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  List of Kansas county name etymologies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Bourbon County is named for Bourbon County, Kentucky.
Coffey County is named for A.M. Coffey, a territorial legislator and colonel in the U.S. Army.
Finney County is named for D.W. Finney, a lieutenant governor of Kansas.
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 Riley County, Kansas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Among notable current and former residents of Riley County are former Governor John W. Carlin, General Glen Edgerton and millionaire miner Horace A. Tabor.
In the county the population is spread out with 18.80% under the age of 18, 34.50% from 18 to 24, 25.90% from 25 to 44, 13.30% from 45 to 64, and 7.50% who are 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a household in the county is $32,042, and the median income for a family is $46,489.
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 Definition of Counties of the United States - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
By area, the largest county in the United States is North Slope Borough, Alaska at 94,763 square miles (245,435 km²) and the smallest county in the United States is Kalawao County, Hawaii at 13 square miles (34 km²).
The largest county equivalent by area is Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska at 147,843 square miles (382,912 km²) and the smallest is the independent city of Falls Church, Virginia at 2.0 square miles (5 km²).
County government was abolished in Connecticut in 1960, although the names remain for geographical purposes.
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 List of Kansas county name etymologies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Coffey County, Kansas is named for A.M. Coffey, a territorial legislator and colonel in the U.S. Army.
Finney County, Kansas is named for D.W. Finney, a lieutenant governor of Kansas.
Geary County, Kansas is named for John W. Geary, a governor of the Kansas Territory in 1856, general in the American Civil War and the sixteenth governor of Pennsylvania from 1867 to 1873.
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 County (United States) article - County (United States) United States America states counties state county Louisiana - ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
A county of the United States is a local level of government smaller than a state but (generally) larger than a city or town, in a U.S. state or territory.
By area, the largest county (or county-equivalent) in the United States is North Slope Borough, Alaska at 94,763 square miles and the smallest county (or county-equivalent) in the United States is Kalawao County, Hawaii at 13 square miles.
The most populous county (or county-equivalent) is Los Angeles County, California with 9,519,338 people as of 2000, and the least populous county is Loving County, Texas with 67 people as of 2000.
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 Broomfield County Colorado
This is a list of Colorado county name etymologies.
Colorado counties tend to be named after U.S. and state politicians, geographic and other locations in the counties, Native American tribes and early settlers, with many of the geographic terms resulting from early Spanish exploration of the area.
Boulder County, Colorado: Boulder is named from the abundance of boulders in the area.
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 U.S. state   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The name "New York" can refer to any one of three geographical levels: a state, a city in that state, or a county (coterminous with the borough of Manhattan) in that city.
The state of Washington is the only state named after a U.S. President (or after a person born within the area now comprising the U.S., for that matter).
Only two states have state capitals named for the state (however, such name-sharing occurs commonly with states and provinces in some other countries, where the state or province actually often takes its name from a capital city): Oklahoma, with capital Oklahoma City, and Indiana, with capital Indianapolis (which means Indiana City).
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 County (United States)
The actual term "county" describes them in 48 of the 50 states; Louisiana uses the term "parish" and Alaska, "borough".
The state with the fewest counties is Delaware with three, and the state with the most is Texas with 254.
List of Texas county name etymologies (A to J)
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 Middle East Open Encyclopedia: County (United States)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
By area, the largest county in the United States is North Slope Borough, Alaska at 94,763 square miles (245,435 km²) and the smallest county in the United States is Kalawao County, Hawaii at 13 square miles (34 km²).
The largest county equivalent by area is Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska at 147,843 square miles (382,912 km²) and the smallest is the independent city of Falls Church, Virginia at 2.0 square miles (5 km²).
The most densely populated county (or county equivalent) is New York County, New York with 66,940 people per square mile (ppsm) as of 2000, and the least densely populated county is Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska with 0.08 ppsm as of 2000.
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 Encyclopedia: List of U.S. state capitals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
This is a list of U.S. state capitols: Gallery of selected state capitols See also List of current and former capital cities within the United States List of capitals of subnational entities Reference http://www.
U.S. states This is a list of traditional abbreviations for U.S. states and territorries, which were in wide use prior to the U.S. postal abbreviations.
These are lists of U.S. state insignia as designated by tradition or the respective state legislatures: List of U.S. state amphibians List of U.S. state beverages List of U.S. state birds List of U.S. state butterflies List of U.S. state colors List of U...
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 Jewell County, Kansas - PakAF.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Jewell County (standard abbreviation: JW) is a county located in the state of Kansas.
In the county the population is spread out with 21.90% under the age of 18, 4.40% from 18 to 24, 21.50% from 25 to 44, 26.20% from 45 to 64, and 25.90% who are 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a household in the county is $30,538, and the median income for a family is $36,953.
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 Haskell County, Kansas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Haskell County (standard abbreviation: HS) is a county located in the state of Kansas.
In the county the population is spread out with 32.90% under the age of 18, 9.10% from 18 to 24, 27.80% from 25 to 44, 19.50% from 45 to 64, and 10.60% who are 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a household in the county is $38,634, and the median income for a family is $43,354.
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 Osage County, Kansas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Osage County (standard abbreviation: OS) is a county located in the state of Kansas in the USA.
In the county the population is spread out with 27.00% under the age of 18, 6.40% from 18 to 24, 27.00% from 25 to 44, 23.70% from 45 to 64, and 15.80% who are 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a household in the county is $37,928, and the median income for a family is $44,581.
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 Neosho County, Kansas - PakAF.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The racial makeup of the county is 94.90% White, 0.87% Black or African American, 0.98% Native American, 0.32% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 1.05% from other races, and 1.86% from two or more races.
In the county the population is spread out with 25.70% under the age of 18, 8.90% from 18 to 24, 25.40% from 25 to 44, 22.50% from 45 to 64, and 17.50% who are 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a household in the county is $32,167, and the median income for a family is $38,532.
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 info: Kansas_Territory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Kansas Territory was a historic, organized territory of the United States that existed from May 30, 1854 to January 29, 1861.
They were in favor of making Kansas a 'Slave State' if it should require half the citizens of Missouri, musket in hand, to emigrate there, and even sacrifice their lives in accomplishing so desirable an end.
Although differing much in name, strength, means and methods, they all had a common end in view: to direct and facilitate emigration to Kansas, and to aid in its speedy settlement by a anti-slavery population.
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 Rush County, Kansas Online Research :: Information about Rush County, Kansas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
In the county the population is spread out with 22.10% under the age of 18, 5.50% from 18 to 24, 22.90% from 25 to 44, 24.20% from 45 to 64, and 25.30% who are 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a household in the county is $31,268, and the median income for a family is $38,821.
Regions, List of cities in Kansas, and List of counties in Kansas of Kansas
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 Miami County, Kansas Online Research :: Information about Miami County, Kansas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
In the county the population is spread out with 27.90% under the age of 18, 7.30% from 18 to 24, 29.70% from 25 to 44, 23.10% from 45 to 64, and 11.90% who are 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a household in the county is $46,665, and the median income for a family is $55,830.
The cities of Louisburg, Kansas, Osawatomie, Kansas, Paola, Kansas, and Spring Hill, Kansas are considered governmentally independent and are excluded from the census figures for the townships.
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Sometimes these children bear American first names, but their baptismal names are bestowed for feasts of Our Lady, such as Natividad for her birth as a Jewish child and lineal descendant of the royal family of David; or Anunciacion, Visitacion, and Assunta, for events in her life.
THE HOLY NAME OF MARY September 12 The feast of the Holy Name of Mary began in Spain, spread through the Church, and now is kept on this day as an act of thanksgiving for the defeat of the Turks in 1683 by John Sobieski, King of Poland.
Various etymologies have been proposed, for example, "wished-for child," "bitterness," the "sea," "star," etc. The marked sense of Mary's unique dignity is shown in the New Testament Greek texts where her name has the Old Testament form Mariam, not Maria as do the other Marys of Scripture.
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 List_of_U.S._states'_largest_cities - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
This is a list of the largest cities of U.S. states and territories by population.
The only incorporated place in Hawaii is the City and County of Honolulu.
A portion of it, the Honolulu District, is sometimes regarded as the "city" for statistical purposes, although it has no government separate from that of the City and County as a whole.
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 List of Montana county name etymologies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Meagher County, Montana: Meagher is named for Thomas Francis Meagher, a governor of the Montana Territory.
Missoula County, Montana: Missoula is named for supposedly a contraction of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation word, im-i-sul-e-etiku, meaning by or near the place of fear or ambush, a reference to Hell Gate Canyon, in which Flathead Native Americans were sometimes attacked by Blackfeet.
Pondera County, Montana: Pondera is named for originally pend doreille, French language words meaning ear pendant, the name was changed to a form resembling the phonetic spelling to avoid confusion with the Lake Pend Oreille and Ponderay, Idaho of that name in Idaho.
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 info: Wichita_(tribe)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Place names such as; Wichita, Kansas, Wichita Falls, Texas and Waco, Texas are previous camping or village locations of this tribe at the time of European, Texan or American contact.
Harvey County voters have already begun to turn in ballots on the special question election garnering support for a casino in their county.
KANSAS – As reported by the The town of Hillsboro in central Kansas does not have a movie theater.
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 List of counties in Kansas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
This is a listing of counties in the State of Kansas.
With 105 counties, Kansas ranks 6th in states with the most counties.
The Establishment of Counties in Kansas—Maps and text transcribed from Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society, 1903-1904.
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 W07CB bei eLexi - das Onlinelexikon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
By June 1994, the station's parent company, Morton Broadcasting, named George Brusstar, operater of a tiny, yet profitable cable television operations in the Philadelphia suburbs, as its Director of Programming.
The station's name is best known for being featured in the Touchstone Pictures 1995 film, Up Close And Personal starring Michelle Pfeiffer as a television reporter at the station.
Many of Kansas' counties are named for American Civil War officers, generals and heroes, or Native American tribes that lived in the regions, for
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 U.S. state - Art History Online Reference and Guide
States are free to organize their judicial systems differently from the federal judiciary, as long as due process is protected.
Many states' names are those of Native American tribes or are from Native American languages: Connecticut, Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin, the Dakotas, Mississippi, Texas and more; half the state-names have such origins, not counting Hawaii (whose name is taken from the native language, but which is not Native American).
Because they are on territories previously controlled by Spain or Mexico, many states in the southeast and southwest have Spanish names.
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 User:Moverton - TheBestLinks.com - Kansas, List of counties in Kansas, TheBestLinks.com talk:WikiProject U.S. Counties, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Kansas, List of counties in Kansas, TheBestLinks.com talk:WikiProject U.S. Print friendly version
Enhancing each of the county pages for my home state of Kansas.
See Doniphan County, Kansas, for an example of an enhanced page.
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 Henry County Custom Business Software Development Programming   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Henry County Custom Software Development, internet consulting, web application development and programming services are provided by 1stCS Inc. 1stCS Inc is an established leader in custom software programming and for the small business sector.
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