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The History of Main Street

The story of Main Street and the city around it.

Stouffville () is the primary urban area within the town of Whitchurch-Stouffville in York Region, Ontario, Canada. It is situated within the Greater Toronto Area and the inner ring of the Golden Horseshoe. The urban area is centred at the intersection of Main Street (York Regional Road 14), Mill Street, and Market Street. Between 2006 and 2011, the population of the Community of Stouffville grew 100.5% from 12,411 to 24,886, or from 51% to 66% of the total population of the larger town of Whitchurch-Stouffville. The population of Stouffville from the 2021 census is 36,753.

Timeline

1804
The settlement was founded in 1804 by Abraham Stouffer and was originally named Stoufferville.
1832
The name of the community was shortened to Stouffville when its first post office opened in 1832.
1877
In 1877, Stouffville became an incorporated village.
1971
On January 1, 1971, the Village of Stouffville was amalgamated with Whitchurch Township and was designated a community within the larger town of Whitchurch-Stouffville; with amalgamation, the town boundary was extended four farm lots south of its previous limit near Main Street (the land was formerl
2000
In 2003, a large 16th-century Wendat (Huron-Wendat) village was discovered; approximately 2000 people once inhabited the site, dubbed Mantle Site, which included a palisade and more than 80 longhouses, yielding tens of thousands of artifacts.

Full History

The settlement was founded in 1804 by Abraham Stouffer and was originally named Stoufferville. Stouffer built a sawmill and grist mill on the banks of Duffin's Creek in the 1820s. The name of the community was shortened to Stouffville when its first post office opened in 1832. In 1877, Stouffville became an incorporated village. On January 1, 1971, the Village of Stouffville was amalgamated with Whitchurch Township and was designated a community within the larger town of Whitchurch-Stouffville; with amalgamation, the town boundary was extended four farm lots south of its previous limit near Main Street (the land was formerly a part of Markham Township). The population of urban Stouffville in 1971 was 5,036. In 2003, a large 16th-century Wendat (Huron-Wendat) village was discovered; approximately 2000 people once inhabited the site, dubbed Mantle Site, which included a palisade and more than 80 longhouses, yielding tens of thousands of artifacts.

Source: Wikipedia