Grantham Township

Grantham Township highlighted in green on an 1818 map.

Grantham Township is a former incorporated and now geographic township on the Niagara Peninsula in Upper Canada, later Ontario.[1]

In 1961, part of it was amalgamated into the city of St. Catharines.[2] In 1970, the remaining portion was amalgamated into the new Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake.

Grantham Township was originally called Township No. 3, while surveying was first taking place from 1787 until 1789. Every lot in this new township was 100 acres in size, for a total of 230 lots. The Butler's Rangers and United Empire Loyalist were some of the first residents; with both groups receiving the land for free.[3]

  1. ^ Cf. detailed 1876 map of Grantham Township, Illustrated Historical Atlas of the counties of Lincoln and Welland, Ont. (Toronto : H.R. Page & Co., 1876).
  2. ^ "History of the City". Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  3. ^ Jackson and Wilson (1992). St. Catharines - Canada's Canal City, p. 16. The St. Catharines Standard Limited, St. Catharines. ISBN 0919549241.