Horning's Mills

Photo by Alan L Brown - July, 2004

Plaque Location

The County of Dufferin
The Township of Melancthon
In Horning's Mills, in front of a church on the north side of River Road east of Main Street

Plaque Text

In 1830 Lewis Horning, a successful settler from the Hamilton area, located in this vicinity with his family. He cleared 32 ha of land and built a sawmill, grist-mill and frame house, but later returned to Hamilton. With the opening of a government road through the district in 1848, the few families who had settled near Horning were joined by others and a post office was opened in 1851. The locality's excellent water power attracted industry and by the closing decades of the century the village boasted six or seven mills, various tradesmen and shopkeepers, a public school, three churches and approximately 350 inhabitants. Horning's Mills was an important pioneer settlement in this region of Ontario.

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Posted October 6, 2009
I am a descendant of George Ludwig Horning and his son Peter and his son Lewis. Anyone wishing to share information on this family may contact me at JohnRiden@msn.com. Hope to hear from you soon.
John Riden, Punta Gorda, Fla.

Posted July 23, 2009
One of the First settlers along with the Horning's were the Silk family. I am a Silk from England, and am researching Silk family history - www.SilkFamily.org

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