Charles King was the originator of this village. In 1843, he built himself a shop on the south corner of lot 16, in the second concession, and carried on general business where you could get anything made or repaired from a darning needle to bootjack. James Moffat started a blacksmith shop about 1857. The Methodist church was built in 1877.
There were large adjacent woodland areas wherein timber grew in large proportions. In 1908 a sawmill was established. Duncan Campbell operated it for almost 25 years, giving employment to a large number of men.
There was also a general store with a post office, a blacksmith shop, an “up-to-date” garage and a grocery store. The Moffat railway station was built about 1909. The Canada Grain company erected a large grain elevator close to the tracks which operated for some years before being sold to the Moffat Feed Service.
