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(Encyclopedia) Huntsville.
1 City (2020 pop. 215,006), seat of Madison co., N Ala.; inc.
1811. A major center for U.S. space research, Huntsville is the site of the
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(Encyclopedia) Cumberland.
1 City (2020 pop. 19,076), seat of Allegany co., NW Md., on the
North Branch of the Potomac; settled 1750, inc. 1815. It is an important
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(Encyclopedia) Florence.
1 City (2020 pop. 40,184), seat of Lauderdale co., NW Ala., on
the Tennessee River near Muscle Shoals and adjacent to Wilson
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(Encyclopedia) Franklin.
1 City (2020 pop. 26,414), seat of Johnson co., S central Ind.,
inc. 1823. It is a farm trade center. Manufactures include auto parts,
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(Encyclopedia) Jamestown. 1 City (1990 pop. 34,681), Chautauqua co., W N.Y., on Chautauqua Lake; founded c.1806, inc. as a city 1886. It is the business and financial center of a dairy, livestock, and vineyard area....
(Encyclopedia) Hanover.
1 Town (2020 pop. 14,833), Plymnouth co., SE Mass.; settled
1649, inc. 1727. An iron forge was located there that produced anchors and
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(Encyclopedia) Hastings.
1 City (2020 pop. 3,013), seat of Barry co., SW Mich; inc.
1865. The town is situated on the Thornapple River and was developed on land
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(Encyclopedia) Kingston. 1 City (1990 pop. 23,095), seat of Ulster co., SE N.Y., on the Hudson River at the mouth of Rondout Creek; inc. as a village 1805, and as a city through the union (1872) of Kingston and Rond...
(Encyclopedia) Somerset. 1 City (1990 pop. 10,733), seat of Pulaski co., S Ky., in a farm, coal, and limestone area of the Cumberland foothills; inc. 1810. A railroad center, it has agriculture (tobacco, corn, wheat...
(Encyclopedia) Winchester wĭnˈchĕˌstər, wĭnˈchĭstər [key]. 1 Town (1990 pop. 11,524), Litchfield co., NW Conn., in the Litchfield Hills; settled 1732, inc. 1771. It includes Winsted (1990 pop. 8,254), an in...