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Palermo, Ontario
Former hamlet in Ontario, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Palermo, founded as Hagartown, is a former hamlet in Halton County (today Halton Region), Ontario, Canada, within the town of Oakville.
Palermo
Hagartown | |
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Former hamlet | |
![]() Palermo United Church | |
Coordinates: 43.43464°N 79.77748°W / 43.43464; -79.77748 | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Ontario |
Regional municipality | Halton Region |
Town | Oakville |
Established | 1805 |
Renamed | 1836 |
Amalgamated | 1962 |
Founded by | Lawrence Hagar |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
Postal code | L6M |
The hamlet was located around what is now the intersection of Dundas Street and Bronte Road.[1] The settlement was established in 1805 by Lawrence Hagar, a settler to Upper Canada from Pennsylvania.[2] The village was named Hagartown until 1836 when it was renamed to Palermo in honour of Horatio Nelson, Lord of Palermo.[2]
In 1869, the population was 300.[3] In 1875, the village had an iron foundry, two stores, and a hotel. At that time its population was 150.[4] By the 1870s, the village also had a wagon shop, blacksmith shop, harness shop, brick school house, churches, a telegraph office and drill shed.[1] The village, along with other villages in Trafalgar Township, became part of Oakville in 1962, when the township was amalgamated into Oakville.[5]