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The United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, commonly known as Leeds and Grenville, is a county in Ontario, Canada, in the Eastern Ontario subregion of Southern Ontario. It fronts on the Saint Lawrence River and the international boundary between Canada and the United States, opposite of the State of New York. The county seat is Brockville. The county was formed by the union of the historical counties of Leeds and Grenville in 1850.
Leeds & Grenville is directly across the St. Lawrence from New York State. Brockville, Ontario is directly across from Morristown, NY, and Prescott, Ontario is directly across from Ogdensburg, NY. As such, many people who were born or raised in one location can often be found later living across the border.
Leeds County was established in 1792, one of the original nineteen counties created by Governor John Graves Simcoe. It was named for the fifth Duke of Leeds, Francis Godolphin Osborne.
The area was first settled by United Empire Loyalists who arrived in 1784. Townships were set aside for specific soldiers, for instance Township 8 (Elizabethtown Township) was set aside for Jessup's Loyal Rangers.
In 1788 western Leeds County was opened for settlement, in the 1790's the rear townships were opened. Settlement was slow until after the war of 1812 when disbanded soldiers and British emigrants settled in the area. A majority of the British emigrants were from Scotland and arrived in 1816. Even more settlement occurred during the 1820's after the construction of the Rideau Canal.
1792-1798 - part of Eastern District
1798-1849 - part of Leeds District
1852-present - part of the municipality of Leeds and Grenville United Counties
Grenville County was established as a county in Eastern District in 1792. It was named for British Secretary-of-State for Foreign Affairs, William Wyndham Grenville.
As with Leeds County, Grenville County's first settlers were United Empire Loyalists (specifically Jessup's Loyal Rangers) who arrived in 1784 and settled along the St. Lawrence River.
Grenville County is primarily rural but is also the home of several successful industries including the Canada Starch Company, the first starch factory in Canada (established 1858).
1792-1798 - In Eastern District
1798-1850 - In Johnstown District
1850-present - Part of the municipality of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville.
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There are 10 municipalities in Leeds and Grenville (in order of population):
Municipality of North Grenville (part of Grenville sub-region)
Township of Rideau Lakes (part of Leeds sub-region)
Township of Elizabethtown-Kitley (part of Leeds sub-region)
Township of Leeds and the Thousand Islands (part of Leeds sub-region)
Township of Augusta (part of Grenville sub-region)
Township of Edwardsburgh/Cardinal (part of Grenville sub-region)
Village of Merrickville–Wolford (part of Grenville sub-region)
Township of Athens (part of Leeds sub-region)
Township of Front of Yonge (part of Leeds sub-region)
Village of Westport (part of Leeds sub-region)
The city of Brockville and towns of Gananoque and Prescott are part of the Leeds and Grenville census division but are independent of the county.
Historical townships
Leeds County
Bastard (now part of Rideau Lakes)
Elizabethtown (now part of Elizabethtown-Kitley)
Front of Escott (now part of Leeds and the Thousand Islands)
Front of Leeds and Lansdowne (now part of Leeds and the Thousand Islands)
Front of Yonge (still exists)
Kitley (now part of Elizabethtown-Kitley)
North Crosby (now part of Rideau Lakes)
Rear of Escott (now part of Athens)
Rear of Leeds and Lansdowne (now part of Leeds and the Thousand Islands)
Rear of Yonge (now part of Athens)
South Burgess (now part of Rideau Lakes)
South Crosby (now part of Rideau Lakes)
South Elmsley (now part of Rideau Lakes)
Grenville County
Augusta (still exists)
Edwardsburgh (still exists as part of Edwardsburgh/Cardinal)
Oxford (now part of North Grenville)
South Gower (now part of North Grenville)
Smiths Falls (south end of town, while most of Smiths Falls is located in Lanark County)
Wolford (still exists as part of Merrickville-Wolford)
https://digital.library.mcgill.ca/countyatlas/searchmapframes.php
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Counties_of_Leeds_and_Grenville
Cemeteries of Leeds and Grenville
Here is a working list of cemeteries for Leeds & Grenville Counties. There are many abandoned cemeteries as well, many of which are not listed.
Acheson Cemetery
Adams Cemetery
Allen Plot
Anglican Church Cemetery, Portland
Athens Village Cemetery
Baldwin Cemetery, Abandoned
Baptist Cemetery
Barber Cemetery
Barton Family Cemetery, Abandoned
Bellamy’s Pond Cemetery
Bells Crossing Cemetery
Bishop’s Mills Cemetery
Bissell Cemetery
Blanchard Burial Ground, Abandoned
Blanchard Cemetery
Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic Cemetery
Blue Church Cemetery
Bolton Cemetery, Rocksprings
Bolton Cemetery, New Dublin, Abandoned
Booth Cemetery
Bowling Brooke Cemetery
Brennan Cemetery, Abandoned
Brier Hill Cemetery
Brockville Old Protestant, Brockville, Ontario
Brown Cemetery, Elizabethtown Twp
Brown Family Cemetery, Wolford Twp
Browntown Cemetery, Addison
Buell Cemetery, Abandoned
Burk Cemetery
Caintown Cemetery
Campbell Cemetery
Cardinal Presbyterian
Carpenter Cemetery
Chaffey’s Lock Cemetery
Christ Church Anglican Cemetery
Clear Lake Cemetery
Collar Hill Cemetery
Connell/Stitt Cemetery
Crosby Cemetery
Cross Cemetery
Crowder Cemetery
Davidson-Smith Cemetery
Davis Cemetery I
Davis Cemetery II
Davis Cemetery III, Abandoned
Day Family, Lost
Dayton Cemetery
Denault Cemetery, Abandoned
Denny Cemetery
Designated Cemetery
Driver Cemetery
Dulcemaine Cemetery
Earl Cemetery
Easton’s Corners United Cemetery
Ebenezer Cemetery
Edmunds Cemetery
Emmanuel Anglican (Old), Portland
Emmanuel Anglican (New), Portland
Escott Cemetery
Farrington Cemetery
Foley Family Burial Ground
Forbes Cemetery, Abandoned
Forfar Methodist Cemetery
Foxton Glazier Cemetery
Fulford Pioneer Cemetery
Gallinger Cemetery
Gananoque Cemetery
Garretton Cemetery
Glen Buell Cemetery
Glen Elbe Cemetery
Gosford Cemetery
Greenbank Cemetery
Greenbush-Cemetery
Grenadier Island Cemetery
Halladay Burial Place, Elgin, Ontario
Hanton Cemetery, Abandoned
Harlem United Church Cemetery
Haskin’s Cemetery
Herald Angel Anglican Church Cemetery
Hill Cemetery, Jellyby
Hillside Cemetery
Holmes Cemetery, Abandoned
Holmes Private Cemetery
Holy Cross Roman Catholic Cemetery
Holy Japanese Martyrs Cemetery
Holy Trinity Anglican Cemetery
Holy Trinity Oak Leaf
Horton Cemetery
Howard Cemetery
Hunt Family Cemetery
Hutchings Cemetery
Jelly/Campbell Cemetery
Jelly Farm Cemetery
Johnson Cemetery, Abandoned
Johnstown Cemetery
June Children’s Cemetery, Abandoned
Kemptville Anglican
Kemptville Holy Cross
Kemptville Public
Kemptville Union
Kerr Cemetery
Kilborn Cemetery
Kincaid Corners Cemetery, Lost
Kingston Family Cemetery
Knapp Cemetery
Knapp Cemetery, Old
Knowlton Cemetery
Knox Presbyterian Cemetery
La Rue Family
Lake Eloida Cemetery
Lehigh’s Cemetery
Lewis Street Cemetery
Lillies Baptist Cemetery, Seeley's Bay
Livingston/Dayton Cemetery
Lombard/Lumbar Family Cemetery
Lombardy Methodist Union Cemetery
Loverin Burying Ground
Lyn Cemetery
Lyndhurst Anglican Cemetery
Lyndhurst Cemetery, Abandoned
Mainsville Cemetery, Mainsville, Ontario
Mallorytown United Church Cemetery
Manhard Cemetery
Maple View Lodge/House of Industry
Marble Rock Cemetery
Maynard Cemetery
McCrady Farm Cemetery, Abandoned
McGuigan Cemetery
McQuinn Cemetery
Merrickville Union Cemetery
Middletown Cemetery, Lost
Mitchell/Kilborn Cemetery, Lost
Montgomery Cemetery, Lost
Morton Cemetery
Myers Cemetery
New Dublin Cemetery, New Dublin, Ontario
Newboro United Church Cemetery
Newboyne Cemetery/Abandoned
North Augusta Presbyterian
North Channel Cemetery
Oakland Cemetery, Brockville
Oakland/St. Peter’s Cemetery
Old Lillies/Chick’s
Old McNickle Cemetery
Old Methodist Cemetery
Old Protestant
Old Presbyterian, Newboro
Old St. Francis
Old St. Peter’s
Olivet United Church Cemetery
Oxford Mills Union Cemetery, aka Oxford Mills United & Presbyterian
Oxford Parish Anglican Cemetery
Palmer Burial Ground
Pepper/Lucas Farm Cemetery
Philipsville Baptist Cemetery
Pine Hill
Pine Hill
Plum Hollow
Polk Family Cemetery
Portland United Cemetery
Prescott Cemetery
Quaker Cemetery, Athens, Abandoned
Read’s Cemetery
Reynold’s Cemetery
Ripley-Sly Cemetery
Riverside Cemetery
Robertson/Delta United
Rockport Protestant, New
Rockport Protestant, Old
Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Maitland, Ontario
Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Brockville, Ontario
Rowsome Place Cemetery
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Cemetery
Sand Bay Cemetery
Sandy Hill Cemetery, Prescott, Ontario
Sandy Hill, North Augusta, Ontario
Scovil Cemetery, Abandoned
Shanly Cemetery
Sheldon Cemetery
Sherwood Family Cemetery
Smith Cemetery, Elizabethtown Twp, Lost
Smith Family Cemetery, Wolford Twp, Lost
Soper Cemetery, Kitley, Ontario
Soperton Cemetery
South Gower Cemetery
Spencerville Cemetery
St. Andrew’s Anglican, Garretton
St. Andrew’s Presbyterian, Spencerville, Ontario
St. Andrew’s United, Toledo
St. Ann Roman Catholic, Merrickville
St. Anne’s Anglican, Easton’s Corners
St. Brendan’s Roman Catholic Cemetery
St. Columbanus Roman Catholic Cemetery
St. Denis Roman Catholic Cemetery
St. Edward’s Roman Catholic Cemetery
St. Francis Xavier Cemetery
St. James’ Anglican, Kemptville
St. James’ Anglican, Maitland
St. James’ Roman Catholic Cemetery, Trevelyan
St. John’s Anglican Cemetery, Sweets Corners
St. John’s Anglican Cemetery, New Dublin
St. John’s Roman Catholic Cemetery, Gananoque
St. John’s United Riverside, Cardinal
St. Laurence O’Toole Cemetery
St. Luke’s Anglican, Ballycanoe
St. Luke’s, Mallorytown
St. Mark’s Roman Catholic Cemetery
St. Mary’s Anglican
St. Matthew’s Presbyterian Cemetery, East Oxford, Ontario
St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Cemetery, Lansdowne
St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Cemetery, Fairfax
St. Paul’s Anglican Cemetery, Westport
St. Paul’s Anglican Cemetery, Cardinal
St. Paul’s Presbyterian Cemetery
St. Peter’s Anglican Church Cemetery, North Augusta
St. Peter’s/Newboyne Anglican
St. Philip Neri Roman Catholic
St. Theresa Cemetery
Stafford Cemetery, Oak Leaf
Stevens Cemetery
Stratton Cemetery, Abandoned
Temperance Lake Settlement
Tincap Cemetery
Cemetery On The Hill
Trinity Anglican Cemetery
Union Cemetery, Lansdowne
United Cemetery, Portland
Washburn Burial Ground
Weeks Cemetery
Weir's Cemetery, Rocksprings, Ontario
Westport Baptist Church Cemetery
Westport Presbyterian
Westport United
White Fish River
Willowbank Cemetery
Wiltse Pioneer Cemetery
Wiltsetown Cemetery, Lost
Wolford Rural Cemetery
Yonge Mills Cemetery
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