There are three Clarkson Villages:

Clarkson Village, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

A small community located in the city of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. A suburb of Toronto. The community is located in the south west corner of Mississauga, along the banks of Lake Ontario. The community is boardered by Lake Ontario to the south, Oakville to the west, Erindale to the north, and Lorne Park to the East.

History

In 1808, young fifteen year old Warren Clarkson and his brother Joshua left their home in Albany, New York to seek their fortune in Canada. They had been invited to come work for a friend of the family who had bought land near Lake Ontario. Warren liked the area very much and decided to stay. He worked hard so that someday he would be able to own property. When he was twenty-six he had saved enough money to buy land and build a home. Warren married and began to raise a family. As the years went by Warren bought more land. He built the community's first store along the stagecoach trail. Fifteen years later the town council named this trail Clarkson Road.

A post Office was opened in the family store and William Clarkson, Warren's son became the postmaster. For the next forty five years a member of the Clarkson family would run the post office. Clarkson community never grew vary large. It had a few houses and shops along Clarkson Road, a railway station a school and a church. Less than one hundred people lived in this quiet community.

Today

Although the community and the surrounding area consists mostly of a mix of upper and middle class homes, some of the last major industrial sites in Mississauga outline the community, including: A Petro_Canada Oil Refinery, which produces lubricants A St. Lawrence Cement Terminal, which distrubtes Cement via truck throughout Toronto. CFRB 1010 and 1050 CHUM AM Radio Transmitter. Orion Bus Industries. A major manufacturer of buses for public transportation. Electrovaya A manufacturer of portable computers and batteries. And an assortment of small farms.

Transportation

Although King's Highway 2, also kown as Lakeshore Road, passes right through downtown Clarkson Village, the area is one of Mississauga's transporation hubs, with a commuter rail and bus station, as well as two major highways crossing nearby.

The Clarkson GO Transit train station and Mississauga Transit bus terminal is located minutes from downtown. As well as the Queen Elizabeth Expressway and Highway 403.

Clarkson Village, Monroe County, New York, U.S.A.

History

This town was named for General Matthew Clarkson, an extensive landowner in this locality, who gave one hundred acres to the town. It was formed from Murray, Orleans County, on April 2, 1819. Union was taken off in 1852 and comprises the present town of Hamlin. It has been claimed that Moddy Freeman was the first settler in Clarkson. James Sayres purchased at Clarkson Corners in 1804 and was the first settler on the Ridge road. Eli Blodgett also settled here in 1804, and there were many others prior to 1809. In 1819 and a year or two thereafter settlement and development progressed rapidly. It was the home of Henry R. Seldon, judge of the Court of Appeals, and later lieutenant governor of the state of New York. The first male child born was a son to Mrs. Clarkson; the first female birth was that of Betsey Palmer, in 1812. Charlotte Cummings taught the first school, in 1812. Henry McCall kept the first store, about 1810. Isaac Williams built the first frame house, and was the first blacksmith. Dr. Noah Owen was the physician and Dr. Rowe the second. John Bowman was the first lawyer. The first and about the only newspaper published in Clarkson was the Jeffersonian, in 1835, which continued for only a year. The first sawmill was erected previous to 1811, by James Sayres, and stood a half-mile east of the corners; about the same time Mr. Tolles built a gristmill. Several distilleries were among the early industries along the Ridge road. A post -office was established in 1816, Dr. Baldwin being the first postmaster. The Ridge road was an important thoroughfare during the war times of 1812-15, and Clarkson was the general rendezvous for troops and the temporary depository for supplies and munitions of war. Clarkson village, then known as Murray Corners, was a hamlet of considerable note, the Ridge road being the main route between Canandaigua and Lewiston. The Corners was a stopping-place where horses were changed and travelers allowed a brief respite, but since the completion of the Erie canal, and the still later construction of the New York Central railroad, the town of Sweden; has gained an ascendency and profited, while Clarkson; has correspondingly lost in commercial importance.

Clarkson Village, Orleans County, New York, U.S.A.

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