Cumnock, Ontario
Cumnock is an unincorporated rural community in Centre Wellington Township, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. Cumnock was part of Nichol Township until 1999. The settlement is located on Highway 6, northwest of Fergus. Once a thriving rural community, little remains of the original settlement. History James Samson, a Scottish immigrant, purchased of land in the area in 1852. Samson built a general store and tavern along the Owen Sound Road (now Highway 6), and named the settlement after his hometown of Cumnock, Scotland. A post office was established in Samson's store in 1855, with Samson as postmaster. In 1855, Richard Gluyas laid out Gluyasville a short distance north of Cumnock. Gluyasville was eventually absorbed by Cumnock. The Wellington, Grey and Bruce Railway built a line through Cumnock in 1871, and a station was built there. That same year, Cumnock was noted as having a saw mill, a wagon maker, and two hotels (the British Hotel and the Red Lion). The Red Lion Hotel was owned by Scottish immigrant John Muir, who "went back to Scotland several times to bring back wives to Cumnock". The Cumnock Methodist Church was built in 1877. Cumnock was noted as having a cheese factory in 1880.