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Seaford

(Encyclopedia) Seaford, uninc. urban community (1990 pop. 15,597), Nassau co., SE N.Y., on the southern shore of Long Island, on Great South Bay; settled 1643. It is a residential suburb of New York…

Miramar

(Encyclopedia) MiramarMiramarmĭrˈəmärˌ [key], city (1990 pop. 40,663), Broward co., SE Fla.; inc. 1955. It is a residential community in the rapidly growing I-75 corridor between Miami and Fort…

Mountain Ash, town, Wales

(Encyclopedia) Mountain Ash, Welsh Aberpennar, town (1981 pop. 26,231), Rhondda Cynon Taff, S Wales. A former mining community, it depended upon the great coal mines nearby, which were developed in…

Pembroke Pines

(Encyclopedia) Pembroke Pines, city (1990 pop. 65,452), Broward co., SE Fla., a residential suburb between Miami and Fort Lauderdale; inc. 1961. A significant retirement community, the suburb grew…

Anjo

(Encyclopedia) Anjo Anjo änjōˈ [key], city, Aichi prefecture, S central Honshu, Japan. Once a model farm community producing rice, wheat, poultry, and cattle, Anjo is now…

Boys Town

(Encyclopedia) Boys Town, village, Douglas co., E Nebr.; inc. 1936. The noted community was founded in 1917 by Father Edward J. Flanagan (1886–1948) for homeless or abandoned boys. The village is…

Caughnawaga

(Encyclopedia) CaughnawagaCaughnawagakäˈnəwäˌgə [key], community and Native American reserve, S Que., Canada, on the Saint Lawrence River opposite Lachine. It was founded (1676) as a refuge for…

Wilton Manors

(Encyclopedia) Wilton Manors, city (1990 pop. 11,840), Broward co., SE Fla.; inc. 1947. It is a residential and resort community in the greater Fort Lauderdale area. An electronic research firm is…

Castile–La Mancha

(Encyclopedia) Castile–La Mancha Castile–La Mancha kăstēlˈ–lä mänˈchə [key],…

Hyattsville

(Encyclopedia) Hyattsville, city (2020 pop. 21,187), Prince Georges co., W central Md., a suburb of Washington, D.C.; inc. 1886. Hyattsville is a…