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Madoc, Ontario (township)

Township in Ontario, Canada

Madoc, Ontario (township)
Summary

Township in Ontario, Canada

FieldValue
nameMadoc
official_nameTownship of Madoc
settlement_typeTownship (lower-tier)
image_skylineMadoc Twp.JPG
image_captionMunicipal office
flag_size120x100px
shield_size100x90px
pushpin_mapCanada Southern Ontario
pushpin_mapsize250
pushpin_label_positiontop
coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameCanada
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1Ontario
subdivision_type2County
subdivision_name2Hastings
established_titleSettled
established_dateEarly 19th century
established_title2Incorporated
established_date21850
government_typeTownship
leader_titleReeve
leader_nameLoyde Blackburn
leader_title1Fed. riding
leader_name1Hastings—Lennox and Addington—Tyendinaga
leader_title2Prov. riding
leader_name2Hastings-Lennox and Addington
area_land_km2274.58
area_footnotes
population_as_of2021
population_footnotes
population_total2233
population_density_km28.1
timezoneEST
utc_offset-5
timezone_DSTEDT
utc_offset_DST-4
postal_code_typePostal Code
postal_codeK0K 1Y0
area_codes613 and 343
website

Madoc is a township in Hastings County in Eastern Ontario, Canada.

The township was named after Welsh prince Madoc ap Owain Gwynedd, credited by some with discovering North America in 1170. There exists an alternative explanation, for which no evidence exists, that the name comes from a small Welsh village, Llanmadoc, on the Gower Peninsula of Wales, not far from the city of Swansea. Its post office dates from 1836.

Communities

The township of Madoc comprises several villages and hamlets, including communities such as Allen, Bannockburn, Cooper, Eldorado, Fox Corners, Hazzards Corners, Keller Bridge, Rimington, and Empey.

File:Bannockburn ON.JPG|Bannockburn File:Eldorado ON.JPG|Eldorado

History

Settlement of the township began around 1830, and it was incorporated on January 1, 1850.

Eldorado (circa 1900)

Mills and ironworks gave initial stimulus to the community of Madoc. Following the discovery of gold-bearing quartz in 1866, the community prospered as an industrial centre. In 1877, the community separated from the township and became an incorporated village municipality.

Eldorado, 6 mi north of Madoc village, was the site of Ontario's first gold rush on 18 August 1866 by Marcus Powell and William Berryman (or Nicholas Snider). They opened up a limestone cave, 12 feet long, 6 feet wide and 6 feet high. The resultant mine was named the Richardson Mine, after John Richardson, owner of the farm where it was located. People soon came from all over North America to this area.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Madoc had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 274.58 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

| 1871 |3479 | 1881 |3182 | 1891 |2967 | 1901 |2790 | 1911 |2351 | 1921 |2140 | 1931 |2024 | 1941 |1860 | 1951 |1743 | 1956 |1724 | 1961 |1697 | 1966 |1549 | 1971 |1500 | 1976 |1538 | 1981 |1623 | 1986| 1645 | 1991| 1869 |1996| 2031 |2001| 2044 |2006| 2069 |2011| 2197 |2016| 2078 |2021|2233}}

Notable people

  • Charles Wilson Cross – Canadian politician. First Attorney-General of Alberta (1912–1918)

References

References

  1. {{SCref. (2021)
  2. Hamilton, William. (1978). "The Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names". Macmillan.
  3. "Community Profile". Township of Madoc.
  4. (1960). "Three Miles of Gold". The Ryerson Press.
  5. "Archived copy".
  6. "Founding of Madoc, The". Ontario Heritage Trust.
  7. (1995). "Gold in Ontario". The Boston Mills Press.
  8. 1996]], [[Canada 2001 Census. 2001]], [[Canada 2006 Census. 2006]] census
  9. (1944). "Eighth Census of Canada 1941 - Volume II - Population by Local Subdivisions". Dominion Bureau of Statistics.
  10. (July 1973). "1971 Census of Canada - Population Census Subdivisions (Historical)". Statistics Canada.
  11. "Madoc census profile". Statistics Canada.
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