Home District
Originally established as Nassau District in 1788,[1] it was renamed as the "Home District" in 1792,[2] The district was originally bounded to the east by a line running north–south from the mouth of the Trent River and to the west by a line running north–south "intersecting the extreme projection of Long Point into the lake Erie.The townships of and the tract of land ... lying between the County Durham and the Lake Simcoe...The 1798 Act had provided that counties of Durham and Northumberland, upon a request by a majority of their townships, could be detached to form the Newcastle District.[7] In 1816, the following parts of the District were detached to form Halton County in the newly created Gore District: ...the townships of Trafalgar, Nelson, Flamborough ..., Beverly, and blocks number one, two, three and four, on the Grand river, with the reserved lands in the rear of the townships of Blandford and Blenheim...[8] In 1837, Simcoe District was detached, consisting of Simcoe County.[9] In 1849, the Home District was dissolved and replaced for municipal purposes by York County,[10] which was reorganized later that year to form the United Counties of York, Ontario and Peel.