Madoc, Ontario (township)

This article is about the Township of Madoc. For the community in the Township of Centre Hastings, see Madoc, Ontario (village).

Madoc
Township (lower-tier)
Township of Madoc
Municipal office
Municipal office
Madoc is located in Southern Ontario
Madoc
Madoc
Coordinates: 44°35′N 77°31′W / 44.583°N 77.517°W / 44.583; -77.517
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
CountyHastings
SettledEarly 19th century
Incorporated1850
Government
 • TypeTownship
 • ReeveLoyde Blackburn
 • Federal ridingHastings-Lennox and Addington
 • Prov. ridingHastings-Lennox and Addington
Area
[1]
 • Land277.97 km2 (107.32 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total2,233
 • Density8.3/km2 (21/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Postal Code
K0K 1Y0
Area code(s)613 and 343
Websitewww.madoc.ca Edit this at Wikidata

Madoc is a township in Hastings County in Eastern Ontario, Canada.

The township was named after Welsh prince Madoc ap Owain Gwynedd, credited by some with discovering North America in 1170. There exists an alternative explanation, for which no evidence exists, that the name comes from a small Welsh village, Llanmadoc, on the Gower Peninsula of Wales, not far from the city of Swansea. Its post office dates from 1836.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference cp2011e was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Madoc, Township". Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
  3. ^ Hamilton, William (1978). The Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names. Toronto: Macmillan. pp. 157. ISBN 0-7715-9754-1.