Fonds - Village of Belmont fonds

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Village of Belmont fonds

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  • 1961-1997 (Creation)
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    Village of Belmont
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    Belmont
  • 1919-1960 (Creation)
    Creator
    Police Village of Belmont
    Place
    Belmont

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4 m of textual records

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(1919-1960)

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The Village of Belmont was first surveyed in 1851 and two years later the Post Office was established. In the following years, Belmont thrived and a good number of businesses were established, such as saw and grist mills, a cheese factory, carriage works and harness shops.
By 1875, Belmont's population was nearly 500. When the Credit Valley Railway was built in 1881, it ruined business for the village as it became easier to travel to St. Thomas.
For about a century, Belmont was a part of Middlesex County. The village was run by a Board of Trustees and referred to as a Police Village. The residents voted on municipal matters in whichever of the four townships or two counties they happened to be in. The village became a part of Elgin County in 1948, when the village voted for annexation into South Dorchester. In 1959, the village trustees applied to the Ontario Municipal Board to be severed into a separate corporation. It was granted on January 1, 1961.

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(1961-1997)

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For most of it's history, Belmont was a farming community. In the 1980's, however, the village experienced a residential boom as it became the newest of London's bedroom communities. With that came substantial commercial growth.
On January 1, 1998, the Village of Belmont, along with the Township of Yarmouth and the Village of Port Stanley, became a part of the Municipality of Central Elgin.

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Fonds consists of the full-range of corporate records of the Village of Belmont as well as its predecessor the Police Village of Belmont. It is divided into the following series:
-Police Village of Belmont series, 1919-1962
-Treasurer's series, 1958-1997
-Council series, 1961-1997
-Clerk's series, 1961-1997
-*A Debenture Register in the treasurer's series pre-dates the incorporation of the Village of Belmont.

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