Clifford, Ontario

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Clifford
Unincorporated community
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Clifford
Location in southern Ontario
Coordinates: 43°58′09″N80°58′45″W / 43.9692°N 80.9792°W / 43.9692; -80.9792 Coordinates: 43°58′09″N80°58′45″W / 43.9692°N 80.9792°W / 43.9692; -80.9792 [1]
Country Canada
Province Ontario
County Wellington
Municipality Minto
Founded (as Minto Village)1855
Present Name1856
Incorporated (village)1873
Amalgamated1999
Named for Clifford in West Yorkshire, England
Elevation
375 m (1,230 ft)
Population
 ( [2] )
 • Total800
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone)
Postal codes in Canada
N0G 1M0
Area code(s) 519, 226, 548

Clifford is an unincorporated community in the Town of Minto in Wellington County in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. [1] It is on Ontario Highway 9 and Coon Creek, a stream in the Saugeen River drainage basin.

Contents

The village of Clifford was founded around 1855 as Minto Village. [3] After the opening of the post office in 1856, the settlement was renamed Clifford by the first postmaster Francis Brown after Clifford in West Yorkshire, England. Clifford was incorporated as a village in 1873. In 1999, Clifford was amalgamated with Palmerston, Harriston and Minto Township to create Minto.

The first telephones in the community were installed in 1890 by Bell Canada. [3] Wightman Telecom, based in Clifford and owned by the Wightman family, has owned and operated a communication system in Clifford since 1908, with a telephone system that was originally operated out of a kitchen in Howick Township. Wightman bought out Bell's operations in Clifford, Ayton and Neustadt in 1928. The firm continues to operate the system as of March 2016. [3] [4]

On 17 March 2016 a 200-metre (660 ft) wide EF1 tornado touched down near the community. [5]

People

Famous people from Clifford include John A. Kruspe, a former CFL player. Kruspe was a member of the Ottawa Rough Riders during the 1973 Grey Cup win against the Edmonton Eskimos.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Clifford". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2016-03-17.
  2. ↑ Taken from Google Earth at geographic coordinates. Accessed 2016-03-17.
  3. 1 2 3 Harrison, Clifford M (1978). "Two towns and a village". The Way It Was : A History of Minto Township. Township of Minto. pp. 114–120. OCLC   63015327 . Retrieved 2016-03-17. Also OCLC   22093320.
  4. ↑ "Who is Wightman Telecom?". Wightman Telecom. Archived from the original on 2016-03-24. Retrieved 2016-03-17.
  5. ↑ "Environment Canada confirms tornado touched down near Clifford Ont". 680 News. 2016-03-17. Retrieved 2016-03-17.

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