Search

Search results

Displaying 71 - 80

Madisonville

(Encyclopedia) Madisonville, city (1990 pop. 16,200), seat of Hopkins co., W Ky., in a coal mining and farm area; inc. 1807. Tobacco, grain, and soybeans are grown and livestock is raised. There is…

McComb

(Encyclopedia) McComb, city (1990 pop. 11,591), Pike co., SW Miss., near the La. line; inc. 1872. It is the trade and rail center of a cotton, corn, soybean, cattle, and timber area. Manufactures…

North Royalton

(Encyclopedia) North Royalton, city (1990 pop. 23,197), Cuyahoga co., NE Ohio, a growing suburb of Cleveland; settled 1811, inc. as a village 1927, as a city 1960. A dairy-processing and sawmilling…

Vernon, city, Canada

(Encyclopedia) Vernon, city (1991 pop. 23,514), S British Columbia, Canada, near the north end of Okanagan Lake. The center of a fruit-growing and dairying area, it has packing and dehydrating plants…

Volsk

(Encyclopedia) VolskVolskvôlsk [key], city (1989 pop. 66,000), S central European Russia, a port on the Volga River. It has food and metal processing and cement industries.

Isahaya

(Encyclopedia) Isahaya Isahaya ēsäˈhäyä [key], city, Nagasaki prefecture, W Kyushu, Japan. An agricultural center…

Kariya

(Encyclopedia) KariyaKariyakärēˈyä [key], city (1990 pop. 120,126), Aichi prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. It is an industrial center with textile, mechanical, food-processing industries, and…

Charlestown, town, St. Kitts-Nevis

(Encyclopedia) Charlestown, town on the island of Nevis, St. Kitts and Nevis, West Indies. Charlestown is the chief town and port of the island. Sugar…

Antioch, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Antioch, city (2020 pop. 115,291), Contra Costa co., W Calif., on the San Joaquin River near the mouth of the Sacramento; inc. 1872. It is a processing and shipping center…

Hamilton, town, Scotland

(Encyclopedia) Hamilton, town, South Lanarkshire, S central Scotland, near the confluence of the Avon and the Clyde rivers. Once known for its coal…