a general aviation airfield that closed in the 1990s. Education Public schools with classes from kindergarten through grade twelve are administered by the York Region District School Board and the York Catholic District School Board. The only public secondary school in King, King City Secondary School, serves students residing in a relatively large geographic area, including some from adjacent towns. A private Catholic high school, St. Thomas of Villanova College, and private JK -12 school, The Country Day School, are also located in the township. Seneca College owns a campus located in the southeastern portion of King Township, where the College offers various programs. Settlements King's earliest settlement, Armitage, is now part of Newmarket. Its establishment was followed by those of Lloydtown and Kettleby. Subsequent settlements were founded near rivers, which provided the energy necessary to operate various mills. The earliest were based in Laskay, Kinghorn, and Eversley. The hamlet of Springhill was established later and flourished; it was renamed King City, now the largest community in the township. Eversley is a hamlet that, although it has its own historical development, has slowly been subsumed into King City. It lies on King City's north-eastern edge, south of Snowball. It was also known as Tinline's Corners in the 1800s. Glenville is a hamlet located in northeastern King, just south of the community of Ansnorveldt. Hammertown is a former hamlet located near the intersection of the 12th concession and 17th sideroad. Heritage Park is a community of King City. It is a natural and wildlife park characterized by ravines and creeks, some of which feed the East Humber River. Portions of the park are in the King City Trail. Kinghorn is a community of King City, located at the Jane Street-King Road intersection. It is a sparse residential area adjacent to Highway 400, and is home to the King Township Museum and The Kingbridge Centre. Laskay is a hamlet located just west of King City and south of the King Road—Weston Road intersection. Snowball is a growing hamlet located just north of Eversley, west of Aurora. Other hamlets in King include Holly Park, Linton, and New Scotland. Heritage sites In the township, there are eleven sites designated Heritage Sites, including: King Station was built in 1852 along the Northern Railway to serve Springhill (now King City). It was moved in 1989 to the grounds of the King Township Museum. It is believed