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Manhattan was first mapped during a 1609 voyage of Henry Hudson, an Englishman who worked for the Dutch East India Company. [15] Hudson came across Manhattan Island and the native people living there, and continued up the river that would later bear his name, the Hudson River, until he arrived at the site of present-day Albany. [16]
Manhattan's population density is 70,450.8 inhabitants per square mile (27,201.2/km 2), the highest of any county in the United States. [ 172 ] Based on data from the 2020 census, New York City comprises about 43.6% of the state's population of 20,202,320, [ 4 ] and about 39% of the population of the New York metropolitan area . [ 247 ]
Manhattan (/ m æ n ˈ h æ t ən, m ə n-/ ⓘ man-HAT-ən, mən-) is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City.Coextensive with New York County, Manhattan is the smallest county by geographical area in the U.S. state of New York.
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 ...
Georgia Tech rapidly expanded its global footprint in the decade of Peterson's term as president. Tech established new research programs in Europe, Asia, and Latin America and grew collaborations with more than 100 countries. During Peterson's time as president, more than 58% of Georgia Tech's undergraduate students participated in an ...
One of the perks of being president of the United States is that many things are later named in your honor -- schools, libraries, even entire cities. And among the most common things to name after ...
Coolidge, Kansas – Thomas Jefferson Coolidge (president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway) [156] Coolidge, Arizona – named for 30th President of the United States Calvin Coolidge and the most recent city to be named after a U.S. President; Cooper, Maine – General John Cooper (landowner) [156]
Others carry the prefix "New"; for example, the largest city in the US, New York, was named after York because King Charles II gave the land to his brother, James, the Duke of York (later James II). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Some places, such as Hartford, Connecticut , bear an archaic spelling of an English place (in this case Hertford ).