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  2. List of place names of French origin in the United States

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    The suffix "-ville," from the French word for "city" is common for town and city names throughout the United States. Many originally French place names, possibly hundreds, in the Midwest and Upper West were replaced with directly translated English names once American settlers became locally dominant (e.g. "La Petite Roche" became Little Rock ...

  3. Pierre-Louis de Lorimier - Wikipedia

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    Pierre Lorimier died at Cape Girardeau, Missouri in 1812 and was buried alongside his Indian wife in Old Lorimier Cemetery near the city. Loramie Creek in Ohio, where Lorimier had his trading post, is named after him. [2] Nearby place names such as Fort Loramie, Ohio and Lake Loramie State Park also derive from his name.

  4. Cape Charles, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Cape Charles, located close to the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, on Virginia's Eastern Shore, was founded in 1884 as a planned community by railroad and ferry interests.In 1883, William Lawrence Scott became president of the New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad Company (NYP&N), and purchased three plantations comprising approximately 2,509 acres from the heirs of former Virginia Governor ...

  5. List of National Historic Landmarks in Ohio - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of National Historic Landmarks in Ohio and other landmarks of equivalent landmark status in the state. The United States' National Historic Landmark (NHL) program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service, and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources according to a list of criteria of national significance. [6]

  6. List of renamed places in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Cape Canaveral was renamed Cape Kennedy between 1963 and 1973. [46] [47] Cowford (1763–1822) is now Jacksonville; Dade County (1836–1997) is now Miami-Dade County. [48] Flagler was changed to Miami before becoming official; Ocean City (1913–1923) is now Flagler Beach (there is another Ocean City, Florida elsewhere)

  7. Oberlin–Wellington Rescue - Wikipedia

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    Charles and his brother John Mercer Langston were both Oberlin College graduates, and led the Ohio Anti-Slavery Society in 1858. They both were politically active all their lives, Charles in Kansas and John taking leadership roles in state and national politics, in 1888 becoming the first African-American to be elected to the US Congress from ...

  8. List of place names of Spanish origin in the United States

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    Named after Colorado City; now called Old Colorado City.) Florida Meaning land of flowers , Florida's verdant landscape was discovered by Ponce de León on Easter Sunday . The Pascua Florida holiday in early April commemorates this discovery, during the season when flowers are abundant across Florida.

  9. Josiah Barber - Wikipedia

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    Josiah Barber (1771 – 10 Dec 1842) was the first mayor of Ohio City, Ohio. [1] He was elected in 1836. Early years ... Development in Ohio. In 1809, ...