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References
- ↑ "Ontario, Iowa". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
- ↑ "Ames History Museum". Town of Ontario, Iowa. Ames Historical Society, Ames, Iowa. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ontario Post Office (historical)
- ↑ "Story County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
- ↑ 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.
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Coordinates: 42°02′09″N93°40′54″W / 42.03583°N 93.68167°W
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