Churchville was founded in 1815 by Amaziah Church (1766–1831), who built a
gristmill on the
Credit River in what was then
Toronto Township,
York County (
Peel County was created from York County in 1851). This small area surrounding the mill on the
floodplain of the river valley was where the original settlement was focused. Over the course of its history, the village grew to include homes, a slaughterhouse, a tannery,
a school house, a wooden sidewalk, several churches and small hotels and a cemetery. The mayor,
Patrick Brown visited the community, and around 100 homes were evacuated. ==Notes==