Official Name: | Lloydtown |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Canada#Ontario#North America |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Canada##Location within Ontario##Location within North America |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Ontario |
Subdivision Type2: | Regional Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | York |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | King |
Leader Title: | Township mayor |
Leader Name: | Steve Pellegrini |
Leader Title1: | MP |
Leader Name1: | Deb Schulte |
Leader Title2: | MPP |
Leader Name2: | Stephen Lecce |
Leader Title3: | Councillor |
Leader Name3: | Bill Cober (Ward 4) |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Coordinates: | 43.9908°N -79.6947°W |
Postal Code Type: | Forward sortation area |
Postal Code: | L0G |
Area Code: | 905 and 289 |
Blank Name: | NTS Map |
Blank Info: | 030M13 |
Blank1 Name: | GNBC Code |
Blank1 Info: | FBZYW |
Lloydtown is a hamlet located in King Township, Ontario, Canada. It is often associated with the surrounding and larger Schomberg, though it has its own unique characteristics and heritage.
The Lloydtown Rebellion of 1837 was part of the Upper Canada Rebellion. During the 1830s, Lloydtown was well known as a site for reform sympathisers, and regular meetings were hosted by Jesse Lloyd. On November 24, 1837, a final meeting to review plans was held between Lloyd and William Lyon Mackenzie. Hoping to take advantage of the departure of troops to Lower Canada in response to the Lower Canada Rebellion, Mackenzie had planned to seize a government arms cache in York on December 7.
Lloydtown has a continental climate moderated by the Great Lakes and influenced by warm, moist air masses from the south, and cold, dry air from the north. The Oak Ridges Moraine affects levels of precipitation: as an air mass arrives from Lake Ontario and reaches the elevated ground surface of the moraine, it rises causing precipitation.[1]