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9 unusual facts about Orangeville


Hurontario Street

Between Caledon and Orangeville, it is part of busy Highway 10, which leaves the Hurontario Street alignment in Orangeville to head for Owen Sound.

Maitland Stewart McCarthy

Born in Orangeville, Ontario, he was the son of Thomas Anthony Maitland McCarthy, a county court judge, and Jennie Frances Stewart.

Orangeville, Illinois

By 1854, Orangeville was in competition with the village of Oneco as a growing center of commerce.

Orangeville, Ontario

Its current Member of Provincial Parliament is Sylvia Jones, former assistant to Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leader, John Tory.

Orangeville, Pennsylvania

Several names were originally considered for the community, including Knobtown, Rickettsville, and The Trap, but Orangeville was chosen after Orange County, New York and Orange, New Jersey.

According to the 2003 data collected by Standard & Poor's, 18.4% of students are economically disadvantaged, 13.1% receive special education services and 71.1% of students pass the state-mandated testing.

Robert Derzon

A resident of Mill Valley, California, Derzon died of swine flu at age 78 on June 17, 2009, while visiting a friend in Orangeville, Ontario.

Sarah Bonikowsky

She was born in Orangeville, Ontario and graduated from the University of Victoria with a Bachelors of Art and majored in philosophy with a minor in Greek and Roman studies.

William C. Leggett

Leggett was born in 1939 in Orangeville, Ontario, He received his high school education at Orangeville District High School and a B.A. from Waterloo University College (now Wilfrid Laurier University) in 1962.


David Jewett Waller, Jr.

From 1874 to 1876 Waller served as a pastor in Philadelphia and from 1876 to 1877 he moved to Bloomsburg and served in this role in Orangeville, Rohrsburg, and Raven Creek, an area with approximately a twelve-mile radius.

Orange Seely

In October 1875 scarcity of feed for their livestock sent Orange Seely and a company of men from Sanpete County with a herd of United Order stock Eastward through Cottonwood Canyon to the Castle Dale/Orangeville area.

Wilberg

Wilberg Mine, coal mine in Emery County, Utah, approximately 12 miles northwest of Orangeville

William Kingston Flesher

Flesher's younger brother John lived in the Flesherton area for several years before moving to Orangeville, Ontario, where he served as the district's MPP in the Ontario legislative assembly for 4 years.


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