Chatsworth, Ontario (village)

Chatsworth is a community in Grey County, Ontario, Canada, part of the Township of Chatsworth. It is located south of Owen Sound and north of Durham where Highways 6 and 10 merge. The village neighbours Williamsford, Dornoch, and Desboro.

Chatsworth
Unincorporated village
Coordinates: 44°27′13″N 80°53′45″W
CountryCanada
provinceOntario
CountyGrey
TownshipChatsworth
Elevation
296 m (971 ft)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total535
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code
N0H 1G0
Area code(s)519 and 226

History

Originally named Johnstown after an early landowner, the post office was renamed Holland East in 1851. It was renamed again to its present name in 1857. The name comes from Chatsworth House, in Derbyshire, near the home town of the postmaster at that time.[2]

Chatsworth was founded in 1848 at the northern terminus of the Toronto-Sydenham Colonization Road. Modern Highway 10 follows most of the original road's route. On January 1, 2001, The Village of Chatsworth was merged into the new Township of Chatsworth, along with Holland and Sullivan Townships.

Famous Canadian suffragette Nellie McClung was born in Chatsworth.

Transportation

Chatsworth sits at the junction of Ontario Highway 6 and Ontario Highway 10, which are the modern-day evolutions of the Garafraxa Colonization Road and the Toronto-Sydenham Colonization Road respectively. The Toronto, Grey and Bruce Railway once passed through the village, but that section of its line (then owned by Canadian Pacific) was abandoned in the 1980s.

It is served by Kasper Transportation's Owen Sound to Guelph intercity bus route, which began operating in January 2020 with a fourteen-seat passenger van.[3] There are two buses in each direction on Monday to Saturday, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.[4]

References
  1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Chatsworth, Dissolved municipality". Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
  2. Rayburn, Alan (1997). Place names of Ontario. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 66. ISBN 0-8020-7207-0. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  3. Robinson, Mike (23 January 2020). "Bus company expands to Wellington County". Wellington Advertiser. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  4. "Bus Times – Scheduled Routes". Kasper Transportation Service. Kasper Transportation. Retrieved 23 January 2020.


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