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Schomberg, OntarioSchomberg is a suburban community in the northwestern part of the Toronto Area that is located north of the Oak Ridges Moraine and south of the Holland River. It is in the northwestern part of King. It was first founded as Brownsville. The population is around 2,000 (1990s) along with Lloydtown. Lloydtown is nearly 500 m and is in the southwest with a population of about 500. It is located about 60 km NW of Toronto, 8 km W of Highway 400, 20 km W of King City, about about 54 km S of Barrie, about 40 km E of Orangeville, about 15 km N of Nobleton and SE of Alliston. Schomberg is accessed with the highway linking Orangeville and Newmarket (Highway 9), an old highway linking Bond Head and Nobleton (Highway 27) and the Lloydtown-Aurora Road, less than 2 km SE. The road southeast are rural roads. - Population: around 2,000 (1990)
- Location:
- Latitude: around 44 N
- Longitude: around 79.8 W
- Elevation: around 200 m
- Postal code:
- Name of inhabitants: Schomberger of Schombergian sing., -s pl.
- Area code: 905-?
Subdivisions Nearest places Schomberg and Lloydtown has a school, a high school, a small rink which is mainly used as a peewee hockey team, a post office, banks and parks. Geography The Holland River flows about 800 m north of the centre of Simcoe. The forests are along the valley of the creek of the Holland. Residential houses are within Schomberg and Lloydtown. The small industrial area which features a rink and the cheese factory lies to the east The Oak Ridges Moraine is to the south and are covered with pine forests with a few other types of trees and lakes to the east, the southeast and the south. Farmlands are around Schomberg and are mixed with forests to the south. Forests are almost sporadically situated in the valleys throughout Schomberg. The power lines lie to the east and southeast and both link up to central Ontario. History The history of Nobleton is a rural community. The urbanization was mainly in the southwestern part. The urban developments are small. In the 1950s and the 1960s, housing developments began near the centre, later, an industrial area popped up in the 1990s. The housing developments of Rosaline? area began in the 1990s External links
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