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  2. Old Sturbridge Village - Wikipedia

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    Old Sturbridge Village is a living museum located in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, which recreates life in rural New England during the 1790s through 1830s. It is the largest living museum in New England, covering more than 200 acres (81 hectares).

  3. List of former counties, cities, and towns of Virginia

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    Town of Big Lick (1874–1882) became town and later the independent City of Roanoke (name change) Town of Castlewood (1991–1997) became a town on 20 March 1991. Voted for annulment of the town charter on November 4, 1997 and was disincorporated on December 31, 1997. Town of Central City (1885–1890) became town, later City of Radford (name ...

  4. Roanoke Colony - Wikipedia

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    The Roanoke Colony (/ ˈ r oʊ ə n oʊ k / ROH-ə-nohk) was an attempt by Sir Walter Raleigh to found the first permanent English settlement in North America. The colony was founded in 1585, but when it was visited by a ship in 1590, the colonists had inexplicably disappeared.

  5. The tiny N.Y. town where bookstores rule - AOL

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    The Northern Catskills "book village" of Hobart, New York, home to around 400 residents, is also home to seven bookstores, making it a dream destination for bibliophiles.

  6. American urban history - Wikipedia

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    The "new urban history" was a short-lived movement that attracted a great deal of attention In the 1960s, then quickly disappeared. [8] It used statistical methods and innovative computer techniques to analyze manuscript census data, person by person, focusing especially on the geographical and social mobility of random samples of residents.

  7. List of fictional towns in literature - Wikipedia

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    It is a rural town founded in Douglas County, Wisconsin as a logging settlement in 1887. It was renamed following the 1890 disappearance of founder and storyteller Jackson Sloth and his family, said to have fallen in a sinkhole that no-one can find twice. The town is rich with folktales and paranormal activity, especially around holidays.

  8. Where exactly is NC setting of ‘Where the Crawdads ... - AOL

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    Asheville. The mountainous western North Carolina city of Asheville is mentioned several times throughout the book. Kya’s dad, Pa, is from Asheville. His family owned a plantation there, but ...

  9. History of Dedham, Massachusetts, 1635–1699 - Wikipedia

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    The town remained insular during the early years, with the community remaining self contained. With a small population, a simple and agrarian economy, and the free distribution of large tracts of land, there was very little disparity in wealth. As the town grew, new towns broke off from Dedham, beginning with Medfield in 1651. With the division ...