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[1] [2] Some places, such as Hartford, Connecticut, bear an archaic spelling of an English place (in this case Hertford). Washington, D.C., the federal capital of the U.S., is named after the first U.S. President George Washington, whose surname was due to his family holding land in Washington, Tyne and Wear.
Village or Tribe – a village is a human settlement or community that is larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town. The population of a village varies; the average population can range in the hundreds. Anthropologists regard the number of about 150 members for tribes as the maximum for a functioning human group.
It is one of the oldest major cities of the United States. Boston was a key city in the early American Revolution against the British Empire, eventually becoming the first city free of British rule in the United States. Boston is still one of the wealthiest and most important cities in the United States. St. John's: Newfoundland Canada: c. 1630 AD
also Baronet Bacon of Mildenhall in the Baronetage of England. Premier Baronet of England. Badd of Cames Oysells: 1643: Badd: extinct 1683 Bagot of Blithfield: 1627: Bagot: extant: sixth Baronet created Baron Bagot in 1780; baronetcy unproven as of 30 June 2006 (14th Baronet died 2001) – under review Baker of Sisinghurst: 1611: Baker: extinct ...
Bristol (village), Wisconsin – Rev. Ira Bristol (settler) [83] Broadus, Montana – Broaddus family (early settlers) (note spelling) Brockport, New York – Hiel Brockway (settler) [83] Brockton, Massachusetts – Isaac Brock (British Army officer and administrator) (indirectly, after a local merchant heard of Brockville, Ontario, on a trip ...
Neck decoration for British baronets, depicting the Red Hand of Ulster. This article lists baronetcies, whether extant, extinct, dormant (D), unproven (U), under review (R) or forfeit, in the baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Great Britain, Ireland and the United Kingdom.
Prestwould is a historic house near Clarksville, Virginia.It is the most intact and best documented plantation surviving in Southside Virginia. The house was built by Sir Peyton Skipwith, 7th Baronet Skipwith, who moved his family from his Elm Hill Plantation to Prestwould in 1797.
Villages thus have less autonomy than cities. [2] A village is usually, but not always, within a single town. A village may be coterminous with, and have a consolidated government with, a town. A village is a clearly defined municipality that provides the services closest to the residents, such as garbage collection, street and highway ...