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Mille Lacs Lake ("thousand lakes") [178] Nicollet County (named after Joseph Nicollet, French mapmaker who led three 18th-century expeditions in present-day Minnesota and the Dakotas) [179] Orleans (named after Orléans, France) [179] Pelland (named after French-Canadian Joseph Pelland, the town's first postmaster) Platte; Pomme de Terre ("potato")
English: The maps use data from nationalatlas.gov, specifically countyp020.tar.gz on the Raw Data Download page. The maps also use state outline data from statesp020.tar.gz . The Florida maps use hydrogm020.tar.gz to display Lake Okeechobee.
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The location on the boundary of DC and Maryland was named Takoma in 1883 by DC resident Ida Summy, who believed it to mean 'high up' or 'near heaven'. [ 15 ] Tuxedo - Tuxedo may derive from the Lenape epithet Tùkwsit 'the Wolf Clans', or from Munsee Delaware p'tuck-sepo 'crooked river'.
The Western Maryland Railway was extended west from Big Pool, Maryland, to Cumberland as a Class-I railroad in 1906, with the mainline being constructed through Oldtown complete with a train station located at the lower end of town. Passenger service ended on the Western Maryland Railway between Cumberland and Hagerstown on May 30, 1953 ...
Cooksville is an unincorporated community in Howard County, Maryland, United States. [1] As of 2016, the population was 631. The town was founded by Thomas Cook in 1802. [2] The crossroads town was anchored by the Joshua Roberts Tavern, where General Lafayette visited in 1824. The inn was destroyed by fire, rebuilt, and demolished a second time ...
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