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Alliston, OntarioAlliston, Ontario is an Ontario community just about 90 kilometers from Toronto, and around 30 to 35 km SW of Barrie. It is located in New Tecumseth in Simcoe County. The heart of the community is lined up on what is Highway 89. It was founded in 1847 by William Fletcher and is now (officially) part of the greater Town of New Tecumseth. It is located about 18 km W of Cookstown, about 40 km SW of Barrie, about 95 to 100 km NW of Toronto, about 10 km N of Tottenham, about 40 km NE of Orangeville, about 30 km E of Shelbourne. Earl Rowe Provincial Park is west of Alliston, it contains a trailer park. A large Honda car manfacturing plant is a major area industry, located in the southeast of Alliston, along Tottenham Road (Simcoe Road 10); under 1 km south of Highway 89. The plant had a minor fire in the late 1990s. The town originally made a name for itself as a potato-growing area, which is still a viable industry in the town and is celebrated by the annual Potato Festival. A famous citzien of Alliston is Sir Frederick Banting the inventor of insulin. A local school is also in honor of this famous citizan. The current mayor of Alliston is Mike McEachern. Nearest communities Nearby settlements Geography - Population: 9,679 (2001)
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- Area code: +1-705
- Elevation: about 200 m
- Name of inhabitants: Allistonian sing., -s pl.
The area are made up of farmlands to its east and the south along with the north and west. The forests lie to the northwest, the southwest, the south and to the east along with rolling hills. The urban stretch from west to east is nearly 3 km and from north to south ranges from 300 m, 600 m to 1 km. Another residential area which is 5 km east of Alliston is to the east. A river is situated to its east. The CP rail (Toronto - Parry Sound - Sudbury) runs to its west with a small freight yard for Honda vehicles. Housing developments continued in the mid-1990s in the southwest. A future urban developments in the northeast and north of Alliston will boom the population to nearly 17,000 to 20,000. Other Alliston has a few shcools, a few highschools, a post office, banks, a small movie theatre, a train station and parks.
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