Watford, Ontario

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Listen to this article · (info)

This audio file was created from an article revision dated 2006-01-14, and may not reflect subsequent edits to the article. (Audio help)

More spoken articles

   

Watford is located in Lambton County, Ontario, Canada.

[edit] History

Watford was first settled in 1851 at what was known as Brown's Corners, a stagecoach stop between the village of Warwick and Brooke township. The Great Western Railway was built in 1856 and caused the settlement to be relocated near the tracks, in its present location. It was incorporated as the Village of Watford in 1873. Watford was either named for the Watford in England, or by Col. Brown for his home town of Watford, Ireland.

There was a great fire in the 1880s on November 5th that destroyed much of the town during a Guy Fawkes night (Bonfire Night) celebration.

This Western Ontario geographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.