Barretville Ontario Map

About Barretville, Ontario

Barretville is a locality in Essex, Ontario, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Barretville is located at 42.0992°N, 82.8539°W.

Barretville rests in a gentle embrace of southwestern Ontario's fertile plains, where fields of corn and soybeans stretch towards horizons softened by the haze of summer heat. It lies 21.7 km west-north-west of Leamington, ON (from Leamington, ON: bearing 284°T), and is situated 15.8 km east of Amherstburg. The land here is largely flat, a vast canvas painted with the deep greens of summer growth and the golden hues of ripening grain, occasionally broken by the darker, richer tones of deciduous woodlands. Creeks, modest in their flow but vital to the region's agricultural pulse, meander through the landscape, their banks often fringed with willows that droop their slender branches towards the water's surface. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a faint, earthy scent, a blend of turned soil and sweet, sun-baked vegetation, a testament to the enduring relationship between Barretville and the land it cultivates. The history of Barretville is deeply rooted in the agricultural bounty of this region, its early settlers drawn by the promise of fertile soil and the opportunity to build a life from the land. The local economy remains intrinsically tied to farming, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels, their silos a familiar silhouette against the expansive sky, marking the places where the fruits of the earth are gathered. While the broad strokes of its founding are common to many rural Canadian settlements, Barretville retains a quiet distinctiveness, a character shaped by generations of families who have worked these fields, their lives interwoven with the cyclical rhythms of planting and harvest. The occasional splash of vibrant colour from roadside flower gardens, a cheerful defiance of the prevailing agricultural palette, hints at a local pride that extends beyond the fields.

About This Barretville Map Page

Explore Barretville, Ontario, Canada, with an embedded street and satellite map — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 42.099167, -82.853889. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts — including hourly outlooks — are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.

Detailed location data for Barretville includes the postal code (N8M), telephone area code (226, 249, 289, 343, 365, 382, 416, 437, 519, 548, 613, 647, 705, 742, 807, 905). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.

Location data for Barretville is sourced from the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada, and verified by coordinates rather than name matching alone. GPS coordinates, province, administrative location and place type are shown in the information panel above.