Madoc | |
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| Township of Madoc | |
 Municipal office | |
  Madoc | |
| Coordinates:44°35′N77°31′W / 44.583°N 77.517°W /44.583; -77.517 | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| County | Hastings |
| Settled | Early 19th century |
| Incorporated | 1850 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Township |
| • Reeve | Loyde Blackburn |
| • Fed. riding | Hastings—Lennox and Addington—Tyendinaga |
| • Prov. riding | Hastings-Lennox and Addington |
| Area | |
| • Land | 274.58 km2 (106.02 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 2,233 |
| • Density | 8.1/km2 (21/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Postal Code | K0K 1Y0 |
| Area codes | 613 and 343 |
| Website | www |
Madoc is atownship inHastings County inEastern Ontario, Canada.
The township was named afterWelsh princeMadoc ap Owain Gwynedd, credited by some with discoveringNorth America in 1170. There exists an alternative explanation, for which no evidence exists, that the name comes from a small Welsh village,Llanmadoc, on theGower Peninsula of Wales, not far from the city ofSwansea. Its post office dates from 1836.[2]
The township of Madoc comprises several villages and hamlets, including communities such as Allen, Bannockburn, Cooper,Eldorado, Fox Corners, Hazzards Corners, Keller Bridge, Rimington, and Empey.
Settlement of the township began around 1830, and it was incorporated on January 1, 1850.[3]
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Mills andironworks gave initial stimulus to the community of Madoc. Following the discovery of gold-bearing quartz in 1866,[4] the community prospered as an industrial centre.[5] In 1877, the community separated from the township and became an incorporated village municipality.[6]
Eldorado, 9.7 kilometres (6 mi) north ofMadoc village, was the site of Ontario's firstgold rush on 18 August 1866 by Marcus Powell and William Berryman (or Nicholas Snider). They opened up alimestone cave, 12 feet long, 6 feet wide and 6 feet high. The resultant mine was named theRichardson Mine, after John Richardson, owner of the farm where it was located. People soon came from all over North America to this area.[7]
In the2021 Census of Population conducted byStatistics Canada, Madoc had a population of2,233 living in868 of its934 total private dwellings, a change of7.5% from its 2016 population of2,078. With a land area of 274.58 km2 (106.02 sq mi), it had a population density of8.1/km2 (21.1/sq mi) in 2021.[1]
| 2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
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| Population | 2,233 (+7.5% from 2016) | 2,078 (-5.4% from 2011) | 2,197 (6.2% from 2006) |
| Land area | 274.58 km2 (106.02 sq mi) | 277.97 km2 (107.32 sq mi) | 277.97 km2 (107.32 sq mi) |
| Population density | 8.1/km2 (21/sq mi) | 7.5/km2 (19/sq mi) | 7.9/km2 (20/sq mi) |
| Median age | 49.6 (M: 49.2, F: 50.0) | 49.4 (M: 49.9, F: 48.9) | 45.8 (M: 46.0, F: 45.7) |
| Private dwellings | 934 (total) 868 (occupied) | 889 (total) | 894 (total) |
| Median household income | $79,000 | $63,539 |
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Ontario Heritage Trust Founding of Madoc
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