Umfraville is a ghost town in Ontario, Canada. It was located in the former Dunagonnon Township of what is now BancroftCampey, Lucille. H. (2018). Ontario and Quebec’s Irish Pioneers: Farmers, Labourers, and Lumberjacks. Canada: Dundurn Press. Page 139 on Egan Creek and was settled by the Dermont and Patrick ("Darby") Kavanagh.
History Umfraville was first known as Kavanagh Settlement,Michelle Tremblay, The Pioneer Cemetery of Umfraville, Country Roads (Spring 2012), page 12 before being changed to Umphraville, and then to Umfraville in 1874.
Patrick ("Darby") Kavanagh built the Umphraville Post Office on the Old Hastings Road, later expanding his business interest to include a cattle-dealing, a store and a hotel.
Umfraville's school was built in 1870.Ontario History. (1991). Canada: Ontario Historical Society. Page 31 In 1875, Umfraville had 250 residents, a school, four churches, the post office and a both a flour mill and a saw mill constructed by William Jorman.
The settlement's cemetery was started in 1907.
As of 2012, all that remains of the ghost is cemetery known as the Pioneer Cemetery of Umfraville.
References
External links Umfraville (ghost town), Ominous