History Cumnock, Ontario
the fergus stage coach, carried both mail , passengers, stopped in front of general store , post office in cumnock (circa 1890)
james samson, scottish immigrant, purchased 7,367 acres (2,981 ha) of land in area in 1852. samson built general store , tavern along owen sound road (now highway 6), , named settlement after hometown of cumnock, scotland. post office established in samson s store in 1855, samson postmaster.
in 1855, richard gluyas laid out gluyasville short distance north of cumnock. gluyasville absorbed cumnock.
the wellington grey , bruce railway built line through cumnock in 1871, , station built there. same year, cumnock noted having saw mill, wagon maker, , 2 hotels (the british hotel , red lion). red lion hotel owned scottish immigrant john muir, went scotland several times bring wives cumnock .
the cumnock methodist church built in 1877.
cumnock noted having cheese factory in 1880.
decline
at peak, cumnock had population of 200, though 1908, settlement had 1 hotel, 2 stores, 2 churches, , population of 86.
the post office closed in 1915, , methodist church closed in 1924.
an author writing in 1933 described northern boundary of nichol township cumnock used , , 1969, cumnock no longer listed on provincial maps.
the railroad line through cumnock taken on canadian national railway, , abandoned in 1983.
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