Dutton, Ontario

Dutton is a community in the Township of Dutton/Dunwich, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada. Dutton is located 30 kilometres (19 mi) southwest of St. Thomas.

Dutton
Unincorporated community
Dutton
Coordinates: 42°39′50″N 81°30′05″W
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
County	Elgin
Municipality	Dutton/Dunwich
Amalgamated	1998
Government
• Mayor	Robert Purcell
• Federal riding	Elgin—St. Thomas—London South
• Prov. riding	Elgin—Middlesex—London
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Postal Code	N0L
Area codes	519 and 226

Originally part of Dunwich Township, Dutton was originally called Bennettville, then Lisgar. When the Canada Southern Railway was built in 1872, the station was named Dutton Station after the railway's chief engineer.^[1] It was shortened to Dutton in 1881 and incorporated as a separate municipality a few years later.

On January 2, 1998, as part of county-wide municipal restructuring, the Village of Dutton was reamalgamated with Dunwich to form Dutton/Dunwich.^[2]