Kent County, Ontario: Populated Places Tables
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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 |
| Baldoon | Link | Link | ||
| Blenheim | Link | Link | ||
| Botany | Link | |||
| Bothwell | Link | Link | ||
| Camden | Township | Link | Link | |
| Cedar Springs | Link | Link | ||
| Chatham | Link | Link | ||
| Chatham | Township | Link | Link | |
| Clachan | Link | Link | ||
| Dawn Mills | Link | Link | ||
| Dover | Township | Link | Link | |
| Dresden | Link | Link | ||
| Erie Beach | Link | Link | ||
| Fairfield | Link | Link | ||
| Grande Pointe | Link | Link | ||
| Guilds | Link | Link | ||
| Harwich | Township | Link | Link | |
| Highgate | Link | Link | ||
| Howard | Township | Link | Link | |
| Lindsley | Link | Link | ||
| Louisville | Link | Link | ||
| Merlin | Link | Link | ||
| Moraviantown | Link | Link | ||
| New Fairfield | Link | Link | ||
| North Buxton | Link | Link | ||
| Orford | Township | Link | Link | |
| Paincourt | Link | Link | ||
| Palmyra | Link | Link | ||
| Raleigh | Township | Link | Link | |
| Ridgetown | Link | Link | ||
| Romney | Township | Link | Link | |
| Stevenson | Link | Link | ||
| Thamesville | Link | Link | ||
| Tilbury | Link | Link | ||
| Tilbury East | Township | Link | Link | |
| Troy | Link | Link | ||
| Tupperville | Link | Link | ||
| Turin | Link | Link | ||
| Wabash | Link | Link | ||
| Wallaceburg | Link | Link | ||
| Wheatley | Link | Link | ||
| Zone | Township | Link | Link | |
| ANY NEW LOCATIONS IN FS Library CATALOG??? | Link |
References
- ↑ Gazetteer of Canada. Ontario, (Ottawa, Ontario: Geographical Branch, Dept. of Mines and Technical Surveys, 1962). FS Catalog book 971.3 E5c
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