Bethesda is a hamlet in York Region, Ontario

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, Canada

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, in the town of Whitchurch–Stouffville. The hamlet is centred at the intersection of Warden Avenue and Bethesda Road in the south-eastern region of Whitchurch–Stouffville; it flourished around 1875.

The community gained distinction with the formation of a private telephone company, the Bethesda and Stouffville Telephone Association in 1904, with 1188 users from Newmarket

Newmarket, Ontario

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 to Markham

Markham, Ontario

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by 1930. The entire system was purchased by Bell Telephone in 1960.