thumb|Thamesville welcome sign displaying various community organizations
thumb|Bulldog Steel Wool factory - Thamesville
Thamesville is a community in Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada. It is located at the junction of former provincial Highways 2 and 21, between Chatham and London. Its name comes from the Thames River that flows nearby and the suffix "ville". Its post office was established in 1832.
It has a very small downtown with several restaurants and stores. Students get bussed to Dresden for Secondary Education, at Lambton-Kent Composite School or other local secondary schools such as, Ursuline College Chatham, Chatham-kent composite school, and Ridgetown District high-school. Thamesville has one Public Elementary School (Thamesville Area Central School), and one Catholic Elementary School (Good Shepherd Catholic School).
It is the home of the Threshing Festival, which is held annually in June. The Threshing Festival's main attraction is the midway and the parade held on the first night of the Festival.
Bulldog Steel Wool is manufactured in Thamesville.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Thamesville had a population of 774 living in 345 of its 364 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 861. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
Notable people
- Birthplace of author Robertson Davies
See also
- List of unincorporated communities in Ontario