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West Monroe

(Encyclopedia)West Monroe, city (1990 pop. 14,096), Ouachita parish, N La., on the Ouachita River, opposite Monroe, in a forest and lake area; inc. 1851. Its chief products are lumber, paper, metal and plastic prod...

Reidsville

(Encyclopedia)Reidsville rēdsˈvĭl [key], industrial city (1990 pop. 12,183), Rockingham co., N N.C.; settled c.1815, inc. 1873. It is a tobacco center, and manufactures include industrial gases; metal, concrete,...

Crawfordsville

(Encyclopedia)Crawfordsville, city (2020 pop. 16,306), seat of Montgomery co., W central Ind.; inc. 1866. It is the trading center of an agricultural and dairy region...

china marks

(Encyclopedia)china marks, potter's trademark or signature, incised in the plastic clay before firing or printed before glazing on the bottom of the piece to identify it as his product. The practice was adopted by ...

Burlingame

(Encyclopedia)Burlingame, city (2020 pop. 31,386), San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; founded 1868, inc. 1908. Burlingame is mainly residential, with ligh...

Weyburn

(Encyclopedia)Weyburn wāˈbərn [key], city (1991 pop. 9,673), SE Sask., Canada, SE of Regina. A trade center for a wheat-growing and oil-producing region, it has grain elevators and a feed mill. Power-line and tr...

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...

Downers Grove

(Encyclopedia)Downers Grove, village (2020 pop. 50,247), Du Page co., NE Ill.; settled 1832, inc. 1873. Downers Grove has undergone population growth and commercial d...

New Kensington

(Encyclopedia)New Kensington, city (1990 pop. 15,894), Westmoreland co., SW Pa., on the Allegheny River, in a coal-mining area; laid out 1891 on the site of Fort Crawford (1778), inc. as a city 1933. Aluminum produ...

Nanticoke

(Encyclopedia)Nanticoke nănˈtĭkōk [key], city (1990 pop. 12,267), Luzerne co., NE Pa., on the Susquehanna River; founded 1793, inc. as a city 1926. It is largely residential. Plastic products are manufactured. ...
 

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