Harriston is a community in the town of Minto

Minto, Ontario

Minto is a town in midwestern Ontario, Canada, on the Maitland River in Wellington County. Minto is the eastern terminus of Highway 9. It is named for Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto; 8th Governor General of Canada....

 in Wellington County, Ontario

Wellington County, Ontario

Wellington County is a county located in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. The county seat is Guelph, a city which is politically independent, but Guelph's status as the seat means it houses the county's administrative offices...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. Although Harriston was formerly a village

Village

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, it was amalgamated with Palmerston

Palmerston, Ontario

Palmerston is an unincorporated community located at the south end of the town of Minto in northern part of Wellington County in southern Ontario, Canada.- History :...

 and Clifford

Clifford, Ontario

Clifford is a community in the Town of Minto in Wellington County, Ontario, Canada.The village of Clifford was founded around 1855 as Minto Village. After the opening of the post office in 1856, the settlement was renamed Clifford by the first postmaster Francis Brown after Clifford in West...

 to create Minto. The village has one public school (grades K-8), as well as shops and restaurants. Its population is about 2,000.

The entire town of Harriston is serviced by the single postal code N0G 1Z0.

External links

• Harriston at Geographical Names of Canada