Palermo, founded as Hagartown, is a former village in Halton County, Ontario, Canada which has been amalgamated into the town of Oakville

Oakville, Ontario

Oakville is a town in Halton Region, on Lake Ontario in Southern Ontario, Canada, and is part of the Greater Toronto Area. As of the 2006 census the population was 165,613.-History:In 1793, Dundas Street was surveyed for a military road...

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The village was located around what is now the intersection of Dundas Street

Dundas Street

Dundas Street, also known as Highway 5 west of Toronto, is a major arterial road connecting the centre of that city with its western suburbs and southwestern Ontario beyond...

, and Bronte Road. The village was established in 1805 by Lawrence Hagar, a settler to Upper Canada

Upper Canada

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 from Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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. The village was named Hagartown until 1836 when it was renamed to Palermo in honour of Horatio Nelson, Lord of Palermo.

In 1875, the village had an iron foundry

Iron Foundry

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, two stores, and an hotel with a population of 150. By 1869, the population had doubled to 300. By the 1870s, the village also had a wagon shop, blacksmith shop, harness shop, brick school house

One-room school

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, churches, a telegraph office and drill shed. The village was amalgamated with Oakville in 1962 along with Trafalgar Township

Trafalgar Township

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, and other nearby villages.