Pinkerton, Ontario
Pinkerton (also Pinkerton's Corners) is an unincorporated rural community in Bradford West Gwillimbury Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.[1][2][3] HistoryMatthew Pinkerton, a surveyor and early settler, built a log school house in 1840.[4] A Wesleyan Methodist Church was erected in 1844, and a hotel was built in Pinkerton in 1854. A Primitive Methodist Church was built in 1864, and St. Lukes Anglican Church was established in 1871.[5] Pinkerton School (S.S. 11) was built in 1873, and was one of the first brick schools in the area. A new brick school with a bell tower and two entrances was built in 1908, and was used until at least the late 1950s.[4] The Toronto–Barrie Highway, now called Ontario Highway 400, was built through the east boundary of Pinkerton in the late 1940s.[5][6] References
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