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(Encyclopedia) Conway, city (2020 pop. 43,167), seat of Faulkner co., central Ark., in a farm and cotton area; inc. 1873. It is a trade and industrial center. Conway w...

(Encyclopedia) Hereford hûrˈfərd [key], city (2020 pop. 14,334), seat of Deaf Smith co., N Tex., in the P...

(Encyclopedia) Howlin' Wolf, 1910–76, African-American blues singer and composer, b. White Station, Miss., as Chester Arthur Burnett. Exposed to blues performers from childhood, he sang locally and organized his f...

(Encyclopedia) Bethesda, uninc. city (2020 pop. 63,195), Montgomery co., W central Md., an affluent residential and commercial suburb of Washington, D.C. The area was ...

(Encyclopedia) Tupelo to͞oˈpĭlō, tyo͞o– [key], city (1990 pop. 30,685), seat of Lee co., NE Miss.; founded 1859, inc. 1870. It is the trade, processing, and shipping center for a cotton, grain, dairying, and ...

(Encyclopedia) Hobart hōˈbərt [key], city (2020 pop. 27,817), Lake co., extreme NW Ind.; settled c.1849, ...

(Encyclopedia) Commerce, city (2020 pop. 12,459), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a suburb of Los Angeles; inc. 1960. An important transportation hub for S California, Comm...

(Encyclopedia) Ypsilanti ĭpsĭlănˈtē [key], city (1990 pop. 24,846), Washtenaw co., SE Mich., on the Huron River; inc. 1832. It is a residential, commercial, and farm-trade center. There is also some light indus...

(Encyclopedia) Boulder, city (2020 pop. 330,758), seat of Boulder co., N central Colo.; inc. 1871. A Rocky Mountain resort and a suburb of Denver, it is the seat of th...

(Encyclopedia) Amsterdam, city (2020 pop. 18,219), Montgomery co., E central N.Y., on the Mohawk River; inc. 1885. Historically famous for the manufacture of carpets, its manufactures now include machine...