| 词条 | Melancthon, Ontario |
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| name = Melancthon | official_name = Township of Melancthon | settlement_type = Township (lower-tier) | nickname = | motto = | image_skyline = Melancthon ON 1.JPG | imagesize = | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_size = 120x100px | image_shield = | shield_size = 100x90px | image_map = Melancthon within the Dufferin County.svg | mapsize = 200px | map_caption = Melancthon within the Dufferin County | pushpin_map = Canada Southern Ontario | pushpin_map_caption = Melancthon in southern Ontario | coordinates = {{coord|44|9|N|80|16|W|region:CA-ON|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{CAN}} | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = {{ON}} | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = Dufferin | established_title = Settled | established_date = 1818 | established_title2 = Incorporated | established_date2 = January 1, 1853 | government_type = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Darren White | leader_title1 = Federal riding | leader_name1 = Dufferin—Caledon | leader_title2 = Prov. riding | leader_name2 = Dufferin—Caledon | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = 310.96 | area_water_km2 = | area_footnotes = [1] | population_as_of = 2011 | population_footnotes = [1] | population_total = 2839 | population_density_km2=9.1 | timezone = EST | utc_offset = -5 | timezone_DST = EDT | utc_offset_DST = -4 | postal_code_type = Postal Code | postal_code = L0N | area_code = 519 and 226 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | website = melancthontownship.ca | footnotes = }} Melancthon is a rural Canadian township in the northwest corner of Dufferin County, Ontario, bordered on the east by Mulmur Township, Amaranth Township and East Luther Grand Valley to the south, Southgate Township to the west, and the Municipality of Grey Highlands to the north. The township does not include the town of Shelburne on its southern border. It has one of the lowest population densities in southwestern Ontario. The primary industry of the township is farming, with limited beef, dairy, sheep and horse farming. It is also home to the Melancthon EcoPower Centre wind farm. The township was founded in 1853 as a part of Grey County and transferred to Dufferin County in 1881. Township council currently comprises a mayor, a deputy mayor and three councillors. CommunitiesThe township of Melancthon comprises a number of villages and hamlets, including the following communities: Auguston, Corbetton, Horning's Mills, Masonville, Mayburne, Melancthon, Ostrander, Redickville, Riverview, Shrigley, and Wrigglesworth Corner. DemographicsPopulation trend:[2]
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 974 (total dwellings: 1100) See also
References1. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3522019&Geo2=CD&Code2=3522&Data=Count&SearchText=Melancthon&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |title=Melancthon, Ontario (Code 3522019) census profile |publisher=Statistics Canada |work=2011 Census of Population |accessdate=2012-08-14}} 2. ^Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census External links
| Centre = Melancthon | North = Grey Highlands | Northeast = Clearview | East = Mulmur | Southeast = Mono | South = Amaranth, Shelburne | Southwest = Grand Valley | West = Southgate | Northwest = }}{{Dufferin County}}{{Ontario-geo-stub}} 3 : Lower-tier municipalities in Ontario|Municipalities in Dufferin County|Township municipalities in Ontario |
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