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Brown Deer

(Encyclopedia) Brown Deer, village (2020 pop. 12,507), Milwaukee co., SE Wis., on the Milwaukee River; inc. 1955. It is a residential suburb N of…

Blaydon

(Encyclopedia) Blaydon, town, Gateshead metropolitan district, NE England, on the Tyne River in the Newcastle upon Tyne metropolitan area. It…

Roselle Park

(Encyclopedia) Roselle Park, borough (1990 pop. 12,805), Union co., NE N.J.; founded c.1700, inc. 1901. Mainly residential, the borough produces some light industrial goods, such as rugs and leather…

Morton Grove

(Encyclopedia) Morton Grove, village (1990 pop. 22,408), Cook co., N of Chicago, NE Ill.; inc. 1895. It has research laboratories and plants that manufacture goods such as pumps, electrical equipment…

raft

(Encyclopedia) raft, floating platform of wood, cork, or air-inflated rubber for conveying goods or people. Originally, several logs, bound together by vines, strips of animal skin, and later rope,…

Inver Grove Heights

(Encyclopedia) Inver Grove Heights, city (2020 pop. 36,092), Dakota co., SE Minn. A suburb of St. Paul, its manufactures include motor-vehicle and…

Brampton

(Encyclopedia) Brampton, city, S Ont., Canada, NW of Toronto. Incorporated as a village (1852), a town (1873), and then a city (1976), it is noted for…

West Bend

(Encyclopedia) West Bend, industrial city (1990 pop. 23,916), seat of Washington co., E Wis., on the Milwaukee River; inc. 1885, consolidated with Barton in 1961. Farm implements, dairy products,…