[5] The first white settlers arrived in this area in the early 19th century, and a significant amount of settlement was underway in mid-to-late 1800s.

[8] In addition to the town of Chatsworth itself, the township comprises the communities of Arnott, Berkeley, Desboro, Dornoch, Glascott, Grimston, Harkaway, Hemstock Mill, Holford, Holland Centre, Keady, Keward, Kinghurst, Lily Oak, Lueck Mill, Marmion, Massie, Mooresburg, Mount Pleasant, Peabody, Scone, Strathaven, Walters Falls, Williams Lake, and Williamsford.

The half-century-old Chatsworth Community Centre closed for good on 30 September 2017 Chatsworth Township Mayor Bob Pringle said the costs to deal with the building's structural issues, which were outlined in an April 2017 report by GM BluePlan engineers, and to bring the arena up to today's standards are not financially feasible for the township.

The decision was made that it would close, Source: Owen Sound Suntimes As well a baseball diamond.

[6]: 164 Dornoch is situated between Williamsford and Durham on Highway 6 and is 33 kilometers south of Owen Sound.

With well-travelled roads and a railway station, Holland Centre was well established as a lumber town.

The diamond is home to the Hawks (youth softball), and men's and ladies' Slow pitch.

The original general store was built in the late 1860s and operated for almost 100 years before being converted into a residence.

By 1866 it also had a post office, blacksmith shop, horse shoe nail factory and a school house.

The main sawmill in the village was purchased by the Hallman family in 1944 and rebuilt after it had lain mostly idle for 22 years.

[6]: 151  It burned down on October 15, 1984[16] and was still utilizing a water-driven turbine up to that point to provide one-third of its energy.

[17][18] The original sawmill was used for storage until the early 2000s when the remaining building was demolished and an inn[19] was built in its place.

The area surrounding the inn features a river, a dam, a large waterfall and a forest with outcroppings of the Niagara Escarpment.

The wall behind the stage was painted by local artist Garnet Hazard in 1948 and has become an iconic fixture of the hall.

It took almost 15 years for the residents of Walters Falls to convince the hall board that indoor plumbed washrooms were necessary so they finally succumbed and had them constructed in 1975.

[6]: 199  It is a 148-acre[23] clover-shaped body of water which was named after the Williams family that owned a large portion of the lake.

It has a distinctive clover shape and features a public beach with boat launch which is located amongst the approximately 60 homes and cottages built on the shore of the lake.

In 1973, a large portion on the southeast side was preserved as natural land when it was purchased by the North Grey Conservation Authority.

The marl was excavated for the use of three cement plants in nearby Owen Sound as an ingredient for their product.

[24] Williamsford[25] is a village on the North Saugeen River in Grey County, Ontario, Canada (Chatsworth Township).

It has a general store, post office, a bookstore[26] and restaurant housed in an historic grain mill.

The village of Williamsford was first surveyed in 1858 comprising 400 acres in preparation for a railway which was to run from Toronto to Owen Sound.

The community was previously served by a hockey arena with the original attached curling rink.

[32] A short stretch of the North Saugeen River just over the Bruce County border at the Chatsworth community of Scone is home to one of the most critically endangered of all insects: the Hungerford's crawling water beetle.

As a result, the status of this population of Hungerford's crawling water beetles is uncertain at present.