Ontario, Iowa

Ontario is a community within the corporate limits of Ames, Iowa.[1]

History

A post office was established New Philadelphia in 1858, and renamed Ontario in 1868; the post office closed in 1951.[2][3] The community was named after Ontario, Ohio, the native hometown of a first settler.[4]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ontario, Iowa
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ontario Post Office (historical)
  3. ↑ "Story County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  4. ↑ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 110.

Coordinates: 42°02′09″N 93°40′54″W / 42.03583°N 93.68167°W / 42.03583; -93.68167

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