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Orangeville, Ontario

Orangeville (2001 population 25,248) is a town in southwestern Ontario, Canada.

Named for and founded by Orange Lawrence[?], one of the early settlers in the 1830s, Orangeville was founded in 1863.

Manufacturing is the town'a biggest industry.

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