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The factory town developed during the 19th century into a significant textile mill town in Poland. In honour of Girard, 'Ruda Guzowska' as the original estate was called, was renamed Żyrardów , a toponym derived of the polonised spelling of Girard's name.
Originally known as Bergen's Mill, named for Jacob I. Bergen who owned the grist mill, [23] the name is believed to have become "Milltown" from residents "going to the mill in town". [ 24 ] As of the 2000 Census, the center of population for New Jersey was located in Milltown, at Milltown Road, just east of the New Jersey Turnpike (see map of ...
Milltown (stadium), home ground of Warrenpoint Town F.C., Northern Ireland Glenmalure Park or Milltown, the former home of Shamrock Rovers F.C., Dublin, Ireland Other uses
The remainder of Springfield was never a "mill town," but rather oriented toward precision manufacturing, (e.g. the Springfield Armory.) Ironstone, Massachusetts (also known as South Uxbridge) – a historic village in Uxbridge; Linwood, Massachusetts – mill village in Northbridge; North Uxbridge, Massachusetts – a village within Uxbridge
Mill Town was also a finalist for the Connecticut Book Awards, The Eric Zencey Prize in Environmental Economics, The National Book Critics Circle Leonard Prize for best first book in any genre, the New England Society Book Award, and was a bestseller for the American Bookseller Association and the New England Independent Booksellers Association.
Milltown (Irish: Baile an Mhuilinn, meaning 'town of the mill') [2] is a small town on the N70 national secondary road between the major towns of Tralee and Killarney in County Kerry, Ireland. It is approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) from Killorglin.
Milltown is a hamlet in the town of Southeast located in Putnam County, New York, United States. [1] It is in the easternmost part of town, bordering the city of Danbury, Connecticut . History
The town and the industrial activity had been in decline before then, but after the mills closed migration away from the village accelerated, and the buildings began to deteriorate. [4] The top two floors of Mill Number 1 were removed in 1945 but the building has since been restored and is now the New Lanark Mill Hotel.