Brant County, Ontario
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Brant County is a historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario. Brant County was formed in 1852, it had previously been part of Wentworth & Oxford County. On October 25, 1784, Governor Sir Frederick Haldimand formally granted to the Mohawks and their allies under Joseph Brant, the territory located six miles on either side of the Grand River from its mouth to its source.
The county has now been dissolved into the single-tier municipalities of Brant and Brantford. Although these two municipalities are still enumerated as the single census division of Brant County by Statistics Canada, Brant does not have a county government.
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[edit] Historical townships
- Brantford Township, Ontario (Brantford, Mount Pleasant), Area 71,122 acres. First settlement was made before 1810. The Township was organized in 1840.
- Burford Township, Ontario (Burford, Scotland), Area 71,122 acres. First of the midland Townships to have settlers. Surveyed in 1793, four families settled on the land before 1800.
- Oakland Township, Ontario (Oakland), Area 10,676 acres. Originally called the Townsend Gore, then the Buford Gore, but organized a separate municipality in 1850.
- Onondaga Township, Ontario (Onondaga), Area 20,613 acres. First settled in 1838. The formal surrender of the Township by the Indians did not take place until 1839.
- South Dumfries Township, Ontario (Paris, St. George, Glen Morris), Area 46,265 acres.
- Tuscarora Township, Ontario (Six Nations Indian Reserve, New Credit Indian Reserve), created in 1784.
Source: Province of Ontario -- A History 1615 to 1927 by Jesse Edgar Middletown & Fred Landon, copyright 1927, Dominion Publishing Company, Toronto
[edit] Service Clubs
Kinsmen Club of Brantford (Kin Canada Bursaries)
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[edit] See also
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