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St. John County was established in 1871, and formed from the area to the east of range 38 in what was then part of Wallace County. In 1885, the name was changed to Logan County. [28] Kearney County was established on March 6, 1873, and was dissolved in 1883, with the land area being split between Hamilton and Finney counties. It was ...
City nicknames can help in establishing a civic identity, helping outsiders recognize a community or attracting people to a community because of its nickname; promote civic pride; and build community unity. [1] Nicknames and slogans that successfully create a new community "ideology or myth" [2] are also believed to have economic value. [1]
Map of the United States showing the state nicknames as hogs. Lithograph by Mackwitz, St. Louis, 1884. The following is a table of U.S. state, federal district and territory nicknames, including officially adopted nicknames and other traditional nicknames for the 50 U.S. states, the U.S. federal district, as well as five U.S. territories.
Nickname Location Barber–Scotia College: Mighty Sabres: Concord, North Carolina: Barclay College: Bears Haviland, Kansas: Barnard College: Bears New York City, New York Bard College: Raptors: Annandale-on-Hudson, New York: Bard College at Simon's Rock: Llamas Great Barrington, Massachusetts: Barry University: Buccaneers: Miami Shores, Florida ...
Location of counties with the five most popular names. This is a list of U.S. county names that are used in two or more states. Ranked are the 428 most common county names, which are shared by counties in two or more states each, accounting for 1,730 of the 3,140 counties and county-equivalents in the United States.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 5 January 2025. U.S. state This article is about the U.S. state. For other uses, see Kansas (disambiguation). State in the United States Kansas State Flag Seal Nickname(s): The Sunflower State (official); The Wheat State; America's Heartland Motto(s): Ad astra per aspera (Latin) To the stars through ...
Nickname(s): The Little Apple, [1] ... Manhattan is a city in and the county seat of Riley County, Kansas, United States, [3] although the city extends into ...
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