Yatton, Ontario
| Yatton | |
|---|---|
  Yatton Location of Yatton in Ontario | |
| Coordinates: 43°59′N 80°59′W / 43.983°N 80.983°WCoordinates: 43°59′N 80°59′W / 43.983°N 80.983°W | |
| Country |
 Canada |
| Province |
 Ontario |
| County | Wellington County |
| Elevation | 380 m (1,250 ft) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Area code(s) | 905, 519 |
Yatton is an unincorporated community in Mapleton Township in Wellington County, Ontario.[1] The Ontario government refers to Yatton as a "dispersed rural community".[2]
Yatton has the same name as Yatton, a village and civil parish in North Somerset, England.
History
The area was settled by people in the early 1820s, when Black Loyalists, African-Canadians and African-American immigrants arrived to the wilderness of the Queen's Bush. The majority was settled down between Peel Township (Wellington County) and Wellesley Township (Waterloo County). Until the late 1840s the Queen's Bush remained an unorganized territory. Three African-Canadian churches was constructed in the Queen's Bush and one of them was in Yatton, reverend Samuel H. Brown established that on his farm.[3][4]
Notable people from Yatton
- One of the oldest Canadians, the 104 years old Lyla Prechtle was born in Yatton in 1905. Now she lives in Clatskanie, Oregon.[5]
References
- ↑ "Yatton, Ontario". Statistics Canada. 2006. Retrieved 28 December 2009.
- ↑ "Onterm, Ontario Terminology - GeoNames Index". Ministry of Government Services. Ontario. Retrieved 28 December 2009.
- ↑ The Great Fire of 1916
- ↑ Linda Brown-Kubisch: The Queen's Bush Settlement, Black Pioneers, 1839-1876, page 73., ISBN 978-1-896219-85-1
- ↑ 104, and ready for more