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Eatontown

(Encyclopedia) Eatontown, borough (2020 pop. 13,597), Monmouth co., E central N.J.; inc. 1926. A residential borough, it is named for Thomas Eaton, who…

Balboa

(Encyclopedia) Balboa, town, Colón prov., in the former Panama Canal Zone, on the Gulf of Panama. The port for Panama City, Balboa was the…

North Bay

(Encyclopedia) North Bay, city (1991 pop. 55,405), SE Ont., Canada, on Lake Nipissing. It is the transportation and commercial center of lumbering and mining districts and a popular summer resort.…

Fairborn

(Encyclopedia) Fairborn, city (2020 pop. 34,240), Greene co., SW Ohio; settled 1799, inc. 1950 with the merging of Osborn and Fairborn. Major employers…

Den Helder

(Encyclopedia) Den Helder Den Helder dŭn hĕlˈdər [key], city, North Holland prov., NW Netherlands, on the North Sea.…

Sasebo

(Encyclopedia) SaseboSasebosäsāˈbō [key], city (1990 pop. 244,677), Nagasaki prefecture, W Kyushu, Japan. It is a commercial and fishing port and naval base on the East China Sea.

Portland, town, England

(Encyclopedia) Portland, town (1991 pop. 12,945), Dorset, S England. It is on the Isle of Portland, a small rocky peninsula. Portland stone has been used in St. Paul's Cathedral and other important…

Wainwright

(Encyclopedia) Wainwright, town (1991 pop. 4,732), E Alta., Canada, SE of Edmonton and near the Sask. border. It is a trade center and railroad division point for an oil and natural gas area. It has…

Shediac

(Encyclopedia) ShediacShediacshĕdˈēăk [key], town (1991 pop. 4,343), SE N.B., Canada, on Northumberland Strait. It is a resort and has a seaplane base and lobster, oyster, and smelt fisheries.

Fair Oaks, towns, United
States

(Encyclopedia) Fair Oaks. 1 uninc. residential town (2020 pop. 32,514), Sacramento co., N central Calif., on the American River, in a growing citrus…