Cashel, Ontario

Cashel
Unincorporated community
Coordinates: 43°54′56″N 79°19′21″W / 43.91556°N 79.32250°W / 43.91556; -79.32250
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Regional municipality	York
City	Unionville
Elevation	222 m (728 ft)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s)	905 and 289
NTS Map	030M14
GNBC Code	FAPGL

Not to be confused with Tudor and Cashel, Ontario.

Cashel, Ontario is a small hamlet situated in Unionville, Ontario located at the intersection of Elgin Mills Road and York Regional Road 67. Originally it was called Crosby Corners after John Crosby (born 1797), the village's first store owner, who came originally from New York State. The name was changed to Cashel in 1851 with the opening of its first post office. It was likely named after Cashel in Ireland. In 1851 the community had a sawmill, cobbler shop, blacksmith shop, wagon shop, inn and tavern, Masonic Lodge, and Presbyterian church. ^[1]

There are few dwellings located at the site, most of them near York Regional Road 3, the western boundary of this community. Other parts of the community is mainly farmlands. Cashel's northern boundary is the town of Whitchurch–Stouffville. The community is home to the Markham Fairgrounds.^[2]

Nearby Communities

Stouffville, north
Quartztown, south
Historical Village of Markham, south-east
Angus Glen, south-west
Victoria Square, west
Uxbridge, east

References

↑ For a fuller account of Cachel's history, cf. Isabel Champion, ed., Markham: 1793-1900 (Markham, ON: Markham Historical Society, 1979), pp. 233-235. See also the detailed 1878 map, "Township of Markham," 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).
↑ Cf. I. Champion, ed., Markham: 1793-1900 (Markham, ON: Markham Historical Society, 1979), pp. 266-270.

Communities of Markham

Angus Glen Armadale Berczy Village Box Grove Brown's Corners Buttonville Cachet Cashel Cathedraltown Cedar Grove Cornell German Mills Greensborough Langstaff Locust Hill Markham Markham Village Sherwood - Amber Glen, Old Markham Village Milliken Milnesville Mongolia Mount Joy Quantztown Raymerville - Markville East Thornhill Underwood Unionville Victoria Square Vinegar Hill Wismer Commons

Communities in other York Region municipalities King Markham Richmond Hill Vaughan Whitchurch–Stouffville

Coordinates: 43°54′56″N 79°19′21″W / 43.91556°N 79.32250°W / 43.91556; -79.32250

Stouffville, Ontario

Angus Glen, Ontario

Dickson Hill, Ontario
Rouge Park

Cashel, Ontario

Mount Joy
Markham Village, Ontario

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