Holmesville, Ontario

43°38′48″N 81°36′05″W / 43.646700°N 81.60144°W / 43.646700; -81.60144 Holmesville is a community in the Canadian province of Ontario, in the township of Central Huron, fourteen kilometres southeast of Goderich. Founded in 1832 by two Irish Canadian immigrants named Samuel and John Holmes, the community was first called Holmes Hill and Holmes Villa before receiving its current name of Holmesville in 1855.^[1] It has a population of approximately 910 people. (2017)

References

^ Rayburn, Alan (1997), Place Names of Ontario (University of Toronto Press), Toronto-Buffalo-London, ISBN 0-8020-7207-0), pp.160

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v t Huron County, Ontario
Town	Goderich
Townships	Ashfield–Colborne–Wawanosh Bluewater Central Huron Howick Huron East Morris-Turnberry North Huron South Huron
Unincorporated communities	Bayfield Benmiller Brussels Clinton Cranbrook Dashwood Donnybrook Egmondville Ethel Exeter Hensall Holmesville Jamestown Kingsbridge Lochalsh Mafeking McGaw Molesworth Mount Carmel Saltford Seaforth Sodom Spidertown St. Augustine St. Joseph Sunshine Vanastra Walton Whitechurch Wingham Winthrop Wroxeter Zurich
Ghost town	Spidertown
See also Communities in Huron County Census divisions of Ontario