Mara Township, Ontario, Canada

The Township of Mara was first named in 1820 and was originally part of York County, but was transferred to Ontario County when it was established in 1852. At that time it was incorporated as an amalgamated municipality with the neighbouring township, Rama. The two townships were later reincorporated as separate municipalities in 1869. Ontario County was dissolved upon the formation of the Regional Municipality of Durham in 1974, and both townships were transferred to Simcoe County. As part of the municipal restructuring of Simcoe County, Mara and Rama Townships were reamalgamated to form Ramara in 1994