Kettleby, Ontario
| Kettleby | |
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| Unincorporated community | |
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| Coordinates: 44°00′30″N 79°33′53″W / 44.00833°N 79.56472°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| Regional Municipality | York |
| Township | King |
| Government | |
| • Township mayor | Steve Pellegrini |
| • MP | Deb Schulte |
| • MPP | Helena Jaczek |
| • Councillor | Debbie Schaeffer (Ward 5) |
| Area | |
| • Land | 1 km2 (0.4 sq mi) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 127 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Forward sortation area | L7B |
| Area code(s) | 905 and 289 |
| NTS Map | 031D04 |
| GNBC Code | FBUFH |
Kettleby is an unincorporated community located in northeastern King Township, in Ontario, Canada. It is located about 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) east of the Highway 400, 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of Toronto, about 40 kilometres (25 mi) south of Barrie, 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) west of Newmarket, and about 50 kilometres (31 mi) east of Orangeville.
Kettleby is surrounded by the rolling hills of King Township. The hamlet spans 1 square kilometre (0.39 sq mi) while the Kettleby postal area spans 32.5 square kilometres (12.5 sq mi) of land area.
The hamlet sits predominantly on a rise of land between two valleys of the looping Kettleby Creek. Hills surround the western, southern and the central parts of Kettleby while taller hills ranging as high as about 350 metres (1,150 ft) are to the north and reach close to the highway linking Orangeville and Newmarket (Highway 9). Farmlands lie to the southeast while the Holland Marsh lies to the north, one of the lowest points in King Township.
Kettleby was established no later than 1825, when Jacob Tool of Pennsylvania purchased 100 acres (0.40 km2) in a wide ravine, including a stream. He built a sawmill powered by the stream's flow, but little other development occurred in the area. It was the industrious Septimus Tyrwhitt, who purchased 46 acres (190,000 m2) of Tool's property in 1842, that spurred development of more mills and the eventual settlement of Kettleby. Early settlers often referred to it as Tyrwhitt's Mills, in honour of Tyrwhitt. However, he disapproved of the name, and his wife subsequently named the hamlet Kettleby, after the Tyrwhitt family ancestral home in Lincolnshire, England. That the name Kettle Bee derived from the construction bee of raising Tyrwhitt's mill, which drew many men from surrounding villages, is a local urban legend. Tyrwhitt was named reeve of King Township in 1852.
On August 6, 1851, the first post office was opened, and was styled Kettleby Mills, Canada West. In September 1859, it was renamed Kettleby, by which name it is still known today.
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