller communities, along with Brookville, Moffat, and Knatchbull.[7] In 1974, as part of southern Ontario's organization into regional government, it became part of the town of Milton.