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Finnish branch of the Salvation Army in Brooklyn's Finntown (1942). A Finntown is a quarter populated by Finnish American people in the cities and big villages of the United States. In the United States there were a dozen Finntowns. In the Finntowns were services for Finnish people, usually at least a co-op store, a church and a town hall.
The Finnish exodus took place after most of the available farmland in the United States was already taken and Canada's was largely still available. While many immigrants pursued farming , others found employment in mining , construction , and the forest industry, while women usually worked as maids .
For the purposes of this list, place means any named location that is smaller than a county or equivalent: cities, towns, villages, hamlets, neighborhoods, municipalities, boroughs, townships, civil parishes, localities, census-designated places, and some districts. Also included are country homes, castles, palaces, and similar institutions.
The following is a set–index article, providing a list of lists, for the cities, towns and villages within the jurisdictional United States. It is divided, alphabetically, according to the state , territory , or district name in which they are located.
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This is a list of department stores of the United States currently operating. This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2023)
There's a certain charm to small-town America. From scenic places in Maine, Alaska, California, and beyond, we've got the scoop on some of the nation's smallest towns. 22 of the Smallest Towns in ...
Finland portal; North America portal ... Finnish diaspora in Canada (2 C, 6 P) U. Finnish diaspora in the United States (3 C, 5 P)