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Prince William County, VA Social Statistics

Prince william county virginia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics SubjectNumberPercent SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school83,548100.0Nursery…

Prince William County, VA Economic Statistics

Prince william county virginia dp 3 profile of selected economic characteristics SubjectNumberPercent EMPLOYMENT STATUSPopulation 16 years and over204,002100.0In labor force157,25477.…

Prince William County, VA Housing Statistics

Prince william county virginia dp 4 profile of selected housing characteristics SubjectNumberPercent Total housing units98,052100.0UNITS IN STRUCTURE1-unit, detached52,82653.91-unit,…

Arpad, chief of the Magyars

(Encyclopedia) ArpadArpadŏrˈpäd [key], c.840–907?, chief of the Magyars. He led his people into Hungary c.895. The leaders of the Magyars and the first dynasty of Hungarian kings (St. Stephen I to…

Schwab, Charles Michael

(Encyclopedia) Schwab, Charles MichaelSchwab, Charles Michaelshwäb [key], 1862–1939, American steel magnate, b. Williamsburg, Pa. He started as a stake driver in Andrew Carnegie's steelworks and rose…

Bainbridge

(Encyclopedia) Bainbridge, city (2020 pop. 14,468), seat of Decatur co., SW Ga., on the Flint River; inc. 1829. It grew up around a fort, used by…

Garey, Thomas Andrew

(Encyclopedia) Garey, Thomas Andrew, 1830–1909, American pioneer in citrus culture, b. Cincinnati. He traveled from Iowa to California by ox team (1849–52). In 1865 he built a citrus nursery on land…

Brooks, Preston Smith

(Encyclopedia) Brooks, Preston Smith, 1819–57, U.S. Congressman (1852–57), b. Edgefield District, S.C. A lawyer and the nephew of Senator Andrew Pickens Butler, he is remembered as the man who in…

Burleson, Edward

(Encyclopedia) Burleson, Edward, 1798–1851, pioneer of Texas, b. Buncombe co., N.C. After living in Tennessee and serving under Andrew Jackson in the war against the Creek (1813–14), he moved to…