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The Township of Yarmouth was incorporated January 1, 1850 as a township attached to the County of Middlesex with the first meeting of the council being held in the Mansion House in the Village of St. Thomas on January 21, 1850. The Township of Yarmouth became one of the inaugural townships when the County of Elgin was incorporated in 1852. Yarmouth Township was named after a seaport in the County of Norfolk, England and also as a compliment to Francis Seymour or Lord Conway, who in 1793 was made Earl of Yarmouth. The original survey of Yarmouth included approximately 71,000 acres of land. The original township included all of what is now the present City of St. Thomas. At various times, however, parts of its original territory have been removed by municipal adjustments. Unincorporated villages in the Township of Yarmouth included: Sparta, Union, New Sarum, Mapleton, Dexter, Yarmouth Centre and Orwell. The Township offices were located in St. Thomas. On January 1st, 1998, Yarmouth Township amalgamated with the former Village of Port Stanley and Village of Belmont to create the Municipality of Central Elgin.