Kettleby is a village located in northeastern King Township, in Ontario, Canada.

Kettleby is located about 4 km E of the freeway (Highway 400), 53 km NW of Toronto, about 50 km S of Barrie, W of Newmarket and about 50 km E of Orangeville

Geography

Located at , Kettleby is surrounded by the gently rolling hills of King Township. The village spans 32.5 km² of land area.

Hills surround the western , southern and the central parts of Kettleby while taller hills ranging as high as about 350 m are to the north and reach close to the highway linking Orangeville and Newmarket (Highway 9). The farmlands lie to the southeast. Holland Marsh lies to the northwest where is one of the lowest points in the community.

Demographics

With 430 dwellings, Kettleby has a population of 1248.

Politics

Like other King Township municipalities, Kettleby does not have its own municipal government. Decisions for allocating tax revenues are made by King Township's council. Kettleby is represented by the councillor of Ward 6.

Provincially, Kettleby residents vote in the riding of Vaughan-King-Aurora. Federally, the community is in the riding of Oak Ridges--Markham.

The Kettleby Public School serves the municipality for children of elementary school age. King City Secondary School is the closest high school to the community.

Research

The University of Guelph conducts agricultural research at the Muck Crops Research Station in Kettleby. Facilities at the site include greenhouses with a system-controlled environment, a plant pathology laboratory, and long-term cold storage. Seven hectares of land are split into plots devoted to researching organic and mineral soils. Local growers also participate in commercial field trials on ocassion.

Nearest communities

• Schomberg west
• Bradford, north
• Holland Landing, northeast
• [[Newmarket, east
• Aurora, east
• King City, south

External Links

• Hamlet of Kettleby Website
• Pottageville Tennis Club
• Cardinal Golf Club
• University of Guelph - Department of Plant Agriculture - Muck Crops Research Station (Kettleby)

Churches

• Christ Church Kettleby (Anglican Church of Canada ~ Toronto Diocese)

Map and aerial photos

• Street map from Mapquest
• Aerial photograph from Microsoft Terraserver