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(Encyclopedia) village, small rural population unit, held together by common economic and political ties. Based on agricultural production, a village is smaller than a town and has been the normal…

Elk Grove Village (Village), IL Census Data

People QuickFactsElk Grove VillageIllinoisPopulation, 2003 estimate 34,66612,653,544Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 -0.2%1.9%Population, 2000 34,72712,419,…

Brewer's: Village Blacksmith

(The), in Longfellow's poem, we are told in an American newspaper, was Henry Francis Moore, of Medford, Massachusetts, born 1830. But as the Village Blacksmith was published in 1842, this…

The Celtic Twilight: Village Ghosts

by W. B. Yeats A Visionary"Dust Hath Closed Helen's Eye"Village Ghosts In the great cities we see so little of the world, we drift into our minority. In the little towns and villages…

Prairie Village

(Encyclopedia) Prairie Village, city (1990 pop. 23,186), Johnson co., NE Kans.; inc. 1951. It is a residential suburb in the greater Kansas City area.

Greenfield Village

(Encyclopedia) Greenfield Village, reproduction of an early American village, est. 1933 by Henry Ford at Dearborn, Mich., as part of the Edison Institute. A white-spired church, a town hall, an inn,…

Greenwich Village

(Encyclopedia) Greenwich VillageGreenwich Villagegrĕnˈĭch [key], residential district of lower Manhattan, New York City, extending S from 14th St. to Houston St. and W from Washington Square to the…

Bay Village

(Encyclopedia) Bay Village, city (2020 pop. 16,163), Cuyahoga co., NE Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland; inc. 1903. It is a residential community with some…

Morrisburg

(Encyclopedia) Morrisburg, village (1991 pop. 2,429), SE Ont., Canada, on the St. Lawrence River. Just east of the village is the Upper Canada Village, a model of a typical 19th-century community.

Hempstead (Village), NY Census Data

People QuickFactsHempsteadNew YorkPopulation, 2003 estimate 53,16219,190,115Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 0.1%1.1%Population, 2000 56,55418,976,457Population,…