Bolton History

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History

The village was founded in 1794 by James Bolton, who created a mill on the Humber River in the valley of Bolton.
The suburban housing developments began in the southern area, near King Street, up to 15th Sideroad of Albion (now known as Bolton Heights Road). The urban area did not expand until the late 1970s and early 1980s, which also led to development of an industrial area in the southwest. The urban area up to Columbia Way began booming in the late 1980s. Housing developments continued towards the southern and the western parts oih the town about 1 km northwest of the heart of town in the 1990s and the 15th Sideroad in about 1995, especially to the north. The industrial area even began added buildings to the southwest up to Simpson. The urban areas merged with the southern part in 2000 and the northwest.

Housing developments are becoming more rare, as the town of Caledon tries to contain the growth of Bolton in Caledon's ward 5.