Campbellville is a compact rural community in the geographic township of Nassagaweya in the Town of Milton , Ontario . It is on the Niagara Escarpment and is a tourist destination for residents of the Greater Toronto Area .
6-485: Campbellville is named for John Campbell, who settled there in 1832. A saw mill was later built. A tavern was opened in 1847 by Mr. Priest. A hotel was also located in the early settlement, which burned down around 1930. The first store and post office were noted in 1849, located in William Campbell's home and operated by Malcolm Campbell. Campbelleville was incorporated as a police village in 1914. Campbellville
12-401: A body. Police villages were dissolved with provincial acts creating new municipalities. In 1971, the creation of York Region resulted in the dissolution of Holland Landing , King City , Maple , Mount Albert , Nobleton , Queensville , Schomberg , Sharon , Thornhill , and Unionville as police villages. The responsibilities of the police village boards were shifted to other boards or
18-460: Is also located in Campbellville. Churches include St. David's Presbyterian Church, founded in 1869. Its current building dates to 1891 with an addition built in 1999. St. David's cemetery dates back to 1908. The Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Canada has its episcopal headquarters in Campbellville. Police village A police village was a form of municipal government that was used in
24-457: The province of Ontario , Canada in the early 19th century if the finances or the population of an area did not permit the creation of a village . In the early 19th century, the Parliament of Upper Canada established "boards of police" in municipalities that were not large enough to justify the creation of a municipal council . The creation of "police villages" was authorized in 1850 upon
30-706: The passage of the Baldwin Act by the Parliament of the Province of Canada , and was continued by the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1873. The law relating to them remained essentially unchanged until 1965, when the ability to create new police villages was abolished. The rules governing the formation of police villages were as follows: Almost all of the communities that once held that status have since been erected into villages, towns, or cities or amalgamated into other municipalities. Russell still exists as such
36-679: Was originally part of Nassagaweya Township , and it was noted in 1932 that Campbellville "was, as it is now, the most important centre" in the township. Nassagaweya Township was part of Halton County until 1974, when the Regional Municipality of Halton was created and the township became part of the town of Milton . Located in Campbellville are Mohawk Racetrack , a harness racing venue; Crawford Lake Conservation Area , Mennonite furniture shops, an ice cream parlour, and Cristello's Village Market. The world's largest antique leaded stained glass store and museum, The Stonehouse of Campbellville ,
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