Holmesville
Holmesville is a community in the Canadian province of Ontario, in the township of Central Huron, fourteen kilometres southeast of Goderich. Founded in 1832 by two Irish Canadian immigrants named Samuel and John Holmes, the community was first called Holmes Hill and Holmes Villa before receiving its current name of Holmesville in 1855.- Type: Locality
- Description: human settlement in Ontario, Canada
- Also known as: “Holmesville, Ontario”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clinton and Vanastra.
Clinton
Photo: XeresNelro, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Clinton is a small town in Huron County named after Sir Henry Clinton, a Peninsular War hero. This small community gained fame as Canada's home of radar and is home to the permanent display of the School on Wheels.
Vanastra
Hamlet
Vanastra is a dispersed rural community and unincorporated place in the municipality of Huron East, Huron County in southwestern Ontario, Canada, 3 kilometres southeast of the community of Clinton. Vanastra is situated 10 km southeast of Holmesville.
Holmesville
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Central Huron, Huron County, Ontario, Canada, North America
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Latitude
43.64575° or 43° 38′ 45″ northLongitude
-81.60248° or 81° 36′ 9″ westElevation
264 metres (866 feet)Open location code
86MWJ9WX+72OpenStreetMap ID
node 497578908OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Irish—“Holmesville” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Holmesville”
- French: “Holmesville”
- Irish: “Holmesville”
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