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Langley Park

(Encyclopedia)Langley Park, uninc. town (1990 pop. 17,474), Prince Georges co., W central Md., a suburb of Washington, D.C. The town has grown with the development of the greater Washington, D.C. metropolitan area ...

Lincoln Park

(Encyclopedia)Lincoln Park, city (1990 pop. 41,832), Wayne co., SE Mich., a suburb adjacent to Detroit, on the Detroit River; inc. 1921. It is a residential community in an area marked by a significant decline in i...

Elmwood Park

(Encyclopedia)Elmwood Park, village (2020 pop. 24,521), Cook co., NE Ill., a suburb of Chicago; inc. 1914. It is chiefly residential. ...

Floral Park

(Encyclopedia)Floral Park, village (2020 pop. 15,784), Nassau co., SE N.Y., on Long Island, a residential suburb of New York City; inc. 1908. It has a commercial flow...

Forest Park

(Encyclopedia)Forest Park. 1 City (2020 pop. 19,932), Clayton co., NW Ga., a suburb of Atlanta; inc. 1908. It is a major warehouse and distribution center adjacent ...

Evergreen Park

(Encyclopedia)Evergreen Park, village (2020 pop. 19,943), Cook co., NE Ill., a residential suburb of Chicago; inc. 1893.

Fairview Park

(Encyclopedia)Fairview Park, city (2020 pop. 15,981), Cuyahoga co., NE Ohio; inc. 1950. It is a residential suburb of Cleveland. ...

Blenheim Park

(Encyclopedia)Blenheim Park, estate, Oxfordshire, central England, near Woodstock. The stately Blenheim Palace was designed by Sir John Vanbrugh and stands on spacious grounds that included entensive formal gardens...

Brooklyn Park

(Encyclopedia)Brooklyn Park, city (2020 pop. 86,478), Hennepin co., SE Minn., a suburb of Minneapolis; chartered as a city 1969. Manufacturing includes machinery, woo...

Brook Park

(Encyclopedia)Brook Park, city (2020 pop. 18,595), Cuyahoga co., NE Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland; inc. 1914. A major office complex and the Cleveland municipal airport...
 

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