Beeton

Beeton
Country Canada
Province Ontario
CountySimcoe
TownNew Tecumseth
Government
 • CouncillorNicole Cox
Area
 • Total7.47 km2 (2.88 sq mi)
Population
 • Total3,891
 • Density520.88/km2 (1,349.1/sq mi)
DemonymBeetonian
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)

Beeton is a small community located in southern Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada between Tottenham and Alliston; all three were amalgamated in 1991 into the single Town of New Tecumseth. Beeton was named for a local apiary. Formerly known as Clarksville for Robert Clark, an early settler; the name changed to Beeton in 1878[3] with possible reference to David Allanson Jones, postmaster and Bee King of Canada.[4]

  1. ^ Statistics Canada: 2012
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Canadian Census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Hamilton, William (1978). The Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names. Toronto: Macmillan. p. 136. ISBN 0-7715-9754-1.
  4. ^ http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/jones_david_allanson_13E.html