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Historic Place Names (By Former Name)
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Below is a chart detailing names of various places, villages, and towns in Waterloo County, organized alphabetically by place name.
Included in the chart are name changes to those places, the names of their original townships, and their current township names.
To see a similar list organized by township name, please click here.
Historic Place Names, Villages and Towns of Waterloo County Alphabetical by Former Name |
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|---|---|---|---|
Former Name |
Later Name |
Former Township |
Current Municipality |
Ayr |
|
North Dumfries |
North Dumfries Twp. |
Baden |
|
Wilmot |
Wilmot Twp. |
Baden Hills (landform) |
|
Wilmot |
Wilmot Twp. |
Bamberg |
|
Wellesley |
Wellesley Twp. |
Beaverdale |
|
Waterloo |
Cambridge (City) |
Beck's Hill |
Doon |
Waterloo |
Kitchener (City) |
Bergeytown |
Hespeler |
Waterloo |
Cambridge (City) |
Berlin |
Kitchener |
Waterloo |
Kitchener (City) |
Berlet's Corners |
|
Wilmot |
Wilmot Twp. |
Black Horse Corners |
|
North Dumfries |
North Dumfries Twp. |
Blair |
|
Waterloo |
Cambridge (City) |
Bleams Mills |
German Mills |
Waterloo |
Kitchener (City) |
Blockstettl |
Conestogo |
Woolwich |
Woolwich Twp. |
Bloomingdale |
|
Waterloo |
Woolwich Twp. |
Branchton |
|
North Dumfries |
North Dumfries Twp. |
Breslau |
|
Waterloo |
Woolwich Twp. |
Bridgeport |
|
Waterloo |
Kitchener (City) |
Bridgeville |
Freeport |
Waterloo |
Kitchener (City) |
Bristow's Corners |
Elmira |
Woolwich |
Woolwich Twp. |
Buck's Hill |
|
Waterloo |
Waterloo (City) |
Buehler's Corners |
Wagner's Corners |
Woolwich |
Woolwich Twp. |
Cambridge |
Bridgeport |
Waterloo |
Kitchener (City) |
Cambridge Mills |
Preston |
Waterloo |
Cambridge (City) |
Carlisle |
Blair |
Waterloo |
Cambridge (City) |
Carnydale |
|
Waterloo |
Kitchener (City) |
Cassel |
New Hamburg |
Wilmot |
Wilmot Twp. |
Centreville |
|
Waterloo |
Kitchener (City) |
Chicopee (or Chicopee Mills) |
|
Waterloo |
Kitchener (City) |
Chicopee Hill (landform) |
|
Waterloo |
Kitchener (City) |
Conestoga |
Conestogo |
Woolwich |
Woolwich Twp. |
Conestogo |
|
Woolwich |
Woolwich Twp. |
Covered Bridge |
Blair |
Waterloo |
Cambridge (City) |
Cox's Creek |
Winterbourne |
Woolwich |
Woolwich Twp. |
Crosshill |
|
Wellesley |
Wellesley Twp. |
Crowsfoot Corners |
|
Waterloo |
Woolwich Twp. |
Delview (or Dellvue) (railway stop) |
|
Waterloo |
Kitchener (City) |
Dickie Settlement |
|
North Dumfries |
North Dumfries Twp. |
DoonMarch 5, 2007> |
Waterloo |
Kitchener (City) |
|
Dorking |
New Bethlehem |
Wellesley |
Wellesley Twp. |
Dumfries Mills |
Galt |
North Dumfries |
Cambridge (City) |
Durhamville |
Blair |
Waterloo |
Cambridge (City) |
East Preston |
Preston |
Waterloo |
Cambridge (City) |
East Woolwich |
Winterbourne |
Woolwich |
Woolwich Twp. |
Ebytown |
Kitchener |
Waterloo |
Kitchener (City) |
Edenburgh (or Edinburgh) |
German Mills |
Waterloo |
Kitchener (City) |
Elmira |
|
Woolwich |
Woolwich Twp. |
English Settlement |
Doon |
Waterloo |
Kitchener (City) |
Erbsville |
|
Waterloo |
Waterloo (City) |
Fisher Mills |
|
Waterloo |
Cambridge (City) |
Flora |
Floradale |
Woolwich |
Woolwich Twp. |
Floradale |
|
Woolwich |
Woolwich Twp. |
Freeport |
|
Waterloo |
Kitchener (City) |
Freiburg |
|
Waterloo |
Woolwich Twp. |
Galt |
Cambridge |
North Dumfries |
Cambridge (City) |
German Mills |
|
Waterloo |
Kitchener (City) |
Glenchristie |
|
Waterloo |
Woolwich Twp. |
Goosetown |
Kingwood |
Wellesley |
Wellesley Twp. |
Glasgow (or Glasgow Mills) |
Bridgeport |
Waterloo |
Kitchener (City) |
Greenbush |
|
Waterloo |
Kitchener (City) |
Greenfield |
|
North Dumfries |
North Dumfries Twp. |
Hagey's Crossing |
|
Waterloo |
Cambridge (City) |
Hamburgh |
New Hamburg |
Wilmot |
Wilmot Twp. |
Hawkesville |
|
Wellesley |
Wellesley Twp. |
Haysville |
|
Wilmot |
Wilmot Twp. |
Heidelberg |
|
Wellesley |
Wellesley Twp. |
Heidelberg Station |
|
Woolwich |
Woolwich Twp. |
Hespeler |
Cambridge |
Waterloo |
Cambridge (City) |
Holland Mills |
|
Wilmot |
Wilmot Twp. |
Holm's Mills |
Speedslee |
Waterloo |
Cambridge (City) |
Hopewell Mills |
German Mills |
Waterloo |
Kitchener (City) |
Idylwild Station (railway stop) |
|
Waterloo |
Cambridge (City) |
Jacobstettl |
St. Jacobs |
Woolwich |
Woolwich Twp. |
Jedburgh |
Ayr |
North Dumfries |
North Dumfries Twp. |
Jerusalem Corners |
|
Woolwich |
Woolwich Twp. |
Jewsburg |
German Mills |
Waterloo |
Kitchener (City) |
Jonestown (or Jonesboro) |
Haysville |
Wilmot |
Wilmot Twp. |
Josephburg |
|
Wilmot |
Wilmot Twp. |
Kingsdale |
|
Waterloo |
Kitchener (City) |
Kingwood |
|
Wellesley |
Wellesley Twp. |
Knight’s Corners |
|
Wellesley |
Wellesley Twp. |
Kossuth |
|
Waterloo |
Woolwich Twp. |
Lancaster |
Bridgeport |
Waterloo |
Kitchener (City) |
Leon |
Floradale |
Woolwich |
Woolwich Twp. |
Lexington |
|
Waterloo |
Waterloo (City) |
Linwood |
|
Wellesley |
Wellesley Twp. |
Lisbon |
|
Wilmot |
Wilmot Twp. |
Little Paradise |
|
Waterloo |
Kitchener (City) |
Little’s Corners |
|
North Dumfries |
Cambridge (City) |
Lower Woolwich P.O. |
Winterbourne |
Woolwich |
Woolwich Twp. |
Luxemburg |
|
Wilmot |
Wilmot Twp. |
Mannheim |
|
Wilmot |
Wilmot Twp. |
Maple Lane Stop (railway stop) |
|
Waterloo |
Kitchener (City) |
Maryhill |
|
Waterloo |
Woolwich Twp. |
Mount Pleasant |
Kitchener |
Waterloo |
Kitchener (City) |
Mudge’s Mills |
Ayr |
North Dumfries |
North Dumfries Twp. |
Musselman |
Floradale |
Woolwich |
Woolwich Twp. |
Musselman's Mills |
Conestogo |
Woolwich |
Woolwich Twp. |
Natchez |
|
Waterloo |
Kitchener (City) |
New Aberdeen |
|
Waterloo |
Kitchener (City) |
New Bethlehem |
Dorking |
Wellesley |
Wellesley Twp. |
New Carlisle |
Blair |
Waterloo |
Cambridge (City) |
New Dundee |
|
Wilmot |
Wilmot Twp. |
New Germany |
Maryhill |
Waterloo |
Woolwich Twp. |
New Hamburg |
|
Wilmot |
Wilmot Twp. |
New Hope |
Hespeler |
Waterloo |
Cambridge (City) |
New Jerusalem (or Jerusalem Corners?) |
|
Woolwich |
Woolwich Twp. |
New Prussia |
|
Wilmot |
Wilmot Twp. |
Nine Pines |
|
Waterloo |
Kitchener (City) |
Nithvale |
Ayr |
North Dumfries |
North Dumfries Twp. |
North Woolwich |
|
Woolwich |
Woolwich Twp. |
Oregon |
Doon |
Waterloo |
Kitchener (City) |
Parkway |
German Mills |
Waterloo |
Kitchener (City) |
Petersburg |
|
Wilmot |
Wilmot Twp. |
Philipsburg |
|
Wilmot |
Wilmot Twp. |
Pinehill |
|
Wilmot |
Wilmot Twp. |
Preston |
Cambridge |
Waterloo |
Cambridge (City) |
Punkeydoodles Corners |
|
Wilmot |
Wilmot Twp. |
Queen's Bush (area) |
|
Wellesley |
Wellesley Twp. |
Reidsville |
|
North Dumfries |
North Dumfries Twp. |
Riverbank |
|
Waterloo |
Woolwich Twp. |
Rosendale |
|
Waterloo |
Woolwich Twp. |
Rosebank |
|
Wilmot |
Wilmot Twp. |
Roseville |
|
North Dumfries |
North Dumfries Twp. |
Rummelhardt |
|
Waterloo |
Waterloo (City) |
Sandhills |
Kitchener |
Waterloo |
Kitchener (City) |
Sandytown |
North Woolwich |
Woolwich |
Woolwich Twp. |
St. Agatha |
|
Wilmot |
Wilmot Twp. |
St. Alphonse |
St. Clements |
Wellesley |
Wellesley Twp. |
St. Clements |
|
Wellesley |
Wellesley Twp. |
St. Jacobs |
|
Woolwich |
Woolwich Twp. |
Schmittsville |
Wellesley |
Wellesley |
Wellesley Twp. |
Shade’s Mills |
Galt |
North Dumfries |
North Dumfries Twp. |
Shantz Hill |
|
Waterloo |
Cambridge (City) |
Shantz Lane |
|
Waterloo |
Kitchener (City) |
Shantz Station |
|
Waterloo |
Woolwich Twp. |
Shinglestettl (or Shinglesteddle) |
Shingletown |
Wilmot |
Wilmot Twp. |
Shingletown |
|
Wilmot |
Wilmot Twp. |
Shoemaker's Mills |
Bridgeport |
Waterloo |
Kitchener (City) |
Speedslee |
|
Waterloo |
Cambridge (City) |
Speedsville |
|
Waterloo |
Cambridge (City) |
Steam Town |
|
Waterloo |
Kitchener (City) |
Strasburg |
|
Waterloo |
Kitchener (City) |
Sunnyside |
Kingsdale |
Waterloo |
Kitchener (City) |
Surasas Springs |
Rosebank |
Wilmot |
Wilmot Twp. |
Three Bridges |
|
Woolwich |
Woolwich Twp. |
Toll Bridge |
Freeport |
Waterloo |
Kitchener (City) |
Tow Town |
Doon |
Waterloo |
Kitchener (City) |
Trussler's Corners |
|
Waterloo |
Kitchener (City) |
Tuck's Hill (landform) |
|
Waterloo |
Cambridge (City) |
Turnbull’s Corners |
|
North Dumfries |
North Dumfries |
Two Bridges |
|
Waterloo |
Kitchener (City) |
Upper Woolwich |
Elmira |
Woolwich |
Woolwich Twp. |
Victoriaburg |
Shingletown |
Wilmot |
Wilmot Twp. |
Wakeford Corners |
Wagner's Corners |
Woolwich |
Woolwich Twp. |
Wagner's Corners |
|
Woolwich |
Woolwich Twp. |
Waldau |
|
Wilmot |
Wilmot Twp. |
Wallenstein |
|
Wellesley |
Wellesley Twp. |
Wanners |
|
Waterloo |
Cambridge (City) |
Waterloo |
|
Waterloo |
Waterloo (City) |
Weimar |
Bamberg |
Wellesley |
Wellesley Twp. |
Weissenburg |
Baden |
Wilmot |
Wilmot Twp. |
Weissenburg |
|
Woolwich |
Woolwich Twp. |
Wellesley |
|
Wellesley |
Wellesley Twp. |
West Montrose |
|
Woolwich |
Woolwich Twp. |
West Montrose Station |
|
Woolwich |
Woolwich Twp. |
West Woolwich |
Elmira |
Woolwich |
Woolwich Twp. |
Whistlebare |
|
North Dumfries |
North Dumfries Twp. |
Wilby |
|
Wilmot |
Wilmot Twp. |
Williamsburg |
|
Waterloo |
Kitchener (City) |
Wilmot |
St. Agatha |
Wilmot |
Wilmot Twp. |
Wilmot Center |
|
Wilmot |
Wilmot Twp. |
Wilmot Village |
Haysville |
Wilmot |
Wilmot Twp. |
Winterbourne |
|
Woolwich |
Woolwich Twp. |
Woodside |
Kingwood |
Wellesley |
Wellesley Twp. |
Woolwich |
Winterbourne |
Woolwich |
Woolwich Twp. |
Wrigley Corners |
|
North Dumfries |
North Dumfries Twp. |
Zion's Church |
|
Waterloo |
Cambridge (City) |
Zuber’s Corners |
|
Woolwich |
Woolwich Twp. |
