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(pol.)Góra Krzyżanowskiego, a peak named in honor of Włodzimierz Krzyżanowski. [1] Name given by Polish geographer Stefan Jarosz. [2](pol.) Jezioro Piłsudskiego, a lake on Kosciusko Island named in honor of Józef Piłsudski - Polish politician, First Marshall and Prime Minister.
The following cities and municipalities are among those that have 10,000 or more residents who are of Polish ancestry (in descending order by Polish population): New York City, New York - 213,447 (2.7%).
This is a list of cities and towns whose names were officially changed at one or more points in history. It does not include gradual changes in spelling that took place over long periods of time. see also: Geographical renaming, List of names of European cities in different languages, and List of renamed places in the United States
Texas population density map. As of May 2024, the 1,225 Texas municipalities [3] [a] include 971 cities, 231 towns, and 23 villages.These designations are determined by United States Census Bureau requirements based on state statutes and may not match a municipality's self-reported designation. [4]
Map of Poland. This is a list of cities and towns in Poland, consisting of four sections: the full list of all 107 cities in Poland by size, followed by a description of the principal metropolitan areas of the country, the table of the most populated cities and towns in Poland, and finally, the full alphabetical list of all 107 Polish cities and 861 towns combined.
This is a partial list of Texas towns named for faraway places. Dozens more await glory in future columns, including at least one that will be devoted specifically to Spanish-language place names.
The town of Kosciusko was founded on March 12, 1880 in Wilson County, Texas when approximately 65 Polish families moved north from the neighboring town of Cestohowa in search of better farm land. The area they settled was previously known as "Little Egypt" and had been settled by a small handful of German families circa 1850. [4]
The town's identity as an insular Polish enclave was sealed by four factors: Bypassed by the railroads; Union in sympathy (Settlers were also unionist and were occasionally massacred in Texas during this period) Polish Resurrectionist priests arrived from Europe; A sisterhood of Polish teaching nuns was established