Kettleby, Ontario

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Coordinates: 44°00′N 79°34′W / 44, -79.567
Kettleby
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Regional Municipality	York
Township	King
Government
- Township mayor	Margaret Black
Area
- Land	32.5 km² (12.5 sq mi)
Population (2001)
- Total	127
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Forward sortation area	L0G
Area code(s)	905 and 289

For other places with the same name, see Kettleby.

Kettleby is a village located in northeastern King Township, in Ontario, Canada.

Kettleby is located about 1.5 km E of the freeway (Highway 400), 25 km N of Toronto, about 40 km S of Barrie, 6 km W of Newmarket and about 50 km E of Orangeville.

1 Geography
2 History
3 Demographics
4 Politics
5 Research
6 Nearest communities
7 References
- 7.1 Footnotes
8 External links
- 8.1 Churches
- 8.2 Map and aerial photos

[edit] Geography

Kettleby is surrounded by the gently rolling hills of King Township. The village spans 32.5 km² 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 m 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.

[edit] History

Kettleby was established in 1842. Early settlers often referred to it as Tyrwhitt's Mills, in honour of the mill owner Septimus Tyrwhitt. However, he disapproved of the name, and his wife subsequently named the hamlet Kettleby, after the Tyrwhitt family ancestral home in Lincolnshire, England.

On August 6, 1851, the first post office was opened, and was styled Kettleby Mills, Canada West. In September of 1859, it was renamed Kettleby, by which name it is still known today.

[edit] Demographics

The postal route of RR1 and RR2 Kettleby which includes the hamlet of Kettleby, the Carrying Place development and most of the community of Pottageville has 430 dwellings with a population of 1248. The actual hamlet of Kettleby has 43 dwellings, a church, cemetery, day camp and conservation area with a 2006 population of 127 made up of 94 adults and 33 children.

[edit] Politics

Like other King Township communities, Kettleby does not have its own municipal government. Decisions for allocating tax revenues are made by King Township's council. Kettleby is represented by the councillor of Ward 5.

Provincially, Kettleby residents vote in the riding of Vaughan—King—Aurora. Federally, the community is in the riding of Oak Ridges—Markham.

The Kettleby Public School serves the municipality for children of elementary school age. King City Secondary School is the closest high school to the community.

[edit] Research

The University of Guelph conducts agricultural research at the Muck Crops Research Station in the Kettleby area.^[1] Facilities at the site include greenhouses with a system-controlled environment, a plant pathology laboratory, and long-term cold storage. Seven hectares of land are split into plots devoted to researching organic and mineral soils. Local growers also participate in commercial field trials on occasion.