WROXETER
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WROXETER |
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NAME: Wroxeter COUNTY: -- ROADS: 2WD GRID: 1 CLIMATE: Snow in Winter, Warm Summer. BEST TIME TO VISIT: Summer |
COMMENTS:
Semi-ghost. REMAINS: Original buildings throughout newer ones. |
| Although not totally a ghost town in the true sense of the term, part of the town fits that description. Several hundred people still call Wroxeter home. However, in 1900, the population numbered 700 residents. The growth began in 1875 when the railroad came to town. Factories, stores, hotels and other businesses followed. But what the railroad did for Wroxeter it also did for other towns, particularly Wingham that enjoyed being the site for the junction of two railroad lines. Wingham became the commerce center for the region drawing businesses away from Wroxeter and other small communities. Part of Wroxeter presents the ghost town image of what was once and the other part hope for the future. Submitted by: Henry Chenoweth |
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