Columbia Encyclopedia

Search results

500 results found

Robstown

(Encyclopedia)Robstown, city (1990 pop. 12,849), Nueces co., S Tex.; inc. 1912. It is a railroad junction and a packing and shipping center for a blackland region that produces cotton, sorghum, and oil. There is oi...

Connersville

(Encyclopedia)Connersville, city (2020 pop. 12,808), seat of Fayette co., E central Ind., on the Whitewater River, in a farm area; founded 1813; inc. as a city 1870. ...

Chicago Heights

(Encyclopedia)Chicago Heights, city (2020 pop. 28,860), Cook co., NE Ill., S of Chicago; settled in the 1830s, inc. as a city 1901. It is an industrial community wher...

Soka

(Encyclopedia)Soka sōˈkä [key], city (1990 pop. 206,132), Saitama prefecture, E central Honshu, Japan. It is a suburb of Tokyo that produces pulp, leather, and metal. ...

Neyagawa

(Encyclopedia)Neyagawa nāyägäˈwä [key], city (1990 pop. 256,524), Osaka prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan, on the Shinyodo River. A suburb of Osaka, it produces metal products and textiles. ...

Montville

(Encyclopedia)Montville, town (1990 pop. 16,673), New London co., SE Conn.; founded 1670, inc. 1786. Paper products, sheet metal, computer circuit boards, tachometers, aluminum doors and windows, and boxes are made...

Moorestown

(Encyclopedia)Moorestown, township (1990 pop. 16,500), Burlington co., SW N.J., an industrial suburb of the Camden, N.J.–Philadelphia area; settled 1682 by Quakers, inc. 1922. Electronic equipment, metal products...

Sherman

(Encyclopedia)Sherman, city (1990 pop. 31,601), seat of Grayson co., N Tex., near the Red River; inc. 1858. Originally on a stagecoach route, it is a highway and railroad junction. Manufactures include electronic e...

Damoh

(Encyclopedia)Damoh dəmōˈ [key], town, Madhya Pradesh state, central India. It is a district administrat...

Khorugh

(Encyclopedia)Khorugh khərôkˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 20,318), capital of Gorno-Badakhshan, E Tajikistan, in the Pamir. Khorugh produces shoes, metal goods, building materials, and processed food. ...