Simcoe is an

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, United States, located on

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, southwest of Fairview.

History

Simcoe is named for

Lake Simcoe Lake Simcoe is a lake in southern Ontario, Canada, the fourth-largest lake wholly within the province, after Lake Nipigon, Lac Seul, and Lake Nipissing. At the time of the first European contact in the 17th century, the lake was called ''Ouentir ...

, a lake in

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. A post office operated under the name Simcoe from 1884 to 1903.

References

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