Kent County, Ontario
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Kent County, Ontario was a former county in southwestern Ontario, Canada, located along the shores of Lake Erie and the Thames River, that included rural communities and the city of Chatham before being amalgamated into the municipality of Chatham-Kent.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kent County, Ontario (historical) | 1 |
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
census division
ⓘ
former county ⓘ |
| amalgamatedInto | Chatham-Kent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderedBy | Lake Erie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsRuralArea | farming communities along Lake Erie ⓘ |
| containsUrbanCentre | Chatham, Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsWatercourse | Thames River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| governmentType | county government (historical) ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | Kent, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryEconomicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
manufacturing (in Chatham) ⓘ |
| hasShorelineOn | Lake Erie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | dissolved county ⓘ |
| includedCity | Chatham, Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedMunicipality | City of Chatham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedRuralCommunities | various rural townships and villages ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Ontario
ⓘ
Southwestern Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedOn | north shore of Lake Erie ⓘ |
| partOf |
Essex, Kent and Lambton region (Southwestern Ontario)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Province of Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ historical counties of Ontario ⓘ |
| regionType | agricultural region ⓘ |
| successorAdministrativeUnit | Municipality of Chatham-Kent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traversedBy | Thames River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
census and statistical purposes
ⓘ
municipal government ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Dresden, Ontario
this entity surface form:
Kent County, Ontario (historical)