Town Park is Richmond Hill’s first park, opened in 1885. For much of its history, Town Park was the principal outdoor site for the community’s sporting, civic and agricultural  events. As Richmond Hill developed, Town Park changed. It became part of a system of community parks that serve the City, and it grew in size as adjacent municipal land became available for park use.

For many years, Town Park was the main site for the community’s sporting, civic and agricultural events. From 1886 to 1985, the annual Richmond Hill Agricultural Society Spring Fair was held in Town Park. The fair was a major regional event that, even in the 1950s, was attracting 9,000 people annually. Town Park was also the site of reunions, auctions, religious services and markets. The demise of the Agricultural Fair and the addition of other parks have seen the decline of Town Park as a venue for large events, but smaller gatherings are still held there.

Sporting facilities have always been a key feature of Town Park. A harness racing track bounded the park for many years. Indoor ice facilities, first built in 1892, have been expanded and improved several times. Tennis courts have been present in the park for 114 years. The park’s baseball diamond was the home of Vern Dynes Jewellers, a softball team that won the world championship in 1972. The Richmond Hill Sports Hall of Fame was re-located to Elgin Barrow Arena in 2014 to place it in a downtown location.

The Town Park site has grown as adjacent land has become available for park use. In 2009, the Lion’s Club Hall, built in 1952, was closed and an additional 0.76 hectares of land was added to the park site. The City purchased two residential properties totaling 0.24 hectares, 100 Centre Street East, in 2018, and 96 Centre Street East, in 2019.