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Northumberland County, Ontario

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Country
  
Canada

Time zone
  
EST (UTC-5)

Province
  
Ontario

County seat
  
Cobourg

Population
  
81,657 (2011)

University
  
Fleming College

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Municipalities
  
List Municipality (town) of Brighton Town of Cobourg Municipality of Port Hope Municipality (town) of Trent Hills Township of Alnwick/Haldimand Township of Cramahe Township of Hamilton

Website
  
www.northumberlandcounty.ca

Clubs and Teams
  
Cobourg Cougars, Cobourg Kodiaks, Colborne Cramahe Hawks

Points of interest
  
Lake Ontario, Presqu'ile Provincial Park, Cobourg Beach, Ferris Provincial Park, Ranney Gorge Suspensi

Destinations
  
Lake Ontario, Cobourg, Port Hope, Campbellford, Brighton

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Northumberland County is situated on the north shore of Lake Ontario, in central Ontario, Canada. It is located east of the Regional Municipality of Durham (formerly Durham County), west of Hastings County, southeast of Kawartha Lakes and south of Peterborough County. The county seat is Cobourg. Together with Durham County, it formed the Newcastle District from 1802 to 1849 and the United Counties of Northumberland and Durham from 1850 to 1973. Effective January 1, 1974, part of Durham County was merged with Ontario County to create the Regional Municipality of Durham. At that time, Northumberland reverted to a standalone county.

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Map of Northumberland County, ON, Canada

It was first aggressively settled by United Empire Loyalists fleeing the former 13 British American Colonies in the late 18th century. The Crown provided plots to the settlers for nominal sums (with the stipulation of making the land productive in a set number of years) or free to those who had served against the American Colonial Army. Following the War of 1812, many port towns, Port Hope and Cobourg in particular, became important centres for commercial activity and a landing point for European immigrants arriving on steamers.

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Subdivisions

Northumberland County consists of seven municipalities:

  • Municipality (town) of Brighton
  • Town of Cobourg
  • Municipality of Port Hope - originally part of Durham County
  • Municipality (town) of Trent Hills
  • Township of Alnwick/Haldimand
  • Township of Cramahe
  • Township of Hamilton
  • The Alderville First Nation is within the Northumberland census division but is independent of county administration.

    Demographics

    The numbers below are for the Northumberland census division and combine Northumberland County and the Alderville First Nation reserve.

    Historic populations:

  • Population in 2001: 77,497
  • Population in 1996: 74,437 (adjusted to 2001 boundaries)
  • Towns/Villages

  • Cobourg, Ontario
  • Port Hope, Ontario
  • Brighton, Ontario
  • Campbellford, Ontario
  • Colborne, Ontario
  • Hastings, Ontario
  • Baltimore, Ontario
  • Bewdley, Ontario
  • Camborne, Ontario
  • Centreton, Ontario
  • Grafton, Ontario
  • Warkworth, Ontario
  • The County also includes seven smaller communities which serve as postal addresses: Campbellcroft, Gore’s Landing, Harwood, Roseneath, Castleton, Codrington, and Trent River.

    References

    Northumberland County, Ontario Wikipedia