Dorchester
Dorchester is a town in Ontario whose name first applied to the township and honours Sir Guy Carleton, Lord Dorchester. The name was changed from Dorchester Station on May 3, 1961.
- Type: Town with 9,330 residents
- Description: human settlement in Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada
- Also known as: “Dorchester, Ontario”
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Flight Exec Centre and Lord Dorchester Secondary School.
Lord Dorchester Secondary School
School building
Lord Dorchester Secondary School is a Thames Valley District School Board Secondary School located in the town of Dorchester, Ontario, part of the municipality of Thames Centre, in the county of Middlesex, in Ontario, Canada.
Dorchester
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Thames Centre, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada, North America
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Latitude
42.98869° or 42° 59′ 19″ north
Longitude
-81.0587° or 81° 3′ 31″ west
Population
9,330
Elevation
260 metres (853 feet)
United Nations Location Code
CA DCS
Open location code
86JWXWQR+FG
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“Dorchester” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Dorchester”
- Dutch: “Dorchester”
- Hungarian: “Dorchester”
- Irish: “Dorchester”
- Swedish: “Dorchester, Ontario”
- Swedish: “Dorchester”
- Urdu: “ڈورچیسٹر، اونٹاریو”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dorchester community centre and Middlesex County Library - Dorchester.
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