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(Encyclopedia) Philadelphia, city (2020 pop.
1,603,797), coextensive with Philadelphia co., SE Pa., on the Delaware River
c.100 mi (160 km) upstream at the influx of t...
(Encyclopedia) Barrow, city (2020 pop. 4,390), N
Alaska; inc. 1958. It is the northernmost (71° 16′ N) U.S.
settlement and the trade center of the Alaska North Slop...
(Encyclopedia) Annapolis
ənăpˈəlĭs
[key], city (2020 pop. 40,812), state capital and seat of Anne Arundel co., central Md., on
the south bank of the Severn River. Annapolis is a por...
(Encyclopedia) Saginaw săgˈĭnô [key], city (1990 pop. 69,512), seat of Saginaw co., S Mich., on the Saginaw River, 15 mi (24 km) from its mouth on Saginaw Bay (an inlet of Lake Huron); settled 1816, inc. 1857. S...
(Encyclopedia) Rouge ro͞ozh [key], river, c.30 mi (50 km) long, rising in S Michigan and winding S and SE to the Detroit River at the city of River Rouge. Dearborn and part of Detroit also lie on the river, which c...
(Encyclopedia) Santa Fe sănˈtə fā [key], city (1990 pop. 55,859), alt. c.7,000 ft (2,130 m), state capital and seat of Santa Fe co., N N.Mex., at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo Mts. It is an administrative, to...
(Encyclopedia) Hoboken
hōˈbōkən,
–bəkən
[key], city (2020 pop. 60,419), Hudson co., NE N.J.,...
(Encyclopedia) Natchez, city (1990 pop. 19,460), seat of Adams co., SW Miss., on bluffs above the Mississippi River; settled 1716, inc. 1803. It is the trade, shipping, and processing center for a soybean, corn, cot...
(Encyclopedia) Vancouver, city (1990 pop. 46,380), seat of Clark co., SW Wash., on the Columbia River opposite Portland, Oreg., with which it is connected by bridges; inc. 1857. A rapidly growing suburb of Portland ...
(Encyclopedia) East Detroit, Mich.: see Eastpointe.
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