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Berea, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Berea bərēˈə [key]. <1> city (2020 pop. 16,594), Madison co., central Kentucky; inc...

Canton, cities, United States

(Encyclopedia)Canton. 1 City (2020 pop. 13,098), Fulton co., W central Ill., in the corn belt; inc. 1849. It is a trade and industrial center for a coal and ...

Wakefield, town, United States

(Encyclopedia)Wakefield, town (1990 pop. 24,825), Middlesex co., NE Mass., a suburb N of Boston; settled 1639, inc. 1812. Chiefly residential, the town has some light industry, such as the production of plastics an...

Passaic, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Passaic pəsāˈĭk [key], city (1990 pop. 58,041), Passaic co., NE N.J., a port on the Passaic River; settled 1678 by Dutch traders as Acquackanonk, named Passaic 1854, inc. as a city 1873. Formerly ...

Dundalk, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Dundalk dŭnˈdôlkˌ [key], city (2020 pop. 67,796), Baltimore co., NE Md., a suburb of Balt...

Swansea, town, United States

(Encyclopedia)Swansea swŏnˈzē [key], town (1990 est. pop. 15,500), Bristol co., SE Mass., a suburb of Fall River, on an inlet of Mount Hope Bay; founded 1667, inc. 1785. Once a vast farmland, it has become chief...

Hudson, towns, United States

(Encyclopedia)Hudson. 1 Industrial town (2020 pop. 20,092), Middlesex co., E central Mass., on the Assabet River, in an apple-growing region; settled c.1699, ...

James, rivers, United States

(Encyclopedia)James. 1 Unnavigable river, 710 mi (1,143 km) long, rising in central N.Dak. and flowing across S.Dak. to the Missouri River at Yankton, S.Dak. Jamestown Dam on the river is an irrigation and flood co...

Derby, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Derby dûrˈbē [key]. <1> city (2020 pop. 12,325), New Haven co., SW Conn., at the con...

Bath, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Bath, city (2020 pop. 8,766), seat of Sagadahoc co., SW Maine, on the west bank of the Kennebec River near its mouth on the Atlantic; settled c.1670, in...