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Ontario is a community within the corporate limits of the city of Ames, in Story County, Iowa, United States.

History

A post office was established New Philadelphia in 1858, and renamed Ontario in 1868; the post office closed in 1951. The community was named after Ontario, Ohio, the native hometown of a first settler.

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