Locust Hill

Locust Hill is a historic community of Markham, Ontario centred on Hwy. 7 and the Canadian Pacific Railway and within the boundaries of the future national Rouge Park.

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Type: Neighborhood
Description: compact rural community in Markham, Ontario
Also known as: “Locust Hill, Ontario”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Markham Stouffville Hospital and Cornell Community Centre & Library.

Markham Stouffville Hospital

Hospital

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Markham Stouffville Hospital is an acute care community hospital with two sites: the Markham site, with diagnostic and emergency services, and clinical programs in childbirth, children's health, surgery, medicine, cancer care and mental health; and the Uxbridge site, a 20-bed hospital offering some inpatient and emergency services. Markham Stouffville Hospital is situated 2½ km west of Locust Hill.

Cornell Community Centre & Library

Community center

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Cornell Community Centre is a 129,000-square-foot centre, located at 3201 Bur Oak Ave, Markham, Ontario and centred within the community of Cornell. The community was designed to meet LEED Silver Certification. Cornell Community Centre & Library is situated 2½ km west of Locust Hill.

Bill Hogarth Secondary School

School

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Bill Hogarth Secondary School is a public high school in Markham, Ontario, Canada operated by the York Region District School Board. It opened in November 2017 for students in grades 9 and 10, some of whom were transferred from Pierre Elliott Trudeau High School. Bill Hogarth Secondary School is situated 2½ km west of Locust Hill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cornell and Whitevale.

Cornell

Neighborhood

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Cornell is a neighbourhood in northeast Markham, Ontario and bounded by Highway 407, 16th Avenue, Ninth Line, and the Donald Cousens Parkway. The 2011 population of this area was 9,880. Adding Cornell North's 2,178 it has 12,058 residents.

Whitevale

Neighborhood

Whitevale, formerly Majorville, is a community located within the City of Pickering in Durham Region, Ontario, Canada. The city refers to the community as the "Hamlet of Whitevale". Whitevale is situated 3½ km east of Locust Hill.

Cedar Grove

Neighborhood

Cedar Grove is a community in Markham, Ontario, on the Little Rouge River. It is centred on 14th Avenue and Reesor Road and within the boundaries of the future national Rouge Park. Cedar Grove is situated 3½ km south of Locust Hill.

Locust Hill

Categories: human settlement and locality
Location: Ontario, Canada, North America
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Latitude

43.88712° or 43° 53′ 14″ north

Longitude

-79.19828° or 79° 11′ 54″ west

Elevation

197 metres (646 feet)

Open location code

87M2VRP2+RM

OpenStreetMap ID

node 558715667

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

GeoNames ID

6058327

Wikidata ID

Q6666125

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to French—“Locust Hill” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Locust Hill”
French: “Locust Hill”

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