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Markham is a city in the Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, Canada. It is approximately 30 km (19 mi) northeast of Downtown Toronto. In the 2016 Census, Markham had a population of 328,966, which ranked it the largest in York Region, fourth largest in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), and 16th largest in Canada.
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Abraham Stouffer is the founder of the town of Stouffville, Ontario.
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Dollar is a former community of Markham Township, now the city of Markham and city of Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada and was located near the corner of Leslie Street and 15th Avenue. In 1869, Dollar was granted a post office, which was located on the north-west corner of Line 3 and 15th Avenue. In 1871 Dollar also had general store, a blacksmith shop and a church. The Zion Wesleyan Methodist Church was built about 1870 on Lot 10, Concession 3, on the east side of Line 3, just south of the intersection.
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- ↑ See the detailed 1878 map, "Township of Markham," Illustrated historical atlas of the county of York and the township of West Gwillimbury & town of Bradford in the county of Simcoe, Ont. (Toronto: Miles & Co., 1878).
- ↑ Cf. Isabel Champion, ed., Markham: 1793-1900 (Markham, ON: Markham Historical Society, 1979), pp. 190-192.
- ↑ For a fuller account of Milnesville's history, cf. Isabel Champion, ed., Markham: 1793-1900 (Markham, ON: Markham Historical Society, 1979), p. 277; also "Town Fair Board Chooses Country Site," Stouffville Tribune, Feb 14, 1974, p. 11.
- ↑ Cf. I. Champion, ed., Markham: 1793-1900 (Markham, ON: Markham Historical Society, 1979), p. 147; also H.S. Bender and M. Epp, "Wideman Mennonite Church," Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia (1986).
- ↑ Cf. The Eleventh Heritage Markham Committee Meeting of the Town of Markham Archived 2012-03-18 at the Wayback Machine , Nov. 12, 2008, p. 3, no. 6.
