History of Scarborough

Originally, Scarborough was named Glasgow. In 1793, a woman by the name of Elizabeth Simcoe thought that Glasgow looked very similar to Scarborough in England. In 1796, her husband, Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe decided to officially change the name of Glasgow to Scarborough. By 1850, Scarborough population grew to 3800 and it became farming community. In 1867, new road, post offices, churches, markets, stores, schools and villages started to appear. Scarborough became a town. In 1983 it became a city and by 1997 it became a part of the City of Toronto.