Camden Area: . Camden Township was conceded by treaty in 1790, and the Gore was surrendered by treaty in 1819. Surveyed in 1794 and named from the
Earl of Camden. Also referred to earlier as Camden Township and Gore, and in the 1861 census as Camden & Gore Township. Containing some of the best farmland in Ontario, the township was originally parcelled as a grid with Concessions 1 to 7 running north-westward, Lots 1 to 18 running north-eastward and Concession A along the road to Thamesville. The Gore of Camden is a rectangular section of land in the north and northwest area of the township. The Camden Gore contains Concessions 1 to 14 running eastward and Lots 1 to 10 running northward. Community centres:
Dresden,
Thamesville Chatham Area: Chatham Township was conceded by treaty in 1790, and the Gore was conceded by treaty in 1796. Surveyed in 1794. Also referred to earlier as Chatham Township and Gore. The township was originally parcelled as a grid with Concessions 1 to 19 running north-westward and Lots 1 to 25 running north-eastward. The Gore of Chatham is a rectangular piece of land in the north-northwest of the township. The Chatham Gore contains four Concessions running northward and 25 Lots running eastward. The Gore was variously administered by Lambton and Kent counties as the population changed and road improvements were made. Community centres: City of Chatham, the town of
Wallaceburg Dover Area: . Dover Township was named after
Dover, England. It was surveyed in 1794 and incorporated in 1850. Within the boundaries of Dover along the
Chenail Ecarté of the river St. Clair is the site of
Lord Selkirk's Baldoon Settlement, established in 1803. Community centres:
Mitchell's Bay, Grande Pointe, Dover Centre and
Pain Court Harwich Area: . Surveyed in 1794 and named from the English port at the mouth of the Thames. A resident of Harwich, Valintine Zimmer, co-founded with friends of the same nationality the German Concession of Harwich. Community centres:
Blenheim,
Erieau, Erie Beach,
Shrewsbury Howard Area: . Surveyed in 1794 and named after Thomas Howard, Earl of Effingham, father-in-law of
Sir Guy Carleton. Community centres:
Morpeth,
Ridgetown Orford Area: . Surveyed in 1794 and named from the English port of
Orford, Suffolk. Community centres:
Highgate Raleigh Area: . Surveyed in 1794. Likely named for
Walter Raleigh. Community centres:
Charing Cross Romney Area: , Surveyed in 1794. Named for the
Kentish port in England. Community centres:
Wheatley Tilbury East Area: . Surveyed in 1794, named for the English Tilbury fort in Essex. Community centres:
Merlin,
Tilbury Zone Area: . Separated from Orford in 1821 to provide a special organizational district, "the zone", for the Indians of the Moravian Mission on the Thames. Community centres:
Bothwell ==Municipalities (as of 1997)==