Bayham (
2011 Population: 6,989) is a municipality in the southeast corner of
Elgin County
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,
Ontario
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,
Canada
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. It is south of the town of
Tillsonburg
Tillsonburg is a town in Oxford County, Ontario, Canada with a population of 18,615 located about 50 kilometres southeast of London, on Highway 3 at the junction of Highway 19.
History
Prior to European settlement, the present site of Tills ...
and
Oxford County.
History
Bayham was named in 1810 for
Viscount Bayham Charles Pratt, a friend of land grant recipient
Colonel Talbot. The township was incorporated on January 1, 1850. The villages of
Port Burwell and Vienna were incorporated as separate municipalities and separated from the township in 1949 and 1853 respectively.
In 1998, Bayham was re-amalgamated with Port Burwell and Vienna and Eden to form an expanded Municipality of Bayham.
Communities
The municipality comprises the communities of Corinth, Eden, Froggetts Corners, North Hall,
Port Burwell, Richmond, Springer's Hill, Straffordville, Vienna and Wadger.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada, Bayham had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
See also
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List of townships in Ontario
References
External links
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Lower-tier municipalities in Ontario
Municipalities in Elgin County