Bothwell, Ontario
Bothwell | |
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Unincorporated community | |
The historic Bothwell Town Hall building seen in December 2025 | |
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Historic Seal | |
Bothwell Location of Bothwell in Chatham-Kent Bothwell Bothwell (Southern Ontario) | |
| Coordinates: 42°37′53.6364″N 81°52′17.9592″W / 42.631565667°N 81.871655333°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| Municipality | Chatham-Kent |
| Founded | 1852 |
| Incorporated | 1867 |
| Founded by | George Brown |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 908 |
| • Density | 451.3/km2 (1,169/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Bothwellian |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Postal codes | |
| Area code(s) | 519, 226, 548 |
Bothwell is an unincorporated community in Ontario, Canada located within the municipality of Chatham-Kent and in close proximity to the Thames River and the Delaware Nation at Moraviantown. It is recognized as a designated place by Statistics Canada.
Bothwell was part of the geographic Township of Zone before its incorporation by a special act of Parliament in 1867 following a local oil boom. It existed as an independent municipality within Kent County for approximately 130 years until its controversial amalgamation into Chatham-Kent in 1998. The local economy is predominantly agricultural.