ESSEX, ONTARIO

:''This article is about the town of Essex. For the county of Essex see Essex County, Ontario''
'Essex' is a town in Essex County in southwestern Ontario, Canada, whose municipal borders extend to Lake Erie. Essex is also the name of the largest community within the municipality. The present mayor is Ron McDermott. It is also the county seat for Essex County.
According to the Canada 2006 Census:

★ Population: 20,032

★ % Change (1996-2001): -0.3

★ Dwellings: 8,377

★ Area (km².): 277.95

★ Density (persons per km².): 72.1

Contents

Other facts

Communities

An explosive history

What's in a name?

Other facts

Known as "The Hub of the County".
Home to Essex District High School which celebrated its 120th year in 2005.
Local Hockey Team in the Area is the Defending Jr C Champion Essex 73's
More information on the town of Essex and Essex County can be found at:
http://www.countyofessex.on.ca/

Communities

★ Ambassador Beach

★ Barretville

★ Belcreft Beach

★ Colchester

★ Edgars

★ '''Essex'''

★ Gesto

★ Harrow

★ Klie's Beach

★ Leslies Corner

★ Levergood Beach

★ Lypps Beach

★ Marshfield

★ McGregor

★ New Canaan

★ Oxley

★ Paquette Corners

★ Seymour Beach

★ Vereker

An explosive history

Essex county has had two large urban explosions in its history, one at the Essex Train Station in 1907 and one on Valentine's Day, 1980 at the hardware store in downtown.

What's in a name?

On December 19, 2006, CBET-TV's 6 p.m. news displayed a news article that stated that many residents in the town were displeased with the name "Essex", as it is not only confusing with the county's name, but is also too town-centric (for the community of Essex) in the north, and does not equally represent the former townships of Colchester North, Colchester South, and the former town of Harrow. Mayor Ron McDermott even said he would consider renaming the town to something unique, since "most of the towns and locations in Essex County have very little local significance, since they were named after locations in England. I'd love to possibly name our town after a veteran of a war, much like we do for local streets."