Named after Co Monaghan in Ireland
North and South Monaghan were separated in 1844
Surveyed: 1817
Survey Type: Single front special
First legal settler: 1817
Township history:
Whitfield, Alda - A History of North Monaghan Township - The North Monaghan Historical Research Cttee (1990) ISBN 0-9694335-0-6
Municipal records:
Assessment (for Monaghan Twp) 1820-25, 1828, 1839, 1841 AO: MS16 reel 7
Census (for Monaghan Twp) 1819-25, 1828, 1841 AO: MS16 reel 7
Census and Assessment (for Monaghan Twp) 1826-38, 1840 AO: MS16 reel 7
Assessment Rolls: 1854, 56, 60, 64, 66, 69, 72, 74, 81, 86 AO:MS42 reel 1
ukn (rough copy), 1941-1942, 1944 PCMA
Collector Rolls: 1854, 1870 AO:MS42 reel 1
Non-Resident Collector Rolls: 1901-1902 PCMA
Voters List: 1858, 64, 66 (Electoral Districts 1 & 2) AO:MS42 reel 1
1869 (Electoral Division 1) PCMA 60-001-24
1959, 1961 TUA: 93-001-13 and -14
Militia Roll: 1866 AO:MS42 reel 1
Poll Book: 1867 (Electoral District 2) AO:MS42 reel 1
Abstract of Receipts and Expenditures: 1868 AO:MS42 reel 1
Receipts and Expenditures 1899 PCMA 60-001-29
North Monaghan Intellectual Improvement Society: Undated minutes AO:MS42 reel 1
Return of Statute Labour 1867 PCMA 60-001-21
1821 Apr 14 Twps of Asphodel, Monaghan, Otonabee, and Smith attached to the County of Northumberland (Act, Chap 3)
1838 moved to Colborne Dist
1844 Monaghan divided into North and South (8 Victoria Cap 7) and North Monaghan placed in Peterborough Co
1872 Apr 27 Parts annexed to Peterborough (Proclamation)
1912 Jul 2 Parts annexed to Peterborough (Ont Gazette 1912, vol 45 part 2, page 983)
1913 Jun 18 Parts annexed tp Peterborough (Ont Railway and Municipal Board 1913, page 207)
1919 Sep 9 Parts annexed to Peterborough, effective 1919 Sep 15 (Ont Railway and Municipal Board 1919, page 123)
1929 Apr 23 Parts annexed to Peterborough, effective 1929 Jul 1 (Ont Railway and Municipal Board 1929, page 63)
1929 Nov 21 Parts annexed to Peterborough, effective 1929 Dec1 (Ont Railway and Municipal Board 1929, page 126)
1944 Apr 6 Parts annexed tp Peterborough (Ont Act, Chap 79)
1946 Jun 26 Parts annexed to Peterborough (OMB PFB 4942)
1947 Dec 30 Parts annexed to Peterborough, effective 1948 Jan 1 (OMB 6261a)
1955 May 11 Parts annexed to Peterborough, effective 1955 Apr 1 (OMB PFM 2999)
1955 Dec 20 Parts annexed to Peterborough, effective 1956 Jan 1 (OMB PFM 3838)
1958 Dec 31 Parts annexed to Peterborough, effective 1959 Feb 1 (OMB PFM 8112)
1960 Aug 1 Parts annexed to Peterborough (OMB PFM 10313-60)
1962 Nov 12 Parts annexed to Peterborough, effective 1963 Jan 1 (OMB 1481-61)
1970 Nov 18 Parts annexed to Peterborough, effective 1970 Dec 31 (OMB R108-69)
1998 Jan 1 amalgamated into Cavan-Millbrook-North Monaghan Twp