Pinkerton, Ontario

Pinkerton (also Pinkerton's Corners) is an unincorporated rural community in Bradford West Gwillimbury Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.^[1][2][3]

Pinkerton
Unincorporated rural community
Pinkerton School (S.S. 11), circa 1908
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Coordinates: 44°08′45″N 79°39′12″W
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
County	Simcoe
Township	Bradford West Gwillimbury
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
GNBC Code	FDTJN[1]

History

Matthew Pinkerton, a surveyor and early settler, built a log school house in 1840.^[4]

A Wesleyan Methodist Church was erected in 1844, and a hotel was built in Pinkerton in 1854. A Primitive Methodist Church was built in 1864, and St. Lukes Anglican Church was established in 1871.^[5]

Pinkerton School (S.S. 11) was built in 1873, and was one of the first brick schools in the area. A new brick school with a bell tower and two entrances was built in 1908, and was used until at least the late 1950s.^[4]

The Toronto–Barrie Highway, now called Ontario Highway 400, was built through the east boundary of Pinkerton in the late 1940s.^[5][6]

Pinkerton in 2017