Hastings County is located in the province of Ontario, Canada. It is The Cheese Capital of Canada. Geographically, it is located on the border of Eastern Ontario and Central Ontario. With an area of 6,103.48 square kilometres (2,356.57 sq mi) reaching nearly 100 miles (160 km) from north to south, Hastings County is the second largest county in Ontario.
The seat of the county is Belleville.
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Famous quotes containing the words hastings and/or county:
“If you cant get a job as a pianist in a brothel you become a royal reporter.”
—Max Hastings (b. 1945)
“Dont you know there are 200 temperance women in this county who control 200 votes. Why does a woman work for temperance? Because shes tired of liftin that besotted mate of hers off the floor every Saturday night and puttin him on the sofa so he wont catch cold. Tonight were for temperance. Help yourself to them cloves and chew them, chew them hard. Were goin to that festival tonight smelling like a hot mince pie.”
—Laurence Stallings (18941968)