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Thornhill is a former village in Ontario, Canada, directly
north of Toronto, and is currently shared by two municipalities, the city
of Vaughan having the portion west of Yonge Street and the town of Markham
having the eastern portion. According to the 2001 Census, the population
of the City of Vaughan's half of the former village is 63,020. [1] The
population in the other half in the Town of Markham is unknown. It was founded in 1794, and Thornhill's first settlers
on Yonge Street in Thornhill were Asa Johnson (who settled on the Vaughan
side) and Nicholas Miller (who settled on the Markham side). Of particular
importance was the arrival of Benjamin Thorne in 1820, who was operating
a gristmill, a sawmill, and a tannery in the community. The settlement
came to be known as Thorne's Mills, and later, Thorne's Hill, from which
its current name is derived. (Thorne would later commit suicide in 1848,
after a serious wheat market crash.) Between 1830 and 1848, Thornhill experienced a period
of continued growth and prosperity. The business district of Thornhill
developed on Yonge Street between Centre Street and John Street. Stagecoaches
traveled between Holland Landing (Lake Simcoe) and York (Toronto) as Yonge
Street's road conditions improved with new stonework. During this prosperous
period, several churches, many of which are still standing today, were
constructed. Thornhill's location along Yonge Street, a major transportation
route, proved to be beneficial to the community's growth throughout much
of the twentieth century. The implementation of an electric street railway
along Yonge Street in 1898 meant that, for the first time, it was possible
for people to live in Thornhill and work in Toronto. By the 1920s, the
prevalence of the automobile further facilitated travel along Yonge Street. In 1931, Thornhill became a "Police Village";
before that time, Thornhill had no independent status and was split between
the townships of Vaughan and Markham along Yonge Street, since the creation
of municipal government in 1850. Before 1931, each township administered
its own half of the village. The creation of the Police Village gave Thornhill
its own political boundaries. In 1971 however, York Region was created and the establishment
of a regional government administration effectively eliminated the Police
Village of Thornhill. Its administration was reverted back to the newly-formed
towns of Markham and Vaughan. However, many residents still remain loyal to their community
and still refer to the area as Thornhill, and not as Vaughan or Markham.
While the old village of Thornhill is centred around Yonge Street between
Centre and John Streets, it is typically said to be bounded by Dufferin
Street to the west, Highway 7 to the north, Steeles Avenue to the south,
and Highway 404 to the east.
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