Tempo, Ontario
human settlement in Ontario, Canada
Tempo is an unincorporated place in the city of London in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. It is located just south of the community of Lambeth at interchange 177 of Ontario Highway 401 with the former Ontario Highway 4.
History
Tempo originally was a village in Westminster Township, Middlesex County. It had a post office until it closed in 1913. Most of the village was demolished in the 1950s during the construction of Highway 401. There was one church, called Tempo Presbyterian Church, which opened in the mid-19th century and closed down in the first decade of the 21st century. The building still stands, as the Rose Chapel, a wedding venue.
Education
Children who live in Tempo attend primary school in Lambeth.
Economy
Farms in the area are mostly cash crop, and a few cash crop/livestock mixed farms. The livestock raised are cattle and sheep, and the main grown crop are corn and beans.
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