Named after the Asphodel flower growing in the Township.
Surveyed: 1820
Survey Type: Double front
First legal settler: 1825 (John Beckett came in 1820)
Township history:
Graham, Jean Lancaster - Asphodel: A Tale of a Township - Twp of Asphodel (1978)
Municipal records:
Assessment 1823-25, 1839-41 AO: MS16 reel 1
Census 1821, 1823-25, 1839-41 AO: MS16 reel 1
Census and Assessment: 1826-28, 1830-31 AO: MS16 reel 1
Non-Resident Collector Rolls: 1895-96 PCMA
Voters List 1947 at TUA: 93-001-1
1821 Apr 14 Twps of Asphodel, Monaghan, Otonabee, and Smith attached to the County of Northumberland (Act, Chap 3)
1849 Oct 6 Bylaw attaching Belmont and Methuen to Asphodel (Cda Gazette 1849 p7387)
1854 Jun 23 Belmont and Methuen separate from Asphodel, effective 1855 Jan 1 (County Bylaw 83)
1874 Mar 24 Parts annexed to the new Village of Hastings which is placed in Northumberland County (Cap 67)
1877 Jan 27 Parts annexed for new Village of Norwood (County Bylaw 459)
1998 Jan 1 amalgamated into Asphodel Norwood Twp