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Burlington, cities, United States
(Encyclopedia) Burlington. 1 City (2020 pop. 23,982), seat of Des Moines co., SE Iowa, on four hills overlooking the Mississippi (spanned there by rail…Hereford, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) Hereford Hereford hûrˈfərd [key], city (2020 pop. 14,334), seat of Deaf Smith co., N Tex., in the…Deaf Smith County, TX Census Data
Texas Deaf Smith County, Texas People QuickFactsDeaf Smith CountyTexasPopulation, 2005 estimate 18,53822,859,968Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 -0.1%9.6%Population,…Bell, Alexander Melville
(Encyclopedia) Bell, Alexander Melville, 1819–1905, Scottish-American educator, b. Edinburgh. Bell worked out a physiological or visible alphabet, with symbols that were intended to represent every…Hansen, James Edward
(Encyclopedia) Hansen, James Edward, 1941–, American astrophysicist and climatologist, b. Denison, Iowa, Ph.D. Univ. of Iowa, 1967. In 1967 he joined the Goddard Institute for Space Studies, and…Des Moines, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) Des Moines Des Moines dĭ moinˈ [key], city (2020 pop. 214,133), state capital and seat of Polk co., S…Hepburn, William Peters
(Encyclopedia) Hepburn, William Peters, 1833–1916, American legislator, b. Wellsville, Ohio. He was raised in Iowa and entered law there. He was a Civil War cavalry officer. From 1881 to 1887 he…Carver, George Washington
(Encyclopedia) Carver, George Washington, 1864?–1943, American agricultural chemist, b. Diamond, Mo., grad. Iowa State College (now Iowa State Univ.; B.S., 1894; M.A. 1896). Born a slave, he later,…Clinton
(Encyclopedia) Clinton. 1 Town (2020 pop. 13,185), Middlesex co., S Conn., on Long Island Sound; settled 1663, set off from Killingworth and inc. 1838…Grinnell, Josiah Bushnell
(Encyclopedia) Grinnell, Josiah Bushnell, 1821–91, American pioneer, clergyman, and abolitionist, b. New Haven, Vt. As pastor (1851–52) of the First Congregational Church in Washington, D.C., he…Trending
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