Tweed, Ontario (village)
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Tweed, Ontario is a community on Stoco Lake and the only urban centre in the Municipality of Tweed in Hastings County, central-eastern Ontario, Canada. Tweed has a population of 1,540 according to the 2001 Canada Census. The principle thoroughfare through Tweed is Highway 37.
Tweed was first settled in the 1830s and named Hungerford Mills, after the surrounding township. The settlement was renamed Tweed after the River Tweed in England. It was incorporated as a Village in 1891.
In 1998, Tweed was amalgamated with the Township of Hungerford and the Township of Elzevir & Grimsthorpe to form the Municipality of Tweed.
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