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Perth County is an agricultural area; farm cash receipts for main commodities totaled $739 million in 2012. The county is home to 2,252 census farms and 506,291 acres of farmland, employing over 3,000 people (2012) in crop and animal production.
Monkton is a village in Perth County, Ontario, Canada, located at the intersection of County Roads 55 and 23. The community is west of Milverton and southwest of Listowel. It is part of the Municipality of North Perth. The village is home to the Monkton Wildcats, a Senior Hockey Club of the Western Ontario Athletic Association.
Stratford is the seat of Perth County, which was settled by English, Irish, Scottish and German immigrants, in almost equal numbers, starting in the 1820s but primarily in the 1830s and 1840s. Most became farmers; even today, the area around Stratford is known for mixed farming, dairying and hog production.
This is a list of numbered county roads in Perth County, Ontario. For civic-addressing purposes (such as 911), nearly all rural roads in Perth County are numbered. Roads that run east and west, or southeast and northwest, are numbered "Line 1", "Line 2", and so on to "Line 93".
Perth in 1908. The town was established as a military settlement in 1816, shortly after the War of 1812.The settlement of Lanark County began in 1815. In that year "the Settlement forming on the Rideau River" as it was officially referred to (and which soon became known as "Perth Military Settlement") began to function under Military direction.
Stanley, Perth Road, War Memorial Including Boundary Walls, Gatepiers, Gates And Railings 56°28′52″N 3°27′01″W / 56.481076°N 3.450243°W / 56.481076; -3.450243 ( Stanley, Perth Road, War Memorial Including Boundary Walls, Gatepiers, Gates And
Carthage is a community in the Township of Perth East, Perth County, Ontario, Canada.It lies 12 kilometres (7 mi) north of Milverton on Perth County Road 119 at 83rd Line. . Tralee is the nearest community, 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi) north, Burns is 3.4 kilometres (2.1 mi) south, and Hesson is 5.6 kilometres (3.5 mi) ea
It was joined in 1873 by a second railway, the Stratford and Huron Railway, and Listowel soon became an important shipping point. The arrival of the railway hastened development and Listowel became a Town with a population of 2,054 in 1875 in what is now North Perth in Perth County, Ontario. [6] [7] In 1877, the first elementary school opened. [8]