Cobourg
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Cobourg ( ) is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in Southern Ontario east of Toronto and east of Oshawa. It is the largest town in and seat of Northumberland County. Its nearest neighbour is Port Hope, to the west. It is located along Highway 401 (exits 472 and 474) and the former Highway 2 (now Northumberland County Road 2). To the south, Cobourg borders Lake Ontario. To the north, east and west, it is surrounded by Hamilton Township.
Key facts
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- Cobourg
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- Town of Cobourg
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- Town (lower-tier)
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- Victoria Hall (Cobourg) by Kivas Tully
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- Ontario's Feel Good Town
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- Our Strength Is In Our Unanimity
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- CAN ON Northumberland#Canada Southern Ontario
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- Country
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- Canada
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- County
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- Ontario
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- Northumberland
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- Settled
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- 1798
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- Incorporated
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- 1837 (town)
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 20519
- Area
- 22.37
- Elevation
- 173
- Official website
- www.cobourg.ca
- Image
- Victoria hall Cobourg.jpg
- Dialing code
- 905
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- Commons category
- Cobourg, Ontario
- postal code
- K9A
- inception
- 1798-00-00
- social media followers
- 3246
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25 sectionsContents
- History
- Railway to Rice Lake
- Crossen Car Works
- Wealthy Americans
- Victoria Hall
- Heritage Centre
- Cobourg Jail
- Crash landing
- Regeneration
- Climate
- Transportation
- Demographics
- Government
- Education
- Schools
- Attractions
- Media
- Radio
- TV
- Notable people
- Twin towns – sister cities
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Cobourg ( ) is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in Southern Ontario east of Toronto and east of Oshawa. It is the largest town in and seat of Northumberland County. Its nearest neighbour is Port Hope, to the west. It is located along Highway 401 (exits 472 and 474) and the former Highway 2 (now Northumberland County Road 2). To the south, Cobourg borders Lake Ontario. To the north, east and west, it is surrounded by Hamilton Township.
==History== The land which present-day Cobourg occupies was previously inhabited by Mississauga (Anishinaabemowin-speaking) peoples. The settlements that make up today's Cobourg were founded by United Empire Loyalists in 1798 within Northumberland County, Home District, Province of Upper Canada. Some of the founding fathers and early settlers were Eliud Nickerson, Joseph Ash, Zacheus Burnham and Asa Allworth Burnham. The Town was originally a group of smaller villages such as Amherst and Hardscrabble, which were later named Hamilton. In 1808 it became the district town for the Newcastle District. It was renamed Cobourg in 1819, in recognition of the marriage of Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales to Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (later Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, who would later become King of Belgium).
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