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Kettleby is located about 4 km E of the freeway (Highway 400), 53 km NW of Toronto, about 50 km S of Barrie , W of Newmarket and about 50 km E of Orangeville . GEOGRAPHY Located at , Kettleby is surrounded by the gently rolling hills of King Township. The village spans 32.5 km2 of land area. The hamlet sits predominately on a rise of land between 2 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 northwest, one of the lowest points in the community. HISTORY On May 20th, 1801, Dorothy Burger, a United Empire Loyalist, was granted a patent for a lot in King Township. In 1803 John Bogart bought the lot, and in 1825 sold one hundred acres to Jacob Tool, who built the first Kettleby sawmill. Then, in 1842 Tool sold 46 acres including the mill site, to Septimus Tyrwhitt. Tyrwhitt built a huge flour mill, a woolen mill, an oatmeal mill, a cooperage and a distillery. The first post office opened August 6, 1851,and was called Kettleby Mills, Canada West, with James Tipping in charge. In 1859 the word "Mills" was dropped and the settlement has since been known as Kettleby. Kettleby soon became the centre of business and shopping for the Springdale Mills and the Mount Mellick Mill, as well as the post office address for both. The mills at Springdale, built in 1879 by Ira Webb, were known as "Webb’s Mills", and supplied many nearby villages with lumber. Mount Mellick Mill, a lumber mill, was named after a town in Queen’s County, Ireland, and operated day and night during its height of production. Today, nothing is left of the Mount Mellick Mill site. In 1853 the railway arrived in King Township and had an adverse effect on Kettleby. The lumber supply was almost exhausted, the potash and flour export trade languished, and the factory system began to put small local mechanics out of business. The train travelled from Toronto to present day Aurora changing the main routes of travel and settle-ments in King Township which now swung toward Aurora. When the mills were working at full capacity Kettleby proudly boasted several hotels, shoemakers, blacksmiths, a dressmaker, a milliner, a weaver and a tailor. There was also a general store, a paint shop, a wagon maker’s shop, a harness and carriage shop and a farm implement factory. The Kettleby story would not be complete without mention of The Sons of Temperance who dealt with social problems and hardships resulting from excessive drinking. In the 1850’s, the Total Abstinence Society built a Temperance Hall which was used for practically all the meetings of the community: social, public, religious and political, as long as no liquor was served. The last meeting in the Hall was in 1938. In 1940 the Hall was purchased by the Women’s Association of Kettleby United Church, and in 1968, the Hall was moved to Black Creek Pioneer Village in Toronto. 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, bakery, cemetery, day camp and conservation area with a 2006 population of 127 made up of 94 adults and 33 children. POLITICS Like other King Township municipalities, 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. RESEARCH The University Of Guelph conducts agricultural research at the ''Muck Crops Research Station'' in Kettleby. 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. NEAREST COMMUNITIES
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