Clifford is an unincorporated community in the Town of Minto, on Ontario Highway 9 and Coon Creek, a stream in the Saugeen River drainage basin. The village of Clifford was founded around 1855 as Minto Village. After the opening of the post office in 1856, the settlement was renamed Clifford by the first postmaster Francis Brown after Clifford in West Yorkshire, England. Clifford was incorporated as a village in 1873. In 1999, Clifford was amalgamated with Palmerston, Harriston and Minto Township to create Minto.

Clifford

Harriston is a community in the Town of Minto. In 1999, Harriston was amalgamated with the communities of Palmerston, Clifford, and Minto Township to form the Town of Minto. Harriston is located at the headwaters of the Maitland River, and has several shops, restaurants, a library, an art gallery and cultural centre.

Harriston

Palmerston is an unincorporated community in the south end of the town of Minto, in the north part of Wellington County. Palmerston was a key division point for the Grand Trunk and later the Canadian National Railway in Southwestern Ontario. Effective 1 Jan. 1999, the Town of Minto is composed of the former towns of Harriston and Palmerston, the former village of Clifford, and the surrounding rural area of the former Minto Township.

Palmerston

Minto is a town on the Maitland River in Wellington County. Minto is the western terminus of Highway 9. It is named for Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto; 8th Governor General of Canada. The Town of Minto was formed in 1999 through the amalgamation of the Township of Minto, the Towns of Harriston and Palmerston, along with the Village of Clifford. Rural Minto includes the smaller communities of Cotswold, Drew, Fultons, Glenlee, Greenbush, Harriston Junction, Minto, Teviotdale and White's Junction.

Rural Minto