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Irvine, city, United States
(Encyclopedia)Irvine ûrˈvīn [key], city (2020 pop. 307,670), Orange co., SW Calif.; inc. 1971. Its indus...Holland, city, United States
(Encyclopedia)Holland, city (2020 pop. 34,378), Allegan and Ottawa counties, SW Mich., near Lake Michigan, on Lake Macatawa, in a dairy and poultry area; founded 1847...Jasper, city, United States
(Encyclopedia)Jasper, city (1990 pop. 13,553), seat of Walker co., NW central Ala.; inc. 1889. Jasper is a trade and processing center in a coal and timber area. There is agriculture and the manufacture of sporting...Ithaca, city, United States
(Encyclopedia)Ithaca ĭthˈəkə [key], city (2020 pop. 32,108), seat of Tompkins co., S central N.Y., at t...Indiana, city, United States
(Encyclopedia)Indiana, industrial borough (2020 pop. 13,067), seat of Indiana co., W Pa.; inc. 1816. It is the principal supply and trading center for a bituminous-co...Livonia, city, United States
(Encyclopedia)Livonia lĭvōnˈyə [key], city (1990 pop. 100,850), Wayne co., SE Mich., a suburb of Detroit; founded 1835, inc. 1950. Among its manufactures are transportation equipment, plastic and steel products...Natchez, city, United States
(Encyclopedia)Natchez, city (1990 pop. 19,460), seat of Adams co., SW Miss., on bluffs above the Mississippi River; settled 1716, inc. 1803. It is the trade, shipping, and processing center for a soybean, corn, cot...Magnolia, city, United States
(Encyclopedia)Magnolia măgnōˈlyə [key], city (1990 pop. 11,151), seat of Columbia co., SW Ark.; inc. 1855. Its oil industry has been important since 1938. Metal products, apparel, chemicals, and lumber are also...Northampton, city, United States
(Encyclopedia)Northampton nôrthˌhămpˈtən, nôrˌthămpˈtən [key], city (1990 pop. 29,289), seat of Hampshire co., W Mass., on the Connecticut River; inc. as a town 1656, as a city 1883. Brushes, wire, optica...Naugatuck, city, United States
(Encyclopedia)Naugatuck nôgˈətŭkˌ [key], industrial borough (1990 pop. 30,625), New Haven co., SW Conn., on both sides of the Naugatuck River; settled 1704, inc. 1844. In 1843, Charles Goodyear established the...Browse by Subject
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