Flesherton

Flesherton, Ontario
Former Village
Munshaw House, built in 1864 as a stage coach stop at the junction of Toronto-Sydenham Road and Durham Road.
Munshaw House, built in 1864 as a stage coach stop at the junction of Toronto-Sydenham Road and Durham Road.
Nickname: 
Gateway to the Beaver Valley
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Coordinates: 44°15′42.56″N 80°33′1.72″W / 44.2618222°N 80.5504778°W / 44.2618222; -80.5504778
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
Settled1850
Population
 (2016)
 • Total584
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern)
Postal code
N0C 1E0
Area code519 / 226 / 548
Highways Highway 10

Flesherton (population 584) is a community in the Municipality of Grey Highlands, in Grey County, Ontario, Canada, located at the junction of Highway 10 and Grey County Road 4 (formerly Highway 4). Although the area initially showed a high rate of growth in the 1850s and its founder believed that it would become an important centre of economic activity, growth stagnated when an all-important rail link bypassed it, and the community never grew larger than a small village. The self-proclaimed "Gateway to the Beaver Valley" recently lost its autonomy as a village when it was amalgamated with the surrounding Artemesia Township.