Addison Corners Canada

Addison Corners, Canada refers to a **historic rural crossroads and hamlet in the former Township of Elizabethtown in eastern Ontario, within the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville; in early Canadian directories it appeared as Addison Corners or Addison and was listed as a village about 12 miles from Brockville and 33 miles from Perth in Canada West (the historic name for what became Ontario) with a small population and several local trades in the mid-19th century. The settlement grew up at the intersection of pioneer roads in a Loyalist-settled rural district after the American Revolution, and the name “Addison” persisted locally in references to the school, church, and general area near County Road 29 northwest of Brockville in today’s Elizabethtown-Kitley township (created in 2001) rather than as a separate incorporated municipality. Genealogists researching families from this locale should consult 19th-century census, land grant, directory, church, and school records associated with Elizabethtown-Kitley and Leeds and Grenville County archives, noting that “Addison Corners” was primarily a place name for the crossroads community rather than a formally incorporated town.