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