Inverary, Ontario

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| subdivision_name2 = Frontenac County

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| subdivision_name3 = South Frontenac

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| established_date = 1860

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| named_for = named by James Campbell after his ancestral home in Scotland

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| postal_code = K0H 1X0

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Inverary is a Compact Rural Community and unincorporated place in South Frontenac, Frontenac County in eastern Ontario, Canada. The community was originally called Storrington post office in 1845, for (the now) geographic Storrington Township in which the community lies.{{cite web|url= http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/countyatlas/Images/Maps/TownshipMaps/fro-m-storrington.jpg |format= JPG |title= Township of Storrington |work= Canadian County Atlas Project|publisher= McGill University|year= 2001|accessdate= 2016-12-11}} It was renamed to Inverary in 1856 by landowner James Campbell after Inveraray, his ancestral home in Scotland,{{cite book|last1=Rayburn|first1=Alan|title=Place names of Ontario|date=1997|publisher=University of Toronto Press|location=Toronto|isbn=0-8020-7207-0|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TwF6AAAAMAAJ|page=167|accessdate=18 October 2017}} before being officially incorporated in 1860.

Education

The Limestone District School Board operates two elementary schools in the area: Perth Road Public School{{Cite web|url= http://perthroad.limestone.on.ca/ |title= Perth Road Public School|publisher= Limestone District School Board|date= 2009|accessdate= 2016-12-11}} and Storrington Public School.{{Cite web|url= http://www.storringtonpublicschool.com/ |title= Storrington Public School|publisher= Limestone District School Board|date= 2009|accessdate= 2016-12-11}}

Postal services

A post office at 4048 Perth Road in Inverary has two rural routes, as well as general delivery and post office box service. The postal code for Inverary is K0H 1X0.

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  • {{cite map|url= http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/traveller/map/images/pdf/southont/sheets/Map6.pdf|format= PDF|title= Map 6|series= Official road map of Ontario|publisher= Ministry of Transportation of Ontario|scale= 1 : 700,000|date= 2016-01-01|accessdate= 2016-12-11}}
  • {{cite map|url= http://www.mah.gov.on.ca/AssetFactory.aspx?did=6576|title= Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #5|year= 2006|series= Restructuring Maps of Ontario|publisher= Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing|accessdate= 2016-12-11|archive-date= 2020-05-11|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200511165309/http://www.mah.gov.on.ca/AssetFactory.aspx?did=6576|url-status= dead}}

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Category:Communities in Frontenac County