Editing Lennox and Addington County (section)

==Historical evolution==
The two original counties of [[Lennox County, Ontario|Lennox]] and [[Addington County, Ontario|Addington]], respectively named after [[Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond]] and [[Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth]], were organized for electoral purposes in 1792,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=b7RKAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA25 Proclamation of July 16, 1792]</ref> and were situated within the [[Midland District, Upper Canada|Mecklenburg District]]. Mecklenburg was renamed as the "Midland District" in 1792.<ref>{{Cite canlaw|short title  =An act for building a gaol and court house in every district within this province, and for altering the names of the said districts|abbr =S.U.C.|year =1792|chapter =8|section =3|link=https://books.google.ca/books?id=b7RKAQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA24&pg=PA33#v=onepage&q&f=false}}</ref>

In 1798, the [[Parliament of Upper Canada]] passed legislation to provide, that, at the beginning of 1800:

{{blockquote|
... the townships of Ernest Town, Fredericksburg, Adolphustown, Richmond, Camden (distinguished by being called Camden East), Amherst Island and Sheffield, do constitute and form the incorporated counties of Lenox and Addington.<ref>{{Cite canlaw|short title  =An act for the better division of this province|abbr =S.U.C.|year =1798|chapter =5|section=15|link=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/aeu.ark:/13960/t42r4wr64?urlappend=%3Bseq=156}}</ref>
}}

In 1821, the newly surveyed township of [[Kaladar]] was added to the counties.<ref>{{Cite canlaw|short title  =An Act to repeal part of an Act passed in thirty-eighth year of His late Majesty's Reign, intituled, "An act for the better division of this province," and to make further provision for the division of the same into Counties and Districts |abbr =S.U.C.|year =1821|chapter =3|section=5|link=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo.31924016981767?urlappend=%3Bseq=312}}</ref>

In 1845, the counties regained their separate identities, but still remained united for electoral purposes.<ref>{{Cite canlaw|short title  =An Act for better defining the limits of the Counties and Districts in Upper Canada, for erecting certain new Townships, for detaching Townships from some Counties and attaching them to others, and for other purposes relative to the division of Upper Canada into Townships, Counties and Districts|abbr =S.Prov.C.|year =1845|chapter =7|schedule = B|link=https://archive.org/stream/provincialstatu03canagoog#page/n113/mode/1up}}</ref> The newly surveyed township of Anglesea was added to Addington at that time.

Fredericksburgh Township had been settled in 1784, and officially separated into North Fredericksburgh and South Fredericksburgh in 1857.<ref>[https://naturallyla.ca/living-in-lennox-addington/township/north-and-south-fredericksburgh/ North and South Fredericksburgh – Embrace the history of this charming area]. Naturally L & A. Accessed 21 May 2023.</ref>

At the beginning of 1850, Midland District was abolished, and the [[United Counties of Frontenac, Lennox and Addington]] replaced it for municipal and judicial purposes.<ref>{{Cite canlaw|short title  =An Act for abolishing the Territorial Division of Upper-Canada into Districts, and for providing temporary Unions of Counties for Judicial and other purposes, and for the future dissolutions of such Unions, as the increase of wealth and population may require|abbr =S.Prov.C.|year =1849|chapter =78|schedule =A, B|link =https://books.google.ca/books?id=ulQ1AQAAMAAJ&lpg=RA1-PA55&pg=PA439#v=onepage&q&f=false}}</ref> In 1860, Lennox and Addington were formally amalgamated as the "County of Lennox and Addington", and declared to be the junior county in the United Counties.<ref>{{Cite canlaw|short title  =An Act to amend "An Act respecting the Territorial Division of Upper Canada"|abbr =S.Prov.C.|year =1860|chapter =39|section=1|link= https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015068617201?urlappend=%3Bseq=99}}</ref> The townships of Effingham, Abinger, Ashby and Denbigh were added to the County at the same time.<ref>1860 Act, s. 3</ref>

Upon the dissolution of the United Counties at the beginning of 1865, the County became separate for all purposes.<ref>{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= October 1, 1864|title= Proclamation|url= http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/canada-gazette/001060-119.01-e.php?gen=2&image_id_nbr=53509&document_id_nbr=3019&f=p|journal= [[Canada Gazette]]|volume= 40|issue= 23|pages= 2846–2847}}</ref>

In the late 1990s, the County's municipalities were reorganized to form the town of [[Greater Napanee]] and the townships of [[Addington Highlands]], [[Loyalist, Ontario|Loyalist]], and  [[Stone Mills]].<ref>{{cite map|url= http://www.mah.gov.on.ca/AssetFactory.aspx?did=6576|title= Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #5|year= 2006|series= Restructuring Maps of Ontario|publisher= [[Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (Ontario)|Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing]]|access-date= 2018-07-20|archive-date= 2020-05-11|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200511165309/http://www.mah.gov.on.ca/AssetFactory.aspx?did=6576|url-status= dead}}</ref>