Princeton, Ontario

Princeton is a community in Blandford-Blenheim, which is part of Oxford County, Ontario, Canada. The community is named after Princeton, New Jersey.[1]

Princeton

Location of Princeton in Ontario

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.

The population is about 500 people.[3]

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.

"Princeton, Ontario". Geographical Names of Canada. Natural Resources Canada. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2010.

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