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Huron County was established in 1835 but had been settled for awhile by then. "John Galt, superintendent of the Canada Company, is considered to be the founder of Huron County. The Huron Tract, which contained one million acres on the southeast shore of Lake Huron, was purchased by a group of British speculators incorporated under the name of Canada Company, on August 19, 1826. It was this company that was responsible for opening the area to settlers."2
Most of the early settlers were from Scotland, as well as some of German origin from Pennsylvania.
"It is a splendid country, and has also many facilities for lumbering, fishing, and ship building. Extensive salt wells are worked near its chief town, Goderich."1
"Population 1,941 in 1852, 56,399 in 1980."3
Huron County is located in South-Western Ontario.
1835-1838/42 - part of London District
1838/42-1849 - part of Huron District
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1 Lovell's Gazetteer of British North America 1873
2 Places In Ontario by Nick & Helma Mika, 1977
3 Place Names of Ontario by Floreen Carter, 1984
6 A Statutory Chronology of Eastern Ontario, 1788-1981 by Thomas A. Hillman