Tillsonburg
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Tillsonburg is a town in Oxford County, Ontario, Canada with a population of 18,615 located about 50 kilometres southeast of London, on Highway 3 at the junction of Highway 19.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Tillsonburg
- Settlement.official_name
- Town of Tillsonburg
- Settlement.motto
- Connected. Enriched. Inspired.
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town (lower-tier)
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- Canada Southern Ontario
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 200
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- top
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- Country
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- Canada
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Ontario
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- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Oxford
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- Town Mayor
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- Deputy Mayor
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- Councillors
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Canada
- Located in
- Oxford County
- Population
- 15872
- Elevation
- 270
- Shares border with
- Norfolk County
- Official website
- www.tillsonburg.ca
- Image
- Station Arts Centre - Tillsonburg, ON.jpg
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- Commons category
- Tillsonburg
- postal code
- N4G
- inception
- 1825-00-00
- twinned administrative body
- Hengshui
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Tillsonburg is a town in Oxford County, Ontario, Canada with a population of 18,615 located about 50 kilometres southeast of London, on Highway 3 at the junction of Highway 19.
==History== Prior to European settlement, the present site of Tillsonburg was home to Indigenous tribes. The Tillsonburg Village Site, a 14th century Iroquoian village, was excavated in 2001 and 2008, in the northwest corner of the town, and contained 15 longhouses. thumb|right|George Tillson The area was settled in 1825 by George Tillson and other immigrants from Enfield, Massachusetts. A forge and sawmill were erected and roads built which led to the establishment of this small community, originally called Dereham Forge. The settlement was on the Big Otter Creek.
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