On January 1, 1998, the county, its townships, towns, and Chatham were amalgamated into the single-tier city of Chatham-Kent.

[2] The Gore of Camden is a rectangular section of land in the north and northwest area of the township.

[2] The Gore was variously administered by Lambton and Kent counties as the population changed and road improvements were made.

[5] The Gore was variously administered by Lambton and Kent counties as the population changed and road improvements were made.

Within the boundaries of Dover along the Chenail Ecarté of the river St. Clair is the site of Lord Selkirk's Baldoon Settlement, established in 1803.

Community centres: Blenheim, Erieau, Erie Beach, Shrewsbury Area: 58,607 acres (237 km2).

Surveyed in 1794 and named after Thomas Howard, Earl of Effingham, father-in-law of Sir Guy Carleton.

Separated from Orford in 1821 to provide a special organizational district, "the zone", for the Indians of the Moravian Mission on the Thames.