Bathurst
Dewitt’s Corners, located at the crossroads of Christie Lake Road at Menzies Munro Side Road and Cameron Side Road, is well known for its farming. The hamlet signs depict hay cutting, which continues to this day.
Balderson is well known for its cheese production. The registered 
name for the town plot here was Clarksville, but John Balderson, from Lincolnshire, England, was the first European settler in 1816 and the place became known as Balderson’s Corners. Situated at the intersection of County Road 511 and County Road 7 (Fallbrook Road).
Fallbrook is home to William Bolton who built a saw mill and grist mill on “Bolton Creek”. The settlement was called “Bolton Mills” and later “ Fallbrook.“ Bolton Creek flows into the Fall River which then joins the Mississippi River. European settlers built four mills: shingle & saw, grist, carding and woolen. Fallbrook was home to two hotels, two general stores, a school, a post office, a blacksmith shop, a cheese box and cheese factories, as well as nearby iron and feldspar mines. A toll booth on the “old bridge” operated until 1904.
Some family names of the European settlers in this industrious community were Ashby, Bain, 
Blair, Buffam, Ennis, Donaldson, Foley, Keays, Playfair, McKerracker, Smith and Wallace. Three well-known residents included Robert Anderson, William Lees Junior and Walter Cameron. Anderson developed the Lanark Greening Apple, a variety of hard, large apples. His trees sold throughout Lanark County. Lees was Head of Council, Justice of the Peace, Warden of Lanark County, MPP for South Lanark and founder of several nearby mills. Cameron, blacksmith, woodcarver and storyteller, became a legend in his time.
Glen Tay was settled soon after the new immigrants landed. The 
farmland in the area was suitable for working, and the river made milling possible, which led to great employment in the area. Captain Joshua Adams, a loyalist, was among the first to live in the military settlement at Perth. Captain Adams bought the mill at Glen Tay around 1820, when the area was known as Adamsville. In 1868, a great fire tore through the mill and all was lost. The fire started in the woolen mill and spread to the other buildings. The mill was then rebuilt and sold again in 1872. During the 1880′s Glen Tay had many industrial buildings, including a grist mill, oat mill, tannery shop, wagon shop and woolen mill. Mica was mined along the Tay River.
Other communities include: Playfairville, Harper, Wemyss and Armstrongs Corners.
North Burgess
Stanleyville was named after Michael Stanley, son of a local lawyer. The early European settlers and residents of Stanleyville were Irish Catholic immigrants. In 1820, Reverend Pierre La Mothe, a Jesuit Priest who served as Chaplain of the DeWattville Regiment, came to the community while traveling inland from Kingston. He promised to visit the following year, and the residents proceeded to build a church on the shore of Black Lake. When the Jesuits no longer visited this area, the residents would travel, often on foot, to Perth for catholic mass. On August 15, 1857, a building committee was appointed, and plans got underway to build a new church in Stanleyville. Soon, the structure was built on land donated by Michael Stanley. The structure was dedicated to St. Bridget, with the corner stone laid on May 22, 1864.
Stanleyville was originally called Micaville. It thrived on the business of the Silver Queen Mica Mine, located in Murphys Point Provincial Park. Before mica, lumber was an important trade and the Black Creek lumber yard was a vital part of this industry.
Murphys Point Provincial Park celebrates the area’s rich history. For thousands of years, Native peoples hunted and gathered along the Rideau. The area that is now Murphys Point was surveyed in 1812 and European settlement followed on the site of the restored McParlan House and Burgess Mill ruins. The Murphy family, for whom the park was named, settled on this site on Hogg Bay in 1856. The restored Lally Homestead is named for another family that established several farms here. Today, Murphys Point reminds us of how past meets present.
The Rideau Canal improved access and became a key commercial route for produce, lumber and ore. One of dozens of small-scale mines in the area, the Silver Queen opened in 1903 and yielded mica, feldspar and appetite for about two decades. Local minerals were shipped by barge from Hogg Bay. This rugged land along the Rideau system has evolved into a recreational playground. In 2007 the Rideau Canal was named by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
South Sherbrooke
Bolingbroke was known as Tom’s Rapids when Dr. Alexander
Thom received a crown land grant in 1821 and established a dam and mill there. In 1865 John (Corry) Korry purchased the property and established a post office. The name was changed to Bolingbroke. John developed an industrial empire: four mills (grist, shingle and saw mill, and planing), a store and a lumbering trade employing hundreds and was a regional centre of business in the colonial period. At his funeral, 100 carriages carried the mourners.
Bolingbroke in the early 1900s included two churches, a cheese factory, a school and “Bullies Corners” – the road junction where disputes were settled. Regular trains to Bolingbroke Station served the community and seven farms. The Bolingbroke Road, formerly the Rancier Road, was the early route to Maberly. Deacons, Hannahs, Fourniers, Kilpatricks and Dowdalls were among the European families that settled in the area.
Maberly , originally called Morrow’s Mills, was named after Lt. Col. 
William Leader Maberly when a Post Office was established in 1864. While there are different stories regarding the transition from the name Morrow’s Mills to Maberly, it is generally accepted that with the establishment of the Post Office and the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1882, the name was adopted.
At the beginning of the 20th century, Maberly supported five milling operations, five stores, two churches, a hotel and the area’s own telephone company. The Fall River was a vital resource, providing dependable energy for the operation of the mills. Since 1882 the Maberly Agricultural Fair has been enjoyed by area 
residents and visitors.
Other Communities include: Althorpe, Brooke Valley and Rokeby.