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Renfrew County was established in 1838, "the townships of Packenham, McNab, Horton, Ross, Westmeath and Pembroke, together with the unsurveyed lands within the district of Bathurst, and all the Islands in the Ottawa River, wholly or in greater part opposite to the said townships and unsurveyed lands, do from the time that the said new district goes into operation, compose a county, to be called the county of Renfrew."6
The county was named for Renfrewshire, Scotland.
The first settlers arrived in the 1820's. "A survey was conducted in 1825 by Quinn and the county was for a time known as Horton."2
"Population 9,415 in 1852 and 87,219 in 1980."3
Prior to 1838 - Bathurst District
1838-1849 - Bathurst District
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2 Places In Ontario by Nick & Helma Mika, 1977
3 Place Names of Ontario by Floreen Carter, 1984
5 Place Names of Ontario by Alan Rayburn, 1997
6 A Statutory Chronology of Eastern Ontario, 1788-1981 by Thomas A. Hillman
