Truro

Truro, Colchester County — First settled in 1761 by McNutt's colonists from Ulster. The Township was granted the 31st of October, 1765. It was at one time called "Cobequid". The present name is after the Town of Truro, the chief town of Cornwall. Truro is one of the original four Townships of Colchester County.

In the Court House in Truro there is a tablet erected by the Nova Scotia Historical Society in 1912, unveiled by H. R. H. the Duke of Connaught, which reads as follows:

"This Tablet commemorates the British settlement of Truro, Onslow and Londonderry 1760-1762 partly by a colony of English stock from New England, chiefly by Scots-Irish from New Hampshire and Ireland under the leadership of Colonel Alexander McNutt..."

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