Huron County: Populated Places Tables

Huron County


How Each Column Helps You With Your Research

1. POPULATED PLACE column: names the "populated place" or "location" of interest.

2. FORMER NAME, if applicable column: if the location was known by another name, it is listed here (a year of name change is given, if known).

3. TYPE column: gives type of location (i.e. village, town, city, etc.) - the size definition varies per province.

4. FHL CATALOG column: links the "catagories of sources" available in the FamilySearch Library for this populated place or location.

5. WIKIPEDIA column: links to background information regarding this location or its county if Wikipedia does not have an article for that specific place.

Useful Websites

  • Canadian Geographical Names Data Base (CGNDB) - gives brief information about a place, including historic names/places. For historic information, scroll to #3, and click Formerly Official, also try with All.
  • Google Maps - shows the whereabouts of places on a map.
  • Google Images - shows pictures/photos/old maps (sometimes) of a place.
  • WorldCat - shows sources (books, maps, etc.) at various libraries/repositories, etc. for a place.

Notes

  • Listed below are the Populated Places in this district, according to the Gazetteer of Canada: Ontario of 1962.[1] This gazetteer is used for the sources of locations or Populated Places in the FamilySearch Library Catalog for the Province of Ontario.
  • If you wish the current division, where your Populated Place now exists, check the Canadian Geographical Names Data Base listed above.

Populated Places Table


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POPULATED PLACE

FORMER NAME, if applicable TYPE

FHL CATALOG

WIKIPEDIA

Ashfield Township Link Link
Auburn Link Link
Bayfield Link Link
Belgrave Link Link
Bluevale Link Link
Blyth Link Link
Brucefield Link Link
Brussels Link Link
Centralia Link Link
Clinton Link Link
Colborne Township Link Link
Constance Link Link
Cranbrook Link Link
Crediton Link Link
Dashwood Link Link
Donnybrook Link Link
Dungannon Link Link
East Wawanosh Township Link Link
Egmondville Link Link
Ethel Link Link
Exeter Link Link
Fordwich Link Link
Fordyce Link Link
Goderich Link Link
Goderich Township Link Link
Gorrie Link Link
Goshen Link Link
Grand Bend Link Link
Grey Township Link Link
Hay Township Link Link
Hensall Link Link
Hills Green Link Link
Holmesville Link Link
Howick Township Link Link
Hullett Township Link Link
Kingsbridge Link Link
Kintail Link Link
Kippen Link Link
Kirkton Link Link
Lakelet Link Link
Lochalsh Link Link
Londesborough Link Link
McGillivray Township Link Link
McKillop Township Link Link
Molesworth Link Link
Morris Township Link Link
Mount Carmel Link Link
Port Albert Link Link
Redgrave Link Link
Seaforth Link Link
St. Augustine Link Link
St. Columban Link Link
St. Joseph Link Link
Stanley Township Link Link
Stephen Township Link Link
Sunshine Link Link
Tuckersmith Township Link Link
Turnberry Township Link Link
Usborne Township Link Link
Varna Link Link
Wawanosh Township Link Link
West Wawanosh Township Link Link
Westfield Link Link
Wingham Link Link
Wroxeter Link Link
Zurich Link Link
ANY NEW LOCATIONS IN FS Library CATALOG??? Link

References

  1. Gazetteer of Canada. Ontario, (Ottawa, Ontario: Geographical Branch, Dept. of Mines and Technical Surveys, 1962). FS Catalog book 971.3 E5c