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  2. List of places in the United States named after people ...

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    Burlington, 5 places in Kansas, Iowa, Michigan, Vermont, and Wisconsin – Burling family (This family owned the land upon which the city in Vermont was built. The other cities derive their name from the Vermont one). [91] [93] [94] Burnet, Texas – Governor David G. Burnet [91] Burnsville, Indiana – Brice Bruns (founder) [91]

  3. Category:Populated places established in the 1300s - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Populated places established in the 1300s" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  4. Timeline of North American prehistory - Wikipedia

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    The most important city of the Mississippian culture of mound builders, Cahokia on the Mississippi River opposite modern Saint Louis, Missouri, reached its zenith. It was the largest city in North America in the 12th century. [19] 1150–1350: Ancestral Pueblo people are in their Pueblo III Period

  5. List of oldest continuously inhabited cities - Wikipedia

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    Founded by the Nahuatl-speaking people of the Valley of Mexico with the name Cuauhnahuac. The ruins of Teopanzolco, now in downtown Cuernavaca, are thought to be the downtown of Cuauhnahuac, which was sieged and occupied by the Spanish in 1521, who renamed it to Cuernavaca. Tucson: Hohokam United States: c. 1300 AD [47]

  6. List of U.S. places named after non-U.S. places - Wikipedia

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    There are many cities in the US named Florence, but this is the only one named after the Italian city. All the others were named after people. [10] Genoa: Genoa, New York [10] Genoa, Nebraska: Genoa, Nevada: Genoa, Wisconsin: Imola: Imola, California [5] La Verna: Alverno, Wisconsin [23] Lido di Venezia: Lido Beach, New York [57] Lodi: Lodi ...

  7. History of the Americas - Wikipedia

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    The Toltec were a nomadic people, dating from the 10th–12th century, whose language was also spoken by the Aztecs. Teotihuacan. Teotihuacan (4th century BCE – 7/8th century CE) was both a city, and an empire of the same name, which, at its zenith between 150 and the 5th century, covered most of Mesoamerica. Aztec

  8. List of place names of French origin in the United States

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    The suffix "-ville," from the French word for "city" is common for town and city names throughout the United States. Many originally French place names, possibly hundreds, in the Midwest and Upper West were replaced with directly translated English names once American settlers became locally dominant (e.g. "La Petite Roche" became Little Rock ...

  9. List of Jamestown colonists - Wikipedia

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    Name Occupation Alt. names Death date (YYYY-MM-DD) [note 1] Notes Henry Adling: Gentleman Adding, H. Jerome Alicock: Gentleman Alikok Ancient, Jeremy 1607–08–04 Slain by natives [10] Gabriel Archer: Captain and Gentleman Archer, Gabriell 1609 or 1610 winter Secretary to the Council (lawyer) [11] John Asbie: 1607–08–06