Official Name: | Lemonville |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Ontario |
Subdivision Type2: | Regional municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | York Region |
Subdivision Type3: | Town |
Subdivision Name3: | Whitchurch–Stouffville |
Government Type: | Municipality |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Iain Lovatt |
Leader Title1: | Councillor, Ward 3 |
Leader Name1: | Hugo Kroon |
Established Title: | Amalgamation |
Established Date: | (With Town of Stouffville) 1 January 1971 |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | −5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
Coordinates: | 43.9886°N -79.3089°W |
Elevation M: | 290 |
Postal Code Type: | Forward sortation area |
Postal Code: | L4A |
Area Code: | 905 and 289 |
Lemonville is a hamlet in York Region, Ontario, Canada, in the town of Whitchurch–Stouffville. The hamlet is centred at the intersection of McCowan Road and Bloomington Road, in the geographical centre of Whitchurch-Stouffville.[1]
The settlement was named after George Lemon Sr. (1774–1834) of Oxford, New Jersey, who was granted land at this location in 1805. Methodist services first took place there in 1854, and the Lemonville Methodist Church (later United Church) was constructed in 1856.[2] McEvoy's Province of Ontario Gazetteer and Directory of 1869 lists Lemonville as a village with a population of 75.[3] In 1877, Lemonville reached a population of 100.[4] Village industries included a boot and shoe factory, carriage works, cabinet maker, woollen mills, and a shoe repair shop. It was bypassed by the Toronto and Nipissing Railway in favour of Stouffville when it was constructed in 1871.[5]
The Lemonville post office closed in 1937.[6]