Huron County: Populated Places Tables
How Each Column Helps You With Your Research[edit | edit source]
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 Family History 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[edit | edit source]
- 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[edit | edit source]
- 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 Family History Library Catalog for the Province of Ontario.
- If you wish the current division, where your Populated Place now exists, check the Canadian Geogrpahical Names Data Base listed above.
Populated Places Table[edit | edit source]
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POPULATED PLACE1 |
FORMER NAME, if applicable | TYPE |
FHL CATALOG |
WIKIPEDIA |
MAPS |
IMAGES |
WORLDCAT. ORG |
CURRENT DIVISION LINK, where applicable |
| Ashfield | Township | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | |
| Auburn | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | ||
| Bayfield | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | ||
| Belgrave | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | ||
| Bluevale | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | ||
| Blyth | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | ||
| Brucefield | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | ||
| Brussels | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | ||
| Centralia | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | ||
| Clinton | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | ||
| Colborne | Township | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | |
| Constance | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | ||
| Cranbrook | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | ||
| Crediton | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | ||
| Dashwood | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | ||
| Donnybrook | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | ||
| Dungannon | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | ||
| East Wawanosh | Township | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | |
| Egmondville | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | ||
| Elimville | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | ||
| Ethel | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | ||
| Exeter | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | ||
| Fordwich | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | ||
| Fordyce | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | ||
| Goderich | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | ||
| Goderich | Township | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | |
| Gorrie | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | ||
| Goshen | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | ||
| Grand Bend | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | ||
| Grey | Township | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | |
| Hay | Township | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | |
| Hensall | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | ||
| Hills Green | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | ||
| Holmesville | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | ||
| Howick | Township | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | |
| Hullett | Township | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | |
| Kingsbridge | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | ||
| Kintail | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | ||
| Kippen | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | ||
| Kirkton | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | ||
| Lakelet | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | ||
| Lochalsh | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | ||
| Londesborough | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | ||
| McGillivray | Township | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | |
| McKillop | Township | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | |
| Molesworth | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | ||
| Morris | Township | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | |
| Mount Carmel | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | ||
| Port Albert | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | ||
| Redgrave | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | ||
| Seaforth | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | ||
| St. Augustine | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | ||
| St. Columban | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | ||
| St. Joseph | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | ||
| Stanley | Township | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | |
| Stephen | Township | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | |
| Sunshine | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | ||
| Tuckersmith | Township | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | |
| Turnberry | Township | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | |
| Usborne | Township | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | |
| Varna | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | ||
| Wawanosh | Township | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | |
| West Wawanosh | Township | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | |
| Westfield | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | ||
| Wingham | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | ||
| Wroxeter | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | ||
| Zurich | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | Link | ||
| ANY NEW LOCATIONS IN FHL CATALOG??? | Link |
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Gazetteer of Canada. Ontario, (Ottawa, Ontario: Geographical Branch, Dept. of Mines and Technical Surveys, 1962). FHL book 971.3 E5c
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