Darbyville, Ontario

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Darbyville
Unincorporated community
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Nickname: 
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Darbyville
Darbyville (Southern Ontario)
Coordinates: 43°32′42″N80°03′52″W / 43.54500°N 80.06444°W / 43.54500; -80.06444 [1]
Country Canada
Province Ontario
Regional municipality Halton
Town Milton
Government
  MayorKees VanNeck
  MPCole Martin
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
GNBC CodeFAVIM [2]

Darbyville is a small, unincorporated community in Milton, Ontario, Canada. [2] The settlement was originally located in Nassagaweya Township, Halton County. [1]

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Geography

Darbyville is located along the Guelph Line (Regional Road 1), at the intersection with 20 Side Road (Regional Road 34). Mountsberg Creek flows through Darbyville. It is surrounded by farmland and there is a golf course nearby.

History

John Taylor built a house there in 1837. The following year, Edward and Robert Darby, namesake of the settlement, opened a blacksmith and wagon-making shop. [3]

A carpenter shop and general store were established many years later. [4] Wagon-making was continued in the settlement by the Pickett and Erwin families. [5]

While Campbellville was the principal urban center in Nassagaweya Township, Darbyville was one of several smaller communities, along with Brookville, Moffat, and Knatchbull. [6] In 1974, as part of southern Ontario's organization into regional government, it became part of the town of Milton.

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References

  1. 1 2 Gazetteer of Canada: Southwestern Ontario. authority of the Canadian Board on Geographical Names. 1952. p. 56.
  2. 1 2 "Darbyville". Natural Resources Canada. October 6, 2016.
  3. "The Old Man of the Big Clock Tower". Acton Free Press. August 4, 1932.
  4. "Milton Town Hall Heritage: History Meets Modern Day" (PDF). Town of Milton. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 27, 2017. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
  5. "History of Darbyville". Nassagaweya News July 25 1983. Bonnie Ouwendyk
  6. "Town of Milton Official Plan" (PDF). Town of Milton. August 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-11. Retrieved 2017-03-27.