Photo: JeffJ · Public domainHistory around Kearney: 8 designated places within 100 km
For the highest designations, the closest town to Kearney is Gravenhurst, 77 km off. Wikidata dates the municipality to 1880, which may be its founding, its incorporation or a later merger.
Kearney, long ago
A single old picture: one old photograph of the town. Tap the picture to enlarge it.
c. 1917Public domain or CC0, made before 1950, from Wikimedia Commons; old views of places can be drawings, prints or maps of their time. Each credit opens the image’s page.
The highest designation, 3 times, within 100 km of Kearney
All told, 8 places are within 100 km. North Bay, Huntsville and Bracebridge hold most of them, among 7 towns. The oldest, Bethune Memorial House, dates from 1880, 76 km away.
The 8 nearest, within 100 km
| Canadian National Railway Station, Huntsville, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1924–1925 · 30 km away, in Huntsville |
| Woodchester VillaOntario Heritage Trust easement · 1882 · 62 km away, in Bracebridge |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Parry Sound, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1907–1908 · 72 km away, in Parry Sound |
| Bethune Memorial HouseNational Historic Site · 1880–1881 · 76 km away, in Gravenhurst |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, North Bay, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1903–1904 · 83 km away, in North Bay |
| Canadian National Railway Station, North Bay, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1916–1917 · 83 km away, in North Bay |
| Beausoleil IslandNational Historic Site · 96 km away, in Georgian Bay |
| Wilberforce Red Cross OutpostNational Historic Site · 1914–1917 · 97 km away, in Highlands East |
The places within 100 km of Kearney lean to the decades after Confederation
The nearest historic places to Kearney, out to 100 km, by the first construction date on each record.
Within 100 km, building dates exist for 7 places. The earliest is Bethune Memorial House in Gravenhurst, begun in 1880.
A growing town: 8.7% of Kearney’s homes went up from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Count back from today and half of Kearney’s homes are older than 2001. Kearney’s largest group of homes, 30%, went up from 1981 to 2000. Before 1961: 19% of Kearney’s homes, near the usual 18%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Kearney and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kearney | 1,055 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Perry | 2,866 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Armour | 1,698 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Burk's Falls | 1,031 | 0 | 0 | — |
Kearney in brief
The 2021 Census dates 19% of Kearney’s homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Provincial and municipal lists. Outside Québec, provinces’ and municipalities’ heritage registers aren’t open data; their places are known only through Wikidata items with a register number, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
- The federal register. Every federal designation is in Parks Canada’s directory, and the Canadian Register of Historic Places gives most of them a bilingual statement of significance.
- People and events. Parks Canada’s open file gives its national historic persons no place. A town’s page names one only when the person was born there (matched by name and both life years) or one of its own historic places carries the name and its record speaks of them; national historic events stay off.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- Protection. A National Historic Site designation recognises significance; it doesn’t by itself protect a building the federal government doesn’t own. Legal protection comes from provincial and municipal designations, whose own registers aren’t open data outside Québec.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
Questions about Kearney’s history
How many historic places does Kearney have on the registers?
Kearney has none of its own yet. Canadian National Railway Station, Huntsville, Ontario, in Huntsville, is the nearest, 30 km away.
When did Kearney become a municipality?
The date Wikidata holds for Kearney is 1880, whether founding, incorporation or merger.
How old are the homes in Kearney?
Before 1961: 19% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (Parks Canada).
Sources: Parks Canada, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations · Canadian Register of Historic Places (federal extract) · Wikidata (CC0) for map points, other names and articles · Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (homes by period of construction). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).