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18-496: Middlesex County may refer to: Canada [ edit ] Middlesex County, Ontario Jamaica [ edit ] Middlesex County, Jamaica United Kingdom [ edit ] Middlesex , a historic county in England United States [ edit ] Middlesex County, Connecticut Middlesex County, Massachusetts , the most populous Middlesex County in

36-455: A constituency for the purposes of returning a member to the new Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada , and was described as having the following territory: ... bounded on the east by the county of Norfolk , on the south by lake Erie , until it meets the carrying-place from point au Pins unto the Thames , on the west by the said carrying-place, thence up the said river Thames until it meets

54-415: A city in 1855, separated from Middlesex County, and it expanded later in stages: As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Middlesex County had a population of 500,563 living in 204,157 of its 216,736 total private dwellings, a change of 9.9% from its 2016 population of 455,526 . With a land area of 3,317.76 km (1,280.99 sq mi), it had

72-548: A population density of 150.9/km (390.8/sq mi) in 2021. Middlesex County has 38,231 people over the age of 15, with 45% of them working in the same municipality as the one they live in. That implies that more than 50% of them commute to other municipalities. Members of the County Council are the mayors (or reeves) of the municipalities of Adelaide Metcalfe, Lucan Biddulph, Middlesex Centre, North Middlesex, Southwest Middlesex, Strathroy-Caradoc and Thames Centre as well as

90-519: Is a ghosttown with only the former Baptist Church and Mayfair Castle still standing. In 1829, a hamlet was founded at Strathburn that had a school by 1840. A church was founded in 1844 and a post office opened in 1852. By 1963, Strathburn had become a ghost town with only home inhabited and all the rest abandoned.. The historic townships of the County (including those originally part of Huron County marked in red) are shown below: London , when it became

108-465: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Middlesex County, Ontario The county seat is the city of London , although the city is politically independent from the county. The Middlesex census division , which consists of the county together with the City of London and three First Nations reserves, had a population of 500,563 in 2021. Part of

126-488: Is ghost town as the post office closed on 31 January 1914 and the railroad station in 1950. Another settlement existed at Mayfair that was founded in 1854. Mayfair had by the 1880s a tavern, two cheese factories, a sawmill, a blacksmith, a painter, a tailor, and a large house called Mayfair Castle that had marble imported from Italy. Mayfair Castle costed $ 7000 to build at a time when the average brick house costed $ 1000 to build. The post office closed in 1914 and today Mayfair

144-520: The Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada , consisting of the townships of London, Westminster, Dorchester, Yarmouth, Southwold, Dunwich, Aldborough and Delaware. Middlesex County was expanded several times thereafter, starting in 1821 with the addition of the townships of Moza, Ecfrid (sic) , Carradoc (sic) and Lobo. Adelaide Township came from the Huron Tract in 1835, and Williams Township

162-578: The River Thames till it arrives at Lake Huron... The townships and counties were thus organized: The district town was Charlotteville (later named Turkey Point ), but moved to Tisdale's Mills (later named Vittoria ) in 1815. In 1826, the district town was moved to London , and the townships of Rainham and Walpole were moved to Haldimand County in Niagara District because of their distance from London. The Huron Tract , being developed at

180-576: The United Counties of Middlesex and Elgin in 1851, with its townships divided thus: Elgin County was separated from Middlesex in September 1853. The townships of Biddulph and McGillivray were withdrawn from Huron County and annexed to Middlesex in 1862. There was a village at Ekfrid Station that had a blacksmith's shop, a gristmill and a store that was created by the Grand Truck railroad. Today it

198-751: The United States Middlesex County, New Jersey Middlesex County, Virginia See also [ edit ] Middlesex (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Middlesex_County&oldid=1213268791 " Categories : United States county name disambiguation pages County name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

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216-610: The Village of Newbury. Centres with a population exceeding 5,000 also get an additional seat for their deputy mayors. The head of council is one of its members who is elected as reeve for a one year term by the councillors. London District, Upper Canada The London District was a historic district in Upper Canada . It was formed in 1798 from parts of the Home and Western Districts , and lasted until its abolition in 1850. The District

234-592: The county is also included in the London census metropolitan area . Middlesex County is composed of eight incorporated municipalities (in order of population): First Nations reserves located within the Middlesex census division but separate from Middlesex County: The area was originally organized as Suffolk County , created in July 1792 by Governor John Simcoe by his first proclamation issued at Kingston, which also defined it as

252-535: The following lands were withdrawn from London District and attached to Waterloo County in Wellington District : In 1845, the District was restricted in area to cover Middlesex County only. thus detaching the remainder of its northern part extending to Lake Huron. This was rectified by the territory's attachment to Huron District in 1846. At the beginning of 1850, the district was abolished, being replaced by

270-531: The northwesternmost boundary of the county of Norfolk. Simcoe toured the southwestern portion of the province's territory in early 1793 and concluded that the lower forks of the Thames would be best suited as the future site of the provincial capital. The names London in Middlesex were considered more appropriate for this. Suffolk County was reorganized as Middlesex County, as part of the London District , in 1798 by

288-582: The time by the Canada Company , was divided between the London and Western Districts in 1835, with the greater part of the territory in the London District forming the new Huron County . That County was later withdrawn in October 1841 to form the new Huron District . In 1837, Oxford County was separated into the new Brock District , and Norfolk County was separated to form Talbot District . In 1840,

306-741: Was formed by an Act of the Parliament of Upper Canada in 1798, and was described as consisting of ...the Counties of Norfolk , Oxford and Middlesex with so much of this Province as lies to the Westward of the Home District , and the District of Niagara , to the Southward of Lake Huron , and between them and a line drawn due north of a fixed boundary (where the easternmost limit of the township of Oxford intersects

324-460: Was withdrawn from Huron County and annexed to Middlesex in 1845. In 1837, Bayham and Malahide Townships were transferred to Middlesex from Norfolk County . Metcalfe Township was formed from the north part of Ekfrid and the south part of Adelaide in 1845. Upon the abolition of the London District in January 1850, Middlesex County was constituted for municipal purposes. The County was reorganized as

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