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Cañon City
(Encyclopedia)Cañon City kănˈyən [key], city (2020 pop. 16,693), seat of Fremon...Buffalo City
(Encyclopedia)Buffalo City, metropolitan municipality, Eastern Cape prov., South Africa, on the Indian Ocean. East London is the municipal...Bossier City
(Encyclopedia)Bossier City bōˈzhər [key], city (2020 pop. 62,701), Bossier parish, NW La., on the Red River, ...Boulder City
(Encyclopedia)Boulder City, residential city (2020 pop. 16,701), S Nev., just W of Hoover Dam near Lake Mead; inc. 1959. Built (1932) by the federal government as hea...Ventnor City
(Encyclopedia)Ventnor City, city (1990 pop. 11,005), Atlantic co., SE N.J.; inc. 1903. It is a popular seaside resort adjacent to Atlantic City. Located on a 10-mi (16-km) sandbar known as Absecon Beach, Ventnor Ci...Carol City
(Encyclopedia)Carol City, uninc. residential city (2020 pop. 40,883), Miami-Dade co., SE Fla., between Miami and Fort Lauderdale. It is a growing middle-class suburb....Carson City
(Encyclopedia)Carson City, city (2020 pop. 58,639), state capital, W Nev., in the Eagle valley; inc. 1875. The city is a trade center for a mining and agricultural ar...Union City
(Encyclopedia)Union City. 1 Residential city (1990 pop. 53,762), Alameda co., W Calif., in an agricultural region; inc. 1959 with the merger of Decoto and Alvarado districts. Metal, plastic, paper, and food product...Yuba City
(Encyclopedia)Yuba City yo͞oˈbə [key], town (1990 pop. 27,437), seat of Sutter co., N central Calif., on the Feather River; founded 1849 during the gold rush; inc. 1908. It is a growing processing center for fru...Yazoo City
(Encyclopedia)Yazoo City, city (1990 pop. 12,427), seat of Yazoo co., W central Miss., on the Yazoo River; inc. 1830. It is a trade, processing, and industrial center in a cotton, cattle, and soybean area. There is...Browse by Subject
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