Pittsburg, Ontario
Encyclopedia
Pittsburgh is a former township
in Ontario
, Canada
. Located within Frontenac County, it was named for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
and founded January 1, 1850. The township was amalgamated into the city of Kingston
effective January 1, 1998. The community still retains the name "Pittsburgh" within the government of Kingston.
Township
The word township is used to refer to different kinds of settlements in different countries. Township is generally associated with an urban area. However there are many exceptions to this rule. In Australia, the United States, and Canada, they may be settlements too small to be considered urban...
in Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. Located within Frontenac County, it was named for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...
and founded January 1, 1850. The township was amalgamated into the city of Kingston
Kingston, Ontario
Kingston, Ontario is a Canadian city located in Eastern Ontario where the St. Lawrence River flows out of Lake Ontario. Originally a First Nations settlement called "Katarowki," , growing European exploration in the 17th Century made it an important trading post...
effective January 1, 1998. The community still retains the name "Pittsburgh" within the government of Kingston.
Former Reeves
- John Marks 1850-1854
- Samuel Rees 1855-1857
- John Ruttan 1858
- Alexander McArthur 1859-1860
- Hugh McCaugherty 1861-1862
- James Hutton 1863
- William Ferguson Jr. 1864
- Martin Strachan 1865-1870, 1876–1879
- Peter Graham (W) 1871-1875
- Thomas Stark 1880-1881
- Richard Patterson 1882-1884
- Richard Anglin 1885
- Michael Graves 1886
- William Hutton 1887-1888, 1890
- David Trotter 1889
- Thompson Whitney 1891-1893
- William Toner 1894
- John Kane 1895-1896
- John Bennett 1897-1898
- Robert McAlpin 1899
- Daniel C. McLean 1900
- Daniel McLean 1901-1902
- Thomas Maxwell 1903
- James Greenlee 1904
- John McFarlane 1905-1906
- William Franklin (W) 1907-1908, 1912–1917
- Thomas Spence 1909
- James Gordon 1910
- David Rogers 1911
- George Maitland 1918-1920
- John Sibbit (W) 1921-1926, 1932–1938
- Alfred Franklin 1927-1928, 1931
- William Atkinson 1929-1930
- John McMaster (W) 1939-1943
- Wilson Franklin 1944-1945
- Colin Woods (W) 1946-1950
- Robert Wilson 1951-1953
- Earl Shepard (W) 1954-1958
- Eric Pearson (W) 1959-1966
- Hugh Wilson 1967-1968
- Wilmer Nuttal (W) 1969-1971
- Donald Hunter 1972
- Edward Swayne (W) 1973-1980
- Hans Westenberg 1981-1982
- Vincent Maloney 1983-1985
- Cameron English (W) 1986-1988
- Barry Gordon 1989-1994
- Carl Holmberg 1995-1997