The Talbot Trail was heavily attributed with causing Essex to grow significantly in the last half of the 19th century.

The result could have been much more severe as a train of vacationers from Brantford on their way to Detroit was scheduled to arrive in the station seconds before the explosion but was luckily running late;[3] this delay saved the lives of many travellers.

The boom of the explosion caused plaster to fall from the ceilings of buildings in Windsor and windows to rattle as far as Detroit.

[5] Families all around town found their yards and in some cases even their bedrooms littered with debris that was hurled from this earth trembling event.

People began to flock to Essex from all over the county to see the devastation that was left behind, and due to the type of transportation available at the time these visitors often could not make the return trip in the same day.

This posed a serious problem for the accommodations available in the town as they could not keep up with these visitors and rooms were booked solid and food sources were being used up quicker than they could be replenished.

The company would be fined 125,000 dollars for their irresponsible actions and this sum would go toward the expenses of rebuilding the areas of town that were affected.

This explosion would have smaller effects on the town of Essex, but it would remind people of the scare that their ancestors had experienced in the early part of the century.

The Essex Station that was hit in the first explosion was rebuilt to its previous form and remains a recognizable landmark in the town today.

The Sun County Panthers AAA teams play out of the Essex Centre Sports Complex.

The Essex Energizers compete at the provincial, national and international levels in the sport of jump rope.

The Essex Fun Fest runs in the second week of July and the Harrow Fair occurs each labour day weekend.

Prior to 1998 the Essex County Board of Education operated Anglophone secular public schools.