Notable places include: The village of Meadowvale was founded in 1836 and is Ontario's first heritage conservation district.
Charles Horace Gooderham (1844-1904), son of the founder of Gooderham and Worts William Gooderham Sr., built his "country property" Georgian manor at what is now 929 Old Derry Road in northern Mississauga in 1870 as he was sent there to manage Silverthorne Grist Mill acquired by his family firm.
[4] Today the area is now well-populated, culturally diverse, and contains mostly single-family dwellings.
Roads include Old Derry Road, John Watt Boulevard, Gooderham Estates Boulevard, Silverthorn Mill Avenue, and Second Line West.
There are extant ruins of the abutments for a bridge of the Toronto-Guelph Suburban Line, where it once crossed a canal for a mill.