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  2. List of World War II prisoner-of-war camps in the United States

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    Panola County: Camp Concordia: Kansas Concordia: Camp Cooke: California Santa Barbara County: Camp Croft: South Carolina Camp Crossville: Tennessee Camp Crowder: Missouri Camp Dawson: West Virginia Camp Deming: New Mexico Georg Gärtner escaped on 21 September 1945, and finally surrendered in 1985. He was the last escapee, having remained at ...

  3. Pine Grove, Amador County, California - Wikipedia

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    Pine Grove, Amador County, California. A Chevron gas station in Pine Grove. Pine Grove is a census-designated place [4] in Amador County, California. It lies at an elevation of 2513 feet (766 m). The population was 2,219 at the 2010 census. It is located at 38°24′47″N 120°39′32″W, along State Route 88. The community is in ZIP code ...

  4. Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park - Wikipedia

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    May 06, 1971. Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park is a California State Park, preserving an outcropping of marbleized limestone with some 1,185 mortar holes—the largest collection of bedrock mortars in North America. It is located in the Sierra Nevada foothills, 8 miles (13 km) east of Jackson. The park is nestled in a little valley ...

  5. Kansas City, Missouri - Wikipedia

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    The town of Kansas, Missouri, was incorporated on June 1, 1850, reincorporated and renamed City of Kansas on March 28, 1853, and renamed Kansas City in 1889. The area straddles the border between Missouri and Kansas at the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri rivers, and was considered a good place settle.

  6. Moniteau County, Missouri - Wikipedia

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    Moniteau County (/ m ɒ n ɪ ˈ t ɔː / mon-ih-TAW [1]) is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 15,473. [2] Its county seat is California. [3] The county was organized February 14, 1845, and named for the Moniteau Creek. 'Moniteau' is a French spelling of Manitou, Algonquian ...

  7. Kansas City metropolitan area - Wikipedia

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    UTC−05:00 (CDT) The Kansas City metropolitan area is a bi-state metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City, Missouri. Its 14 counties straddle the border between the U.S. states of Missouri (9 counties) and Kansas (5 counties).

  8. McDonald County, Missouri - Wikipedia

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    McDonald County courthouse in Pineville. McDonald County is a county located in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,303. [1] Its county seat is Pineville. [2] The county was organized in 1849 and named for Sergeant Alexander McDonald, a soldier in the American Revolutionary War. [3]

  9. Jackson County, Missouri - Wikipedia

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    The area outside Westport Landing was renamed in 1839 as the "Town of Kansas", after the local Kanza or Kaw tribe. The town was chartered by Jackson County in 1850 and incorporated by the State of Missouri in 1853 as the "City of Kansas". In 1889, with a population of around 60,000, the city adopted a new charter and changed its name to Kansas ...