Yatton is an unincorporated community in Mapleton Township

Mapleton, Ontario

Mapleton is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located within Wellington County.-Communities:The largest and central community in Mapleton is the village of Drayton, which contains the township offices and has the largest retail presence....

 in Wellington County

Wellington County, Ontario

Wellington County is a county located in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. The county seat is Guelph, a city which is politically independent, but Guelph's status as the seat means it houses the county's administrative offices...

, Ontario

Ontario

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. The Ontario government refers to Yatton as a "dispersed rural community".

Yatton has the same name as Yatton

Yatton

Yatton is a village and civil parish within the unitary authority of North Somerset, which falls within the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. It is located south-west of Bristol. Its population in 2001 was 9,176...

, a village and civil parish

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

 in North Somerset

North Somerset

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, England

England

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History

The area was settled by people in the early 1820s

1820s

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, when Black Loyalist

Black Loyalist

A Black Loyalist was an inhabitant of British America of African descent who joined British colonial forces during the American Revolutionary War...

s, African-Canadians and African-American immigrants arrived to the wilderness of the Queen's Bush. The majority was settled down between Peel Township (Wellington County) and Wellesley Township (Waterloo County

Waterloo County, Ontario

Waterloo County, created in 1853 and dissolved in 1973, was the forerunner of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. It consisted of five townships: Woolwich, Wellesley, Wilmot, Waterloo, and North Dumfries...

). Until the late 1840s

1840s

- Wars :*Mexican-American War was fought between Mexico and the United States of America. The latter emerged victorious and gained undisputed control over Texas while annexing portions of Arizona, California and New Mexico....

 the Queen's Bush remained an unorganized territory. Three African-Canadian churches was constructed in the Queen's Bush and one of them was in Yatton, reverend Samuel H. Brown established that on his farm.

Notable people from Yatton

• One of the oldest Canadians, the 104 years old Lyla Prechtle was born in Yatton in 1905. Now she lives in Clatskanie, Oregon
  Clatskanie, Oregon
  Clatskanie is a city in Columbia County, Oregon, United States. It was named for the Clatskanie River, which empties into the Columbia River within the city limits. The population was 1,528 at the 2000 census. The 2007 estimate is 1,710 residents.-History:...
  
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