Princeton, Ontario Explained

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

• Web site: Princeton, Ontario. Geographical Names of Canada. Natural Resources Canada. 14 April 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20110608110830/http://geonames2.nrcan.gc.ca/cgi-bin/v9/sima_unique_v9?english%3FFCINX%3FC. 8 June 2011. dead.

43.171°N -80.526°W

Notes and References

1. Book: Rayburn. Alan. Place names of Ontario. 1997. University of Toronto Press. Toronto. 0-8020-7207-0. 282. 21 October 2017.
2. News: Village Discovered. 14 April 1978. Reading Eagle. 14 April 2010.
3. Web site: Oxford County Library – Princeton Library . InformationOxford.ca. 14 April 2010.
4. Web site: Willson, Thomas Leopold 'Carbide' National Historic Person . pc.gc.ca . Parks Canada, Government of Canada . 8 March 2022 . en.
5. Web site: Princeton and District Museum Pages Contact Us . princetonmuseum.net.