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This is a list of U.S. cities (or census-designated areas) named for the state in which they are located. Locations which are no longer functioning cities (including former cities and present ghost towns) are marked with an asterisk (*). Alabama City, Alabama* (Now part of Gadsden, AL zip code) Arizona City, Arizona; Arkansas City, Arkansas
Indians have influenced Barbadian cuisine, music, and culture. Barbados is also home to expatriates from other countries who mainly come from the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States. [14] The largest ethnic groups in Barbados is black (92.4%) or mixed (3.1%). 2.7% of Barbados' population is white and 1.3% South Asian.
There are several towns and cities named Boston in the US, but this is the only one named after the one in England. All the others were named after this city or a person named Boston. [10] Bowdon, Greater Manchester (historically in Cheshire) Bowdon, North Dakota [22] Boxford, Suffolk: Boxford, Massachusetts [10] Bradford, West Yorkshire
Barbadian (or Bajan) Americans are Americans of full or partial Barbadian heritage. The 2000 Census recorded 53,785 US residents born on the Caribbean island [ 2 ] 52,170 of whom were born to non-American parents [ 3 ] and 54,509 people who described their ethnicity as Barbadian. [ 4 ]
Jarvis Island was named after three people named "Jarvis" in 1821 (when they discovered the island). [127] Johnston Atoll was named for Captain Charles Johnston in 1807. [128] Kingman Reef was named for Captain W. E. Kingman in 1853. [129] Midway Atoll was named in the 19th century for its location being approximately halfway between North ...
The climate of Ohio is a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfa/Dfb) throughout most of the state, except in the extreme southern counties of Ohio's Bluegrass region section, which are located on the northern periphery of the humid subtropical climate (Cfa) and Upland South region of the United States. Summers are ...
The Ohio School for the Blind became the first of its kind in the country, located in Columbus. After 2000, Ohio State government began experimentally exerting more control over schools, as they attempted to help the state's education system evolve with the times.
City of Augustus in the lands of the Treveri people) Wilhelmshaven (state of Lower Saxony) – King William I of Prussia, later also German Emperor (lit. William's harbour) Former: Karl-Marx-Stadt (state of Saxony) was the name of Chemnitz – Karl Marx; Stalinstadt (state of Brandenburg) was the name of Eisenhüttenstadt – Joseph Stalin