Marlborough Township is a historical township in eastern Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

Canada

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Marlborough was located in the southern part of Carleton County

Carleton County, Ontario

Carleton County is the name of a historic county in Ontario, Canada. In 1969 it was superseded by the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton. In 2001 the Regional Municipality and the eleven local municipalities within it were replaced by the current City of Ottawa.-History:Carleton County was...

. It was bounded to the south by Oxford Township, to the southwest by Montague Township

Montague, Ontario

Montague is a township in eastern Ontario, Canada, in the County of Lanark on the Rideau River.-Communities:The township comprises the communities of Andrewsville, Atironto, Kilmarnock, Nolans Corners, Numogate, Poolers Corners, Rosedale and Welsh....

, to the northwest by Goulbourn Township

Goulbourn Township, Ontario

Goulbourn Township, Ontario was formed in 1818, roughly 20 km southwest of downtown Ottawa, with the first major settlement occurring in Richmond. Other communities in the township include Stittsville, Munster, and Ashton. Stittsville is the largest community in the township, owing in part to its...

 and to the northeast by North Gower Township

North Gower Township, Ontario

North Gower Township is a historical township in eastern Ontario, Canada.North Gower was located in the southern part of Carleton County, bordered to the northwest by Goulbourn Township, to the north by Nepean, to the east by Osgoode and to the south by South Gower Township...

. The Rideau River

Rideau River

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 runs along the border with Oxford Township.

It was established in 1791. In 1800, it became part of Carleton County and was incorporated as a township in 1850. The first family to settle in this area was that of Stephen Burritt

Stephen Burritt

Stephen M. Burritt was an early settler in eastern Ontario, Canada.-Biography:Originally from Connecticut, he fought on behalf of the British at the Battle of Bennington. After the war, he came to Upper Canada along the Saint Lawrence River...

, a United Empire Loyalist, in 1793. The township merged with North Gower Township in 1974 to become Rideau Township

Rideau Township, Ontario

Rideau is an historic township in eastern Ontario, Canada. It is located in the rural parts of the City of Ottawa, in the extreme south. Its eastern boundary is the Rideau River, its namesake....

. Rideau, in turn, became part of the amalgamated city of Ottawa

Ottawa

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 in 2001.

Marlborough Township took its name from John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

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According to the Canada 2001 Census

Canada 2001 Census

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, the Township had a population of 2,136.

Reeves

• 1850 John Pierce
• 1852 S. Burrett
• 1853 William Mackey
• 1857 William Kidd
• 1861 William Mackey
• 1867 J. Mills
• 1869 William Kidd
• 1871 Hugh Conn
• 1872 James Mills
• 1875 William Hill
• 1878 W.R. Pierce
• 1881 R. Mackey
• 1889 R. Beckett
• 1893 R. Mackey
• 1897 n/a
• 1907 George Bearman
• 1912 W. Ormrod
• 1918 W.H. Pratt
• 1923 A.H. Davidson
• 1933 James S. Meredith
• 1936 Ernest Cole
• 1938 J. Cliff Donnelly