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"Containing a history", The village began its historic existence in 18 when the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad was being built through the neighborhood
The river's name comes from the Native Americans of the area, who saw many red-eye fish in the river
" A writer in 1920 noted there was "
The name "Shady Dale" was descriptively applied.
The Knife River's name is an accurate preservation of its native Ojibwe name, Mokomani Zibi.
A number of post offices came and went over the years: 1882-1891, 1899-1909, 1912–1955
It first had a post office in 1881, which closed and reopened a few times until 1886, after which it has remained open continuously
named for _ who was instrumental in securing the post office for the town.
A post office was opened in 1932, and continues in operation today
The town's name is an amalgamation of Isabella and May, the names of the daughters
It was first settled in 1800 but remained static until the Ohio and Erie Canal (or X Railroad) was completed
"had its start in the year 18 by the building of the _ railroad through that territory.
who owned the land where the village is located
a postal error accounts for the error in spelling, which was never corrected
its name is a portmanteau of California and Nevada.
who induced a railroad company to establish a station here.
the next year after the Alton & Sangamon (now Chicago & Alton) railroad was completed to that point
The new town was first named ____, in honor of ___, but it was afterwards changed because the U.S. postal authorities refused to accept that name, there being another post office in the state with a similar name. It was then named after ___.
"was a shipping point on the _"
A post office was opened in in , and remained in operation until it was discontinued in
The seat of justice of County was originally known as , and under the latter name was laid out in by .
The name Kensington was adopted in 1876.
Although official populations are not compiled for unincorporated places,
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A majority of the early settlers being natives of _ caused the name to be selected.
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It has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names.
Britton, Oklahoma is a former town in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place
The community's unusual name has attracted attention from writers.
It lies along local roads near the North Platte River, northeast of the city of Ogallala, the county seat of Keith County.[2]
With the construction of the railroad, business activity shifted to nearby _, and the town's population dwindled
A post office has been in operation there since
The name Belk was the maiden name of the first postmaster's wife
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A post office was established in 1886 and continues to be served by ZIP code 49834
It consists of a planned community surrounding a 135-acre (0.55 km2) reservoir also named Cinnamon Lake.
The community's name is derived from shortening and alteration of the name of
The peak owes its name to the resemblance it shares with a woman's
The Board on Geographic Names settled on "Buttahatchee River" as the river's official name and spelling in 1947. According to the Geographic Names Information System, the Buttahatchee River has also been known as:[3]
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was founded in 1878.
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- ^ Hellmann, Paul T. (May 13, 2013). "Historical Gazetteer of the United States". Routledge.
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- ^ History of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio: Their Past and Present. S. B. Nelson. 1894.
- ^ "Alabama Counties". Alabama Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
- ^ Temple, Robert D. (2009). Edge Effects: The Border-Name Places. iUniverse.
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- ^ Federal Writers Project (1939). Nebraska, a Guide to the Cornhusker State. WPA. p. 313.