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Kemptville, Ont, urban area, is located on Kemptville Creek, a branch of the Rideau River, 64 km south of Ottawa. In 1998 the town of Kemptville (1963) merged with the townships of Oxford-on-Rideau and South Gower to form the new township of North Grenville.
Named after Sir James KEMPT, it was first called Clothier's Mills after Lyman Clothier, who developed it on an 81 ha site. Its growth speeded with the arrival of the Bytown and Prescott Railway, then of the CPR. Once an active manufacturing centre of stoves and leather, it is now an agricultural servicing centre.
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- 1844 - Church of the Holy Cross established at Kemptville
www.gcatholic.org 
Church of the Holy Cross
503 Clothier Street W, Kemptville, ONTARIO
Established 1844
Source: Google maps
Photograph- 1873
KEMPTVILLE, an incorporated village in Grenville co., Ont., on a branch of the Rideau river, 96 miles N.E. of Kingston, and on the St. Lawrence and...Read MORE... 
1895 - A farmer near Kemptville, Ont., killed a lynx that weighed 1000 pounds.
The San Francisco Call
San Francisco, California
April 22, 1895- 1895 - Kemptville
Kempt'ville, a village in Grenville co., Ontario, on a branch of the Rideau River, and on the St. Lawrence & Ottawa Railway, 22 1/ 2 miles N. of...Read MORE... - 1896 - ACCIDENT AT KEMPTVILLE.
Kemptville, Ont., June 3. - While John McGovern, an aged man, was unloading boxes at the lower station this morning, his horse became frightened at a ...Read MORE... - 1896 - THE ICE JAM - Has Backed Up Waters Which May Do Great Damage.
KEMPTVILLE, Ont., April 17 - The ice jam in the Rideu river has backed up the waters to such an extent for miles around, that farm lands are deeply...Read MORE... 
St. Pauls Presbyterian Church, Kemptville, Ont.
Postcard
River Scene
Postcard- 1906 - ROBBED IN A HEN LOFT - Kemptville Man Held up by Toughs. WHO MEET HIM AT HIS OWN BARN.
Threaten Him With Revolvers and Take $325 From Him.
Kemptville, Ont., May 10. - About half past four o'clock this morning, Mr. Wm. Jackson, egg...Read MORE... - 1908 - FREEZES WITH HELP IN SIGHT - Terrible Experience of Man Fastened in Snow.
Kemptville, Ont. - A sad occurrence is reported from Osgoode Township, Carleton county, as a result of the recent storm and severe cold snap, during...Read MORE... - 1909 - AGED WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH IN FIRE AT KEMPTVILLE, ONT.
Special to The Journal.
Kemptville, Ont., Nov. 26. - The entire community was shocked here to learn of the death by burning of Miss Louisa Shaver,...Read MORE... - 1916
Kemptville, a banking village of Grenville co., Ontario, on a branch of the Rideau River and on the Canadian Pacific R., 22 1/ 2 miles N. of Prescott. ...Read MORE... 
Students Residence K.A.S. Kemptville, Ont.
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Kemptville, Ontario, Canada
Church of the Holy Cross
503 Clothier Street W, Kemptville, ONTARIO
Established 1844
Source: Google maps
Photograph
Kemptville, Ontario, Canada
St. Pauls Presbyterian Church, Kemptville, Ont.
Postcard
Kemptville, Ontario, Canada
River Scene
Postcard
Kemptville, Ontario, Canada
Students Residence K.A.S. Kemptville, Ont.
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1844 - Church of the Holy Cross established at Kemptville
www.gcatholic.org
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1873
KEMPTVILLE, an incorporated village in Grenville co., Ont., on a branch of the Rideau river, 96 miles N.E. of Kingston, and on the St. Lawrence and... Read MORE...
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1895 - Kemptville
Kempt'ville, a village in Grenville co., Ontario, on a branch of the Rideau River, and on the St. Lawrence & Ottawa Railway, 22 1/ 2 miles N. of... Read MORE...
1895 - A farmer near Kemptville, Ont., killed a lynx that weighed 1000 pounds.
The San Francisco Call
San Francisco, California
April 22, 1895
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1896 - THE ICE JAM - Has Backed Up Waters Which May Do Great Damage.
KEMPTVILLE, Ont., April 17 - The ice jam in the Rideu river has backed up the waters to such an extent for miles around, that farm lands are deeply... Read MORE...
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1896 - ACCIDENT AT KEMPTVILLE.
Kemptville, Ont., June 3. - While John McGovern, an aged man, was unloading boxes at the lower station this morning, his horse became frightened at a ... Read MORE...
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1906 - ROBBED IN A HEN LOFT - Kemptville Man Held up by Toughs. WHO MEET HIM AT HIS OWN BARN.
Threaten Him With Revolvers and Take $325 From Him.
Kemptville, Ont., May 10. - About half past four o'clock this morning, Mr. Wm. Jackson, egg... Read MORE...
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1908 - FREEZES WITH HELP IN SIGHT - Terrible Experience of Man Fastened in Snow.
Kemptville, Ont. - A sad occurrence is reported from Osgoode Township, Carleton county, as a result of the recent storm and severe cold snap, during... Read MORE...
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1909 - AGED WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH IN FIRE AT KEMPTVILLE, ONT.
Special to The Journal.
Kemptville, Ont., Nov. 26. - The entire community was shocked here to learn of the death by burning of Miss Louisa Shaver,... Read MORE...
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1916
Kemptville, a banking village of Grenville co., Ontario, on a branch of the Rideau River and on the Canadian Pacific R., 22 1/ 2 miles N. of Prescott. ... Read MORE...
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