Wilmot, Nova Scotia

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Wilmot is an unincorporated community located in Annapolis County in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.{{cite cgndb|id=CBOYV|name=Wilmot|accessdate=15 February 2018}}

The community takes its name from Wilmot Township, one of the early subdivisions of Annapolis County. The township was named after Montague Wilmot, a colonial governor of Nova Scotia.{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/placenamesofprov00browuoft#page/n157/mode/2up|title=Place-names of the Province of Nova Scotia|year=1922|publisher=Halifax, N.S. Royal Print. & Litho.}}{{cite book|title=Place-Names and Places of Nova Scotia|date=1967|publisher=Public Archives of Nova Scotia|location=Halifax, NS|page=736|url=https://novascotia.ca/archives/places/page.asp?ID=736|accessdate=15 February 2018}} The township, which included what is now Aylesford,{{Cite book|last=Calnek|first=William Arthur|url=https://archive.org/details/historycountyan00savagoog|page=[https://archive.org/details/historycountyan00savagoog/page/n329 289]|quote=wilmot.|title=History of the County of Annapolis: Including Old Port Royal and Acadia : with Memoirs of Its Representatives in the Provincial Parliament, and Biographical and Genealogical Sketches of Its Early English Settlers and Their Families|date=1897|publisher=William Briggs|language=en}} was granted in 1764 to New England settlers. In 1768 it had a population of 40; by 1827 it had grown to 2,294.{{cite book|last1=Bouchette|first1=Joseph|authorlink1=Joseph Bouchette|title=The British Dominions in North America; or a Topographical and statistical description of the provinces of Lower and Upper Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, the Islands of Newfoundland, Prince Edward, and Cape Breton.|date=1832|publisher=Longman & Company|location=London|page=[https://archive.org/details/britishdominions02bouc/page/38 38]|url=https://archive.org/details/britishdominions02bouc|quote=Wilmot Township annapolis nova scotia.|accessdate=15 February 2018}}

The first major land owner, a magistrate named Philip Richardson, was granted seven lots totaling 2,000 acres (809 ha) in 1777. Brigadier General Timothy Ruggles was granted 10,000 acres (4047 ha) in 1784.{{Cite book|last=Calnek|first=William Arthur|url=https://archive.org/details/historycountyan00savagoog|page=[https://archive.org/details/historycountyan00savagoog/page/n329 289]|quote=wilmot.|title=History of the County of Annapolis: Including Old Port Royal and Acadia : with Memoirs of Its Representatives in the Provincial Parliament, and Biographical and Genealogical Sketches of Its Early English Settlers and Their Families|date=1897|publisher=William Briggs|language=en}}{{Cite book|last=Volo|first=James M.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HZNxDwAAQBAJ&q=wilmot+nova+scotia+history&pg=PA109|title=A History of War Resistance in America|date=2010-04-09|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-37625-2|language=en}}