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The Ruthwell Cross is a stone Anglo-Saxon cross probably dating from the 8th century, [1] when the village of Ruthwell, now in Scotland, was part of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Northumbria. It is the most famous and elaborate Anglo-Saxon monumental sculpture, [ 2 ] and possibly contains the oldest surviving text, predating any manuscripts ...
The actual number was probably considerably higher, maybe close to 400,000 in total, so that on the order of 0.1% of the corpus has come down to us, and Fischer [8] estimates a population of several hundred active literati throughout the period, with as many as 1,600 during the Alamannic "runic boom" of the 6th century.
Nashville was originally called New Nashville; under the latter name, it was laid out in 1830. [6] The local post office was established as Nashville in 1831. [7] On June 28, 2020, Nashville was the site of a successful attempt at the world record for most pogo stick jumps with no hands. Caleb Klein set the record with 13,015 consecutive jumps. [8]
[7] [8] [6] [5] The Tetters were the first of a long tradition of Black farmers in Pembroke; people who had been forced to farm as slaves and sharecroppers could now cultivate their own small plots of land. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, some parts of life in Pembroke were racially segregated, but many Black and white farmers worked ...
Maine Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois, United States.The population was 140,600 at the 2020 census. [1] The township was founded in 1850. Maine Township is located in Cook County, directly north and east of O'Hare International Airport in Chicago.
Mill Shoals is a village in Wayne and White counties in the U.S. State of Illinois.The population was 235 at the 2000 census, down to 176 at the 2020 census. In Fall 2022, Drew Lane Consultants LLC conducted a village-wide survey that totaled population at 157.
ZIP Code(s) 62268. Area code: 618: FIPS code: 17-54586: GNIS ID: 2399540 [1] Wikimedia Commons: Oakdale, Illinois: Oakdale is a village in Washington County, Illinois ...
ZIP Code(s) 62461. Area code: 217: FIPS code: 17-69797: GNIS ID: 2399816 [1] Wikimedia Commons: ... Shumway is part of the Effingham, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area ...