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Weissenburg, Ontario

Field	Value
official_name	Weissenburg
settlement_type	Unincorporated rural community
image_skyline	Weissenburg, Ontario.jpg
image_caption	Looking east on Line 86 in Weissenburg
pushpin_map	CAN ON Waterloo#Canada Southern Ontario
pushpin_map_caption	Location of Weissenburg in Canada
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Canada
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Ontario
subdivision_type2	Region
subdivision_name2	Waterloo
subdivision_type3	Township
subdivision_name3	Woolwich
timezone	Eastern (EST)
utc_offset	-5
timezone_DST	EDT
utc_offset_DST	-4
blank1_name	GNBC Code
blank1_info	FDBWR

Weissenburg is an unincorporated rural community in Woolwich Township, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

Weissenburg is located at the crossroads of Line 86 and Sideroad 16.

History

Pioneer farmers and wagon drivers travelling between Woolwich Township and Guelph would stop at Weissenburg to water their horses and refresh themselves.

The pioneer settlement had a tavern, blacksmith shop, grocery store, two hotels, and a nearby school. A post office operated from 1875 to 1913.

In 1910, Weissenburg had daily stage coach service, and a population of about 100.

References

(October 6, 2016). "Weissenburg". [[Natural Resources Canada]].
(November 2, 2016). "Woolwich". [[Statistics Canada]].
"Weissenburg". Waterloo Region Museum.
(1933). "Twenty-First and Twenty-Second Annual Reports of the Waterloo Historical Society". Waterloo Historical Society.
(1911). "Province of Ontario Gazetteer and Directory, 1910 - 1911". Union Publishing.
(May 27, 2014). "Weissenburg". [[Library and Archives Canada]].

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