Location: North Dundas, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada
Surnames/tags: One_Place_Studies Ontario Canada
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Winchester, Ontario One Place Study
Name
First called "Bates Corners" in 1835 and officially incorporated as a village within Winchester township in 1850. The settlement became known as “West Winchester” in 1855 (The original Winchester was east of the village and later renamed Chesterville.). The "West" was dropped in 1884 with the establishment of the Canadian Pacific Railway and in 1998 it became part of the newly-formed Township of North Dundas.
Geography
- Continent: North America
- Country: Canada
- State/Province: Ontario
- County: Stormont, Dundas, Glengarry
- GPS Coordinates: 45° 6' 0" North, 75° 21' 0" West
- Elevation: avg elevation is 75m or 246 ft.
History
Population
From 2016 Census of Canada total population was 2,394 people.
Sources
- https://cornwallcommunitymuseum.wordpress.com/
- https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=POPC&Code1=1029&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&SearchText=Winchester&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&GeoLevel=PR&GeoCode=1029&TABID=1&type=0
- Winchester Press assorted editions:(https://archive.sdgcounties.ca/index.php/wp#)
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