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Argenton is a small suburb of Lake Macquarie which is commonly recognised for its BMX push bike club, Soccer Club and longstanding Bakery which under initial ownership claimed to have the best meat pie in Australia. Glendale Supercentre lies within the boundaries of Argenton and the area has seen rapid growth in visitors travelling through the suburb since the Supercentre was established.

Name Origin
The name Argenton comes from the fact that the closeby Sulphide Corporation treated many metals including gold and silver-lead. "Argent" is French for silver and "ton" a shortened form for town. There was already a Silverton near Broken Hill, so this could not be used.

Early Land Grants
Portion 24 in Kahibah Parish to George Weller, 2560 acres at "Hampton" (Argenton) in 1838.

Early Subdivisions
On 14th of October 1841 twenty five lots and thirty farms termed the "Hampton Estate" were offered up for public auction. However this subdivision aroused little interest at the time and came to nothing.

D.P.8993, surveyed 1901, subdivided 20/9/1915 was related to Portion 24 (George Weller) and bounded by Queen St, Elizabeth St, James St, Margaret St and John St.

Early Settlers
An early settler in the area was Mr. D. Thomas, who built the first hotel, a wooden two-storey structure on the site of the present hotel.

Early Industries
The first major industry in the area was the Sulphide Corporation set up in 1896. This industry was originally intended to extract zinc from Broken Hill ore by the electrolytic process, but by 1898 changed into an ordinary lead smelting operation. In 1913 the plant began to produce superphosphate.

Early Transport
In 1912 the steam tram line to Speers Point was opened. The line ran down the centre of what is now the main street but at that time it was a double avenue, Hampden Avenue on the east of the line and Jersey Avenue on the west. From Argenton it crossed Winding Creek to Frederick Street, Edgeworth. The steam tram gave Argenton transport connections with both Wallsend and West Wallsend.

Railway
The railway was opened in 1887 but as Argenton had not yet been subdivided, no station was provided.

First Post Office
Opened I June 1929.

First School
Argenton Public School was established in March 1897 with 22 pupils. Mr. George James was teacher in charge. In December 1903 the school was closed in favour of one at Boolaroo. A new Infants School, which was opened at Argenton in January 195 1, became a public school in January 1953.

Organisations
The Mines Rescue Station began operation in October 1927. The Waratah Golf Club is the oldest golf club in Newcastle, having been founded in 1901. Their first site was on ground part of which is now Dangar Park. In 1910 a site was purchased off Kerr Street, Mayfield but this was sold to the B.H.P. in 1920 and the club moved to the present site.

Sewerage
1950.

Population

1337 (2006 census)

Established

1838

Postcode

2284

Area

1.6km² or 0.6 sq miles

Location

16km or 10 miles W of Newcastle

LGA

City of Lake Macquarie

Parish

Kahibah

State District

Wallsend

Federal Division

Charlton