Lemonville is a hamlet in York Region, Ontario, Canada, in the town of Whitchurch–Stouffville. The hamlet is centred at the intersection of McCowan Road and Bloomington Road, in the geographical centre of Whitchurch-Stouffville.See the detailed 1878 map: Township of Whitchurch, Illustrated historical atlas of the county of York and the township of West Gwillimbury & town of Bradford in the county of Simcoe, Ont. (Toronto: Miles & Co., 1878).
The settlement was named after George Lemon Sr. (1774–1834) of Oxford, New Jersey, who was granted land at this location in 1805. Methodist services first took place there in 1854, and the Lemonville Methodist Church (later United Church) was constructed in 1856. McEvoy's Province of Ontario Gazetteer and Directory of 1869 lists Lemonville as a village with a population of 75. In 1877, Lemonville reached a population of 100.For a brief account of Lemonville's history, cf. Jean Barkey et al., Whitchurch Township (Erin, ON: Boston Mills, 1993), 79-81. Village industries included a boot and shoe factory, carriage works, cabinet maker, woollen mills, and a shoe repair shop. It was bypassed by the Toronto and Nipissing Railway in favour of Stouffville when it was constructed in 1871.
The Lemonville post office closed in 1937.
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