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Vancouver (/ v æ n ˈ k uː v ər / ⓘ van-KOO-vər) is a city on the north bank of the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington, located in Clark County.Founded in 1825 and incorporated in 1857, Vancouver had a population of 190,915 as of the 2020 census, [4] making it the fourth-most populous city in Washington state.
Captain George Vancouver (/ v æ n ˈ k uː v ər /; 22 June 1757 – 10 May 1798) was a British Royal Navy officer best known for his 1791–1795 expedition, which explored and charted North America's northwestern Pacific Coast regions, including the coasts of what are now the Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. states of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and California.
[66] [67] The island and the city are both named after Royal Navy Captain George Vancouver (as is the city of Vancouver, Washington, in the United States). Vancouver has one of the largest urban parks in North America, Stanley Park , which covers 404.9 ha (1,001 acres). [ 68 ]
By Jerry Kronenberg You know that Washington, D.C., is named for America's first president, but did you know that Harrison City, Pa., (population 134) honors ninth president William Henry Harrison ...
The Town of Granville is incorporated as the City of Vancouver (the name was chosen by the president of Canadian Pacific Railway). Rate-payers elect Malcolm Alexander MacLean, a real estate dealer, as the first mayor of Vancouver. The city has a population of about 1,000 people.
Bharat – original name for India, derived from either Dushyanta's son Bharata or Rishabha's son Bharata [1] Bolivia – Simón Bolívar; Cambodia – Kambu Svayambhuva; Colombia – Christopher Columbus (after the Italian version of his name, Cristoforo Colombo) Cook Islands – Captain James Cook; Dominican Republic – Saint Dominic
• While General Washington is the most popular president to name a street after, the most expensive homes have addresses on a street named after President Calvin Coolidge --who led the nation ...
He was a United States senator from California and was the first Republican nominee for president of the U.S. in 1856 and founder of the California Republican Party when he was nominated. He lost the election to Democrat James Buchanan when the vote was split by Know Nothings.