Schomberg, Ontario

Schomberg is a suburban community in the northwestern part of the Toronto Area that is located north of the Oak Ridges Moraine and south of the Holland River. It is in the northwestern part of King. It was first founded as Brownsville. The population is around 2,000 (1990s) along with Lloydtown. Lloydtown is nearly 500m removed and is in the southwest with a population of about 500. It is located about 60 km NW of Toronto, 8 km W of Highway 400, 20 km W of King City, about about 54 km S of Barrie, about 40 km E of Orangeville, about 15 km N of Nobleton and SE of Alliston. Schomberg is accessed with the highway linking Orangeville and Newmarket (Highway 9), an old highway linking Bond Head and Nobleton (Highway 27) and the Lloydtown-Aurora Road, less than 2 km SE. The road southeast are rural roads.

• Population: around 2,000 (1990)
• Postal code: L0G 1T0
• Name of inhabitants: Schomberger of Schombergian sing., -s pl.
• Area code: 905

Geography

Located at 43°58′N 79°38′W, Schomberg covers 71.3 km² of land area, and has an elevation of 200m.

The Holland River flows about 800 m north of the centre of Simcoe. The forests are along the valley of the creek of the Holland. Residential houses are within Schomberg and Lloydtown. The small industrial area which features a rink and the cheese factory lies to the east

The Oak Ridges Moraine is to the south and are covered with pine forests with a few other types of trees and lakes to the east, the southeast and the south. Farmlands are around Schomberg and are mixed with forests to the south. Forests are almost sporadically situated in the valleys throughout Schomberg. The power lines lie to the east and southeast and both link up to central Ontario.

History

The history of Schomberg is a rural community. The urbanization was mainly in the southwestern part. The urban developments are small. In the 1950s and the 1960s, housing developments began near the centre, later, an industrial area popped up in the 1990s. The housing developments of Rosalena Drive area began in the 1990s

Demographics

Schomberg is home to 5591 residents in 1898 dwellings. (Note: Statistics Canada cites 1216 residents in 451 dwellings; both data are from the 2001 Canada Census.)

Culture

An annual tradition is the Schomberg Fair, which was first held in 1851. It is an agricultural fair featuring a variety of events and activities. It is held every year on the last weekend in May.

Subdivisions

• Lloydtown, SW
• Pottageville, east

Nearest places

• Palgrave, southwest
• Beeton, northwest
• Bond Head, north
• Bradford, northeast
• Kettleby, east
• King City, southeast
• Nobleton, southeast
• Newmarket, east

External links

• Statistics Canada 2001 Census, Ontario
• Schomberg Minor Hockey

Map and aerial photos

• Street map from Mapquest
• Aerial photograph from Microsoft Terraserver