This community is located near the towns of Simcoe, Townsend, Cayuga, Port Dover and Hagersville.

[3] The town was much bigger in the early 1900s, featuring 4 churches, 4 hotels, 5 blacksmiths, a school, brickyard, and cheese factories.

[7] == Businesses in the town of Jarvis include a gas station, a microbrewery, several restaurants, and two convenience stores.

[8] During World War II the Royal Canadian Air Force built and operated No.

1 Bombing & Gunnery School as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan[9] on a 600-acre site 6 kilometers southeast of Jarvis.