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The rural municipality in Manitoba is named after politician James William Armstrong (1860 - 1928).

Armstrong

An English surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for someone with strong arms.
A city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina.
A small town in the Rural City of Ararat, Victoria, Australia.
A number of places in Canada:
1. A city in North Okanagan, British Columbia.
2. A rural municipality of Manitoba, Canada.
3. A township in Timiskaming District, Ontario.
4. A rural community and First Nation settlement in Thunder Bay District, Ontario.
A number of places in the United States:
1. Synonym of Termo, California.
2. An unincorporated community in St. Johns County, Florida.
3. An extinct town in Wilkes County, Georgia.
4. An unincorporated community in Vermilion County, Illinois.
5. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Vanderburgh County, Indiana.
6. A minor city in Emmet County, Iowa.
7. An unincorporated community in Freeborn County, Minnesota.
8. A minor city in Howard County, Missouri.
9. A town in Bryan County, Oklahoma.
10. A township in Indiana County, Pennsylvania.
11. A township in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
12. An unincorporated community in Kenedy County, Texas.
13. An unincorporated community in Osceola, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.

Armstrong (plural Armstrongs)

Short for Armstrong gun.
- 2010, Peter G. Tsouras, A Rainbow of Blood: The Union in Peril:
  There would be a special commendation for the Royal Artillery, who were handling their Armstrongs with great precision and a speed Wolseley had never seen before in muzzle-loading guns.

Armstrong

a Scottish surname from Scots, originally a nickname for someone with strong arms; primarily referring to members of the Armstrong clan in the West and Middle Marches of the Anglo-Scottish Borders country, or their descendants