Photo: Fishonleash · CC BY 4.0Around King, 8 historic places within 25 km
Aurora, 11 km from King, has the nearest place of the highest rank. Henry Scholfield heads a list of 9 people born in King before 1914.
8 places on Canada’s registers lie 25 km or less from King
The mix: 4 heritage railway stations, 2 provincial or municipal listings and 2 National Historic Sites. Of the 2 of the highest rank, the nearest is Hillary House, 11 km away. Sharon Temple, 20 km off, is the oldest: 1825.
The 8 nearest, within 25 km
| Aurora Radial Railway Bridge AbutmentDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1899 · 10 km away, in Aurora |
| Hillary HouseNational Historic Site · 1861–1863 · 11 km away, in Aurora |
| Former Canadian National Railway Station, Maple, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1903–1904 · 11 km away, in Hope |
| Canadian National Railway Station, Aurora, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1900–1901 · 11 km away, in Aurora |
| Old Newmarket Town Hall and CourthouseDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1883 · 15 km away, in Newmarket |
| Former Canadian National Railway Station, Newmarket, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1900–1901 · 16 km away, in Newmarket |
| Sharon TempleNational Historic Site · 1825–1832 · 20 km away, in East Gwillimbury |
| Canadian National Railway Station, Unionville, OntarioHeritage Railway Station · 1871–1872 · 23 km away, in Unionville |
From 1825 on: the dated places within 25 km of King
The nearest historic places to King, out to 25 km, by the first construction date on each record.
Dated places within 25 km: 8. Before Confederation: 2. Oldest of all: Sharon Temple, East Gwillimbury, 1825.
King is still building: 13% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
29% of King’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, more than the typical town’s 15%. Homes from before 1961 are 16% of King’s housing, about the typical 18%. Half of the homes standing in King today were built before 2001.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
From 1866 to 1912: lives that began in King
6 Wikipedias cover George Stewart Henry, the most of anyone here. 9 people on the record were born here before 1914. Of them all, William Addison Beynon lived longest: 91 years, until 1968. The decades after Confederation gave 8 of the 9.
Everyone born in King → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
King and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| King | 29,077 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Hope | 6,997 | 1 | 0 | 1903 |
| Teston | 7,437 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Peace Village | 14,598 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Purpleville | 19,918 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Aurora | 67,385 | 3 | 1 | 1861 |
| Upper Thornhill Estates | 10,435 | 0 | 0 | — |
King in brief
Of its people of the past, the best known are George Stewart Henry (1871), Clara Isabella Harris (1887) and John Alexander Macdonald Armstrong (1877). The census dates only 16% of its homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Everything else is close to the norm: as with most towns its size, no historic place is listed.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- People and events. National historic persons carry no place in the open file. They appear on a town’s page when born there (same name, same birth and death years) or when a historic place inside it carries their name and its record names them with their dates; national historic events don’t appear.
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- The federal register. The federal list is complete and open: Parks Canada’s directory for the designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places for what each one is and why it matters.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Only Wikidata gives open access to listings on provincial and municipal registers outside Québec; without an article such a place is counted but not paged.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- The tiers. National Historic Sites and the most protected buildings form the top tier; recognized federal buildings, stations and lighthouses the second; provincial and municipal listings the third.
Questions about King’s history
How many historic places does King have on the registers?
Inside King, none so far; Aurora Radial Railway Bridge Abutment, 10 km away in Aurora, is the closest.
How old are the homes in King?
Before 1961: 16% 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).