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

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