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(Encyclopedia) Arlington.
1 Town, Middlesex co., E Mass., a residential suburb of Boston; settled c.1630 as
Menotomy, inc. as West Cambridge 1807, renamed Arlington 1867. The area was the scene of
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(Encyclopedia) Alexandria.
1 City (2020 pop. 45,275), seat of Rapides parish, central La., on the Red River;
inc. 1818. It is a trade, rail, and medical center for a rich agricultural and timber area.
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(Encyclopedia) Troy. 1 City (1990 pop. 13,051), seat of Pike co., SE Ala., on the Conecuh River; inc. 1843. Products include lumber and wood items, textiles, truck bodies, feed, plastics, and pecans. Troy Univ. and ...
(Encyclopedia) Portland. 1 City (1990 pop. 64,358), seat of Cumberland co., SW Maine, situated on a small peninsula and adjacent land, with a large, deepwater harbor on Casco Bay; settled c.1632, set off from Falmou...
(Encyclopedia) Aberdeen
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[key]. 1 Town (2020 pop. 15,935), Harford co., NE Md., in a farm region; inc.
1892. Just south, on Chesapeake Bay, is the U.S. army's huge Aberdeen...
(Encyclopedia) Norfolk [1,] [2] nôrˈfək; [2] nôrˈfôkˌ [key]. 1 City (1990 pop. 21,476), Madison co., NE Nebr., on the Elkhorn River; inc. 1881. A trade and railroad center in a fertile farming region, it has ...
(Encyclopedia) Athens.
1 City (2020 population 25406), seat of Limestone co., N Al; inc. 1818. One of
the first incorporated cities in Alabma, the city was established a year before the state was
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(Encyclopedia) Garden City.
1 City (2020 pop. 10,289), Chatham co., SE Ga., a port of
entry, distribution center, and industrial city on the Savannah River; inc.
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(Encyclopedia) Lancaster. 1 Uninc. city (1990 pop. 97,291), Los Angeles co., S Calif., in Antelope Valley and in the Mojave Desert; laid out 1894. It developed as a trade center for an irrigated farming area and has...
(Encyclopedia) Columbia
kəlŭmˈbēə
[key]. 1 City (2020 pop. 104,681), Howard co., central Md.,
between W...