Stirton is an unincorporated rural community in Mapleton Township, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada.
The Conestogo River flows west of Stirton, and the land between the settlement and the river are part of the Conestogo Lake Conservation Area.
Stirton prospered from the mid-1800s to the early 1900s.
History
The settlement was named for David Stirton, a member of the House of Commons from 1857 to 1876.
A map of Stirton from the 1850s showed that the settlement had 16 lots. Many were sold between 1856 and 1868.
A post office operated from 1863 to 1910, and local merchant John Sanderson was the first postmaster. The early settlement also had a blacksmith shop, tannery, cooper, shoe shop, harness maker, general store, carriage maker, two churches, and three carpenters. A flax mill was built in 1867, and employed about 60 people. The Hotel Stirton operated during the late 1860s.