Princeton, Ontario
Princeton is a community in Blandford-Blenheim, which is part of Oxford County, Ontario, Canada. .[1]
In 1978, archaeologists excavated the site in Princeton of an 800-year-old Amerindian village of the Glen Meyer tribe.[2]
The Princeton Public Library is a branch of the Oxford Public Library . Princeton also has 3 churches, 1 community park (parking off of Elgin ST west), a museum (in the same building as the public library located at 25 main st S), a community Centre (35 main st S), a post office (24 main st N) and has multiple small businesses
The population is about 500 people.[3]
Thomas Leopold "Carbide" Willson, who invented an economical method of mass-producing calcium carbide, was born on a farm near Princeton, Ontario, in 1860.[4][5]
References
- ^ Rayburn, Alan (1997). Place names of Ontario. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 282. ISBN 0-8020-7207-0. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
- ^ "Village Discovered". Reading Eagle. 14 April 1978. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
- ^ "Oxford County Library – Princeton Library". InformationOxford.ca. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
- ^ "Willson, Thomas Leopold 'Carbide' National Historic Person". pc.gc.ca. Parks Canada, Government of Canada. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
- ^ "Princeton and District Museum | Pages | Contact Us". princetonmuseum.net.
- "Princeton, Ontario". Geographical Names of Canada. Natural Resources Canada. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
43°10′16″N 80°31′34″W / 43.171°N 80.526°W