Georgetown
Ghost town · Canada
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- 1837
- Population
- 40,150
- Coordinates
- 43.647, -79.910
Why it was abandoned
❔ Cause unknown
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History
Georgetown is a large unincorporated community in the town of Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada, in the Regional Municipality of Halton. The town includes several small villages or settlements such as Norval, Limehouse, Stewarttown and Glen Williams near Georgetown and another large population centre, Acton. In 2021, the population of Georgetown was 44,058. It sits on the banks of the Credit River, approximately 40 km west of Toronto, and is part of the Greater Toronto Area. Georgetown was named after entrepreneur George Kennedy who settled in the area in 1821 and built several mills and other businesses.