What is Dufferin County?
'''Dufferin County''' is a [[County (Canada)|county]] and [[census division]] in [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]. The county seat is [[Orangeville, Ontario|Orangeville]]. The county covers 1,486.77 square kilometers (574.05 square miles) and its population in 2021 is 66,257. Dufferin County was formed in 1881 from parts of [[Grey County]], [[Simcoe County]], and [[Wellington County, Ontario]]. It was named after [[Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava]], who was the [[Governor General of Canada]] from 1872 to 1878. The county has four towns: * [[Grand Valley, Ontario|Grand Valley]] * [[Mono, Ontario|Mono]] * [[Orangeville, Ontario|Orangeville]] * [[Shelburne, Ontario|Shelburne]] It also has four [[Township (Canada)|townships]]: * [[Amaranth, Ontario|Amaranth]] * [[East Garafraxa]] * [[Melancthon, Ontario|Melancthon]] * [[Mulmur, Ontario|Mulmur]] {{Subdivisions of Ontario}} [[Category:Counties of Ontario]] {{Multistub|Canada|geo}}