| Feature Type: | Community - An unincorporated populated place, generally with a population of 50 or more, and having a recognized central area that might contain a post office, store and/or community hall, etc, intended for the use of the general public in the region. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Just SE of Vernon, Osoyoos Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°13'51"N, 119°06'27"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82L/3 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Lavington (Post Office) adopted 7 February 1951 on 82L/SW. Form of name changed to Lavington (community) 31 January 1983 on 82L/3. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Lavington Post Office was opened 1 December 1911.Norman H. Moncreiff, postmaster. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"After Lavington Park, Petworth, Sussex, England, home of Sir James Buchanan, Bart, who bought land here in the early 1900s. He was also interested in Coldstream Ranch and in White Valley Irrigation and Power Co., and in 1921 he became owner of the Ranch." (12th Report of the Okanagan Historical Society, 1948, citing F.E.R. Wollaston) Source: included with note |