Bolton, Ontario

Bolton is a village in the town of Caledon, located in the region of Peel just north of Toronto.

The village was founded by James Bolton, who created a mill on the Humber River in the valley of Bolton. The recreation areas are to the northwest and the southeast. There are two superhighways (400-Series Highways) nearby, including the 427, about 15 km SE (by Albion Road), and the 400, about 14 km E (exit at King Road). It is located about 50 km NW of downtown Toronto via the superhighway (Highway 427), about 20 to 25 km NE of Brampton, about 80 km NE of Hamilton, about 100 km NE of Kitchener, about 75 km S of Barrie and SE of Orangeville.

The town has an established Italian community.

Contents

1 Geography 2 History 3 Subdivisions 4 Nearest communities 5 External Links

Geography

• Population: approximately 30,000
• Area: -
• Density: -
• Location:
  • Latitude: about 43.85 N
  • Longitude: about 79.7 W
• Postal code: L7E
• Area code: +1-905
• Founded: 1794

The forests dominate a large part of the northwest, the north, the east including along the Humber valley which creates several recreation areas. The farmlands are to the west and the south especially the southeast. Farmlands used to dominate outside Bolton until suburban housing came in.

History

Town was originally founded in 1794 when James Bolton helped build a flour mill for his relative George Bolton.

The suburban housing developments began in the southern part down to 15th Sideroad. The urban area did not expand until the 1970s or the 1980s and the industrial area began popping in the southwest. The urban area up to Columbia Way began booming in the late-1980s. Housing continued to reach the southern and the western parts about 1 km NW of the centre in the 1990s and the 15th Sideroad in about 1995 especially to the north. The industrial area even began added buildings to the southwest up to Simpson. The urban areas reached the southern part in 2000 and the northwest. The housing developments are still continuing in the southeast near Kleinburg and rarely in the northwestern part.

Subdivisions

• New Glasgow, west
• Tormore, southeast

Nearest communities

• Nobleton, east
• Kleinburg, southeast
• Brampton, south southwest
• Snelgrove, southwest
• Caledon, west
• Palgrave, northwest

External Links

Bolton Online (Business Directory unaffiliated with municipal government)

See also: Bolton, Ontario, 1794, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 1995, 2000, 400-Series Highway, Albion Road