Pinkerton
Unincorporated rural community
Pinkerton School (S.S. 11), circa 1908
Pinkerton School (S.S. 11), circa 1908
Pinkerton is located in Canada
Pinkerton
Pinkerton
Pinkerton is located in Ontario
Pinkerton
Pinkerton
Coordinates: 44°08′45″N 79°39′12″W / 44.14583°N 79.65333°W / 44.14583; -79.65333
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
CountySimcoe
TownshipBradford West Gwillimbury
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNBC CodeFDTJN[1]

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

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

References

  1. ^ a b "Pinkerton". Natural Resources Canada. October 6, 2016.
  2. ^ "Bradford West Gwillimbury". Statistics Canada. November 2, 2016.
  3. ^ "Ancestor Chart for Jennet Esther May Galloway (1903-1990)". Neocities. April 17, 2017.
  4. ^ a b "S.S. #11, Pinkerton School". Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Pinkerton Map". Innisfil Historical Society. December 14, 2017.
  6. ^ Filey, Mike (2002). A Toronto Album 2: More Glimpses of the City That Was. Dundurn. p. 112. ISBN 9781770701205.
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