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Homestead, FL Social Statistics

NumberPercentSCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school9,126100.0Nursery school, preschool96210.5Kindergarten9049.9Elementary school (grades 1-8)4,51549.5High school (…

Coventry, town, United States

(Encyclopedia) Coventry, town (2020 pop. 35,688), Kent co., W R.I.; settled 1643, set off from Warwick and inc. 1741. Formerly a noted lace center, it…

General Land Office

(Encyclopedia) General Land Office, established (1812) in the U.S. Treasury Dept. and transferred (1849) to the U.S. Dept. of the Interior. Empowered to survey, manage, and dispose of the public…

Katonah

(Encyclopedia) Katonah, suburban residential village (1990 pop. 2,400), in Westchester co., SE N.Y., N of New York City. Katohah lies on a reservoir that is part of the Croton River system; the…

Munhall

(Encyclopedia) MunhallMunhallmŭnˈhôl [key], borough (1990 pop. 13,158), Allegheny co., SW Pa., a suburb of Pittsburgh, on the Monongahela River; inc. 1901. The once-large steel- and ironworks there…

Gibson, Paris

(Encyclopedia) Gibson, Paris, 1830–1920, American pioneer and politician, b. Brownfield, Maine. After serving in the Maine legislature he moved to Minneapolis, where he built the first flour mill and…

Kinderhook

(Encyclopedia) KinderhookKinderhookkĭnˈdərh&oobreve;kˌ [key], village (1990 pop. 1,293), Columbia co., SE N.Y.; settled before the Revolution, inc. 1838. Richard Upjohn designed St. Paul's Church…

Leonard, Buck

(Encyclopedia) Leonard, Buck (Walter Fenner Leonard), 1907–1997, African-American baseball player, b. Rocky Mount, N.C. Beginning in 1933, he played semiprofessional ball with the Baltimore Stars and…

Gibson, Josh

(Encyclopedia) Gibson, Josh (Joshua Gibson) 1911–47, American baseball player, b. Buena Vista, Ga. A catcher and the long-time batterymate of Satchel Paige, Gibson was called “the Babe Ruth of the…