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Independence County, AR Housing Statistics

Independence county arkansas dp 4 profile of selected housing characteristics SubjectNumberPercent Total housing units14,841100.0UNITS IN STRUCTURE1-unit, detached10,80672.81-unit,…

Family Trivia: Independence Day Quizzes

Try Infoplease's brain-busting quizzes for Independence Day Related Links Independence Day Trivia Packet for KidsFourth of July by the NumbersFacts on FireworksHistory of Fourth of…

Independence County, AR Census Data

Arkansas Independence County, Arkansas People QuickFactsIndependence CountyArkansasPopulation, 2005 estimate 34,7372,779,154Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 1.5%4.0%…

California, Gulf of

(Encyclopedia) California, Gulf of, or Sea of Cortés, arm of the Pacific Ocean, c.700 mi (1,130 km) long and 50 to 130 mi (80–209 km) wide, NW Mexico; separates Baja California from the Mexican…

Maurice of Nassau

(Encyclopedia) Maurice of NassauMaurice of Nassaumôrˈĭs, [key]Maurice of Nassaunăsˈô [key], 1567–1625, prince of Orange (1618–25); son of William the Silent by Anne of Saxony. He became stadtholder…

Charles I, emperor of Austria

(Encyclopedia) Charles I, 1887–1922, last emperor of Austria and, as Charles IV, king of Hungary (1916–18); son of Archduke Otto and grandnephew and successor of Emperor Francis Joseph. He married…

Canning, George

(Encyclopedia) Canning, George, 1770–1827, British statesman. Canning was converted to Toryism by the French Revolution, became a disciple of William Pitt, and was his undersecretary for foreign…

Meagher, Thomas Francis

(Encyclopedia) Meagher, Thomas FrancisMeagher, Thomas Francismär [key], 1823–67, Irish revolutionary and Union general in the American Civil War, b. Waterford, Ireland. A leader of the Young Ireland…

Poinsett, Joel Roberts

(Encyclopedia) Poinsett, Joel RobertsPoinsett, Joel Robertspoinˈsĕt [key], 1779–1851, American diplomat and politician, b. Charleston, S.C. In 1810 he was sent as a special commissioner to South…