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Culpeper County, Virginia, named for one of three members of the Colepeper family, of which two were women: Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper of Thoresway, a colonial governor of Virginia; his first wife Margaretta van Hesse, called Margaret, Lady Colepeper; or their daughter, Thomas's heir and only surviving issue, Catherine Colepeper.
Some places received their names as a consequence of French colonial settlement (e.g. Baton Rouge, Detroit, New Orleans, Saint Louis). Nine state capitals are French words or of French origin (Baton Rouge, Boise, Des Moines, Juneau, Montgomery, Montpelier, Pierre, Richmond, Saint Paul) - not even counting Little Rock (originally "La Petite ...
Billingsport, New Jersey – Edward Byllynge (merchant and colonial governor) (note the spelling) [70] Biltmore Forest, North Carolina – George Washington Vanderbilt II [70] Bingham, Maine – William Bingham (landowner) [70] Binghamton, New York – William Bingham [70] Birchville, California – L. Birch Adsit [12]: 451
Arkansas State Seal. This list of current cities, towns, unincorporated communities, and other recognized places in the U.S. state of Arkansas whose name begins with the letter L. It also includes information on the number and names of counties in which the place lies, and its lower and upper zip code bounds, if applicable.
Arkansas State Seal. This is a list of places in Arkansas, including cities, towns, unincorporated communities, counties and other recognized places. It also includes information on the number and names of counties in which the place lies, and its lower and upper zip code bounds, if applicable. Click on the letter below which corresponds to the ...
List of Arkansas suffragists; Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame; ... (state) suffragists ... This page was last edited on 4 January 2025, ...
Beginning around 11,700 B.C.E., the first indigenous people inhabited the area now known as Arkansas after crossing today's Bering Strait, formerly Beringia. [3] The first people in modern-day Arkansas likely hunted woolly mammoths by running them off cliffs or using Clovis points, and began to fish as major rivers began to thaw towards the end of the last great ice age. [4]
Others were indigenous monarchs, such as Malietoa Tanumafili I, Tuʻi Manuʻa Elisala and Liliuokalani of Hawaii; The last monarch of each state and territory may not be the last colonial ruler (i.e. Louis XV is the last French monarch of Louisiana, but Napoleon Bonaparte, prior to becoming Emperor, was the last ruler of Louisiana). Also their ...