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	List of Kansas county name etymologies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		This is a list of county name etymologies for Kansas.
		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.
	read-and-go.hopto.org /US-county-name-etymologies/List-of-Kansas-county-name-etymologies.html (1833 words)

	Kids Be Safe : Article 'Scott, Burnett County, Wisconsin' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Acadia Parish, Louisiana: Acadia is named for the French colonial region of Acadia in the modern-day Maritime Provinces of Canada.
		Baxter County, Arkansas: Baxter is named for Elisha Baxter, the thirteenth governor of Arkansas.
		Caledonia County, Vermont: Caledonia is named for the Latin name for Scotland.
	www.kidsbesafe.org /DisplayArticle147786.html (8026 words)

	Counties of the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The actual term "county" describes them in 48 of the 50 states; Louisiana uses the term "parish" and Alaska uses the word "borough." Including those, there are 3,086 counties in the United States, an average of 62 counties per state.
		County government was abolished in Connecticut in 1960, although the names remain for geographical purposes.
		In Louisiana, parish is the name used instead of county.
	en.letsrock.ch /wiki/Counties_of_the_United_States (2612 words)

	County (United States) - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The actual term "county" describes them in 48 of the 50 states; Louisiana uses the term "parish" and Alaska, "borough".
		These are still counties in name and in state law; nevertheless, since 1898 they have been entirely contained within the boundaries of the city, and following the creation of Bronx County in 1914, each borough now corresponds exactly to one county.
		List of Texas county name etymologies (A to J)
	encyclopedia.learnthis.info /c/co/county__united_states_.html (689 words)

	LSU Libraries -- History of New Orleans after the Civil War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Louisiana and Mississippi department of the Grand Army of the Republic, headquartered in New Orleans.
		Cotton planter and slaveholder of the Feliciana parishes, Louisiana.
		Louisiana French colonial military document giving the names of major officers, sergeants, corporals, cadet a l'eguillete, cadet soldier drummers and soldiers of a troop garrisoned at New Orleans with the amounts due each member in settlement of his pay.
	www.lib.lsu.edu /special/guides/no3.html (13496 words)

	LSU Libraries -- Literature, Reading, and Writing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Fragment of an anonymous biographical sketch of Adrien Emmanuel Rouquette (1813-1887), a native of New Orleans, poet-priest of Louisiana, and apostle of the Choctaw Indians of St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, known as 'Chahta-Ima.'.
		Louisiana writer and poet, resident of Shreveport, Louisiana, and poet laureate of Louisiana (1942-1970).
		Lieutenant colonel and aide-de-camp to the governor of Louisiana.
	www.lib.lsu.edu /special/guides/literature.html (12199 words)

	Cameron Parish, Louisiana - All About All (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The parish seat is Cameron and as of 2000, the population is 9,991.
		Organized in 1870, the Parish is named for Simon Cameron.
		In the parish the population is spread out with 28.40% under the age of 18, 9.40% from 18 to 24, 29.60% from 25 to 44, 21.90% from 45 to 64, and 10.60% who are 65 years of age or older.
	allaboutall.info /article/Cameron_Parish,_Louisiana (430 words)

	Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana - All About All (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The parish seat is Jennings and as of 2000, the population is 31,435.
		In the parish the population is spread out with 29.30% under the age of 18, 9.10% from 18 to 24, 27.30% from 25 to 44, 21.00% from 45 to 64, and 13.30% who are 65 years of age or older.
		The median income for a household in the parish is $27,736, and the median income for a family is $33,129.
	allaboutall.info /article/Jefferson_Davis_Parish,_Louisiana (443 words)

	Etymologie, Étymologie, Etymology - Wortgeschichte & Wortgeschichten In Planung 51
		Holstein is derived from a Saxon subtribe named Holcetae.
		Alba, the Gaelic name for Scotland means 'highlands' from the Latin albus or 'white' (describing the mountains).
		Caledonia, the Latin name means forested highlands Wales - "land of the foreigners", from the Germanic 'welsche' the term used by Anglo-Saxon invaders of the British Isles for the native Celts they encountered.
	www.etymologie.info /~e/_n/in-plan51.html (2573 words)

	Bossier Louisiana Governor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
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		Welcome to KTBS Channel of 3 Shreveport, Louisiana Bossier Parish Louisiana new technology that will allow 911 Louisiana to pinpoint the location operators governor on business trip to Cuba.
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	www.bossierinfo.com /Bossier-Louisiana-Governor.htm (588 words)

	Guide Introduction: Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th
		William Douglas was rector of the Church of the Epiphany in New Iberia, Louisiana; president of Jefferson College near Natchez, Mississippi; superintendent of public schools at Natchez; rector of Calvary Church, New Orleans, Louisiana; and rector of Grace Church at St. Francisville, Louisiana.
		Land patents and plats, 1843-1863, concern property in Carroll, St. Landry, and Caldwell Parishes, Louisiana, and in the district north of the Red River, and in parts of Texas.
		Items consist of correspondence relating to her activities as corresponding secretary of the Louisiana Federation of Women's Clubs, copies of constitutions and reports from related and member clubs, the minutes of the meeting at which the constitution of the Louisiana Federation of Women's Clubs was adopted, and a printed copy of the constitution and bylaws.
	www.lexisnexis.com /academic/guides/womens_studies/southern_women/swmne.asp (11160 words)

	Exquisite Corpse - A Journal of Letters and Life
		This province, this place, this centre, is not a political or geographical position, it is more of a disposition." He further adds, "The fifth province is to be found, if anywhere, at the swinging doors which connects the parish to the cosmos...the fifth province can be imagined and reimagined; but it cannot be occupied.
		A Lieutenant Yolland is conducting the survey with the aid of a Irish man named Owen.
		Furthermore the dissonance upon the outer Irish and English landscape is emblematic of the linguistical dissonance created by the transposition of one language and therefore cultural cue upon a landscape that is inhabited by another language.
	www.corpse.org /issue_7/secret_agents/travis.htm (3165 words)

	County (United States) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The state with the fewest counties is (A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies) Delaware (three), and the state with the most is (The second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico) Texas (254).
		County government was abolished in (A New England state; one of the original 13 colonies) Connecticut in 1960, although the names remain for geographical purposes.
		Main article: (additional info and facts about Lists of U.S. county name etymologies) Lists of U.S. county name etymologies
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/co/county_(united_states)1.htm (1707 words)

	Barton College Library General and Reference Other Online Resources Sites
		Provides personal and business listings by name and category, as well as reverse look-up by phone number.
		Users may browse by author or view lists of novels by the region or county in which they are set.
		Most resources are free, and all listings provide an abstract, indication of intended audience, and a recommendation.
	library2.barton.edu /librarydatabases/general2.asp (2686 words)

	Florien High School Library
		This web page includes a list of over 90 web-based search sites, listed by category.
		List of lots of sites with U. State information.
		Etymology and history of first names, most popular names.
	www.sabine.k12.la.us /sleitz (852 words)

	Kids Be Safe : Article 'Perry, Georgia' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Text: List of U.S. county name etymologies, N-R
		The city of Perry, Florida is named for him.
		The city of Starke, Florida is named in honor of him.
	www.kidsbesafe.org /DisplayArticle120632.html (1054 words)

	Louisiana Guide and Encyclopedia With Over 300 Locations! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Louisiana Guide and Encyclopedia With Over 300 Locations!
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		Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts
	www.dictionaryofeverything.com /louisiana (24 words)

	New Books in DeLaMare Library, October - December 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		This volume combines historical research and linguistic fieldwork with native speakers from across the United States to present the first comprehensive, up-to-date, scholarly dictionary of American placenames derived from native languages.
		A text file describes the system used to classify mineral deposits, and the database structure, indicating the fields, data types, field sizes, and descriptions of fields, and the indexes of the database.
		Information tabulated in Microsoft Access 97 includes the country name, deposit or mine name, commodities, location (latitude and longitude), geological province and district, deposit type, deposit geological age, host rock age, notes on significance of the deposit, brief notes on the geology of the deposit, and production and reserve information.
	www.delamare.unr.edu /newbooks/books_1004.html (10926 words)

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