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Guilford

(Encyclopedia) Guilford Guilford gĭlˈfərd [key], town (2020 pop. 22,073), New Haven co., S Conn., on Long Island…

Hickory, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Hickory, city (2020 pop. 43,490), Burke and Catawba counties, W N.C., at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mts.; inc. 1870. It is a processing…

Ashtabula

(Encyclopedia) Ashtabula Ashtabula ăshˌtəby&oomacr;ˈlə [key], city (2020 pop. 17,863), Ashtabula co., NE Ohio, on Lake Erie at the mouth of the Ashtabula River; settled…

Eastern Shore

(Encyclopedia) Eastern Shore, the tidewater region along E shore of Chesapeake Bay, including all of Maryland and Virginia E of the bay. The region's economy was historically based largely on…

Ipswich, town, United States

(Encyclopedia) Ipswich, town (2020 pop. 13,785), Essex co., NE Mass., on the Ipswich River and Ipswich Bay; inc. 1634. Ipswich clams are found there.…

Eureka

(Encyclopedia) Eureka Eureka y&oomacr;rēˈkə [key], port city (2020 pop. 26,512), seat of Humboldt co., NW Calif.,…

Møre og Romsdal

(Encyclopedia) Møre og RomsdalMøre og Romsdalmöˈrə ô r&oobreve;msˈdäl [key], county (1995 pop. 240,215), 5,820 sq mi (15,074 sq km) W Norway, bordering on the Atlantic Ocean in the west. Molde is…

Stowe

(Encyclopedia) StoweStowestō [key], resort town (1990 pop. 2,450), Lamoille co., N central Vt.; settled 1794, inc. 1896. It is surrounded by mountains, including Mt. Mansfield, Vermont's highest.…

Traverse City

(Encyclopedia) Traverse City, city (1990 pop. 15,155), seat of Grand Traverse co., N Mich., at the head of the West Arm of Grand Traverse Bay, in a resort and cherry-growing region; inc. 1881.…

Camargue

(Encyclopedia) CamargueCamarguekämärgˈ [key], alluvial lowland, c.215 sq mi (560 sq km), Bouches-du-Rhône dept., SE France, in the Rhône delta. Formed by sedimentation, it has numerous shallow…