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Euless

(Encyclopedia)Euless yo͞oˈləs [key], town (2020 pop. 61,032), Tarrant co., N Tex., a suburb of Fort Wort...

Hurst

(Encyclopedia)Hurst, city (2020 pop. 40,413), Tarrant co., N Tex., a suburb of Fort Worth; inc. 1952. Helicopters, aviation parts, draperies, and bedspreads are manuf...

North Richland Hills

(Encyclopedia)North Richland Hills, town (1990 pop. 45,895), Tarrant co., N Tex., a residential suburb of Fort Worth; inc. 1953. Corrugated boxes, food products, and textiles are manufactured. The town grew markedl...

Bartow

(Encyclopedia)Bartow, city (2020 pop. 19,309), seat of Polk co., central Fla.; inc. 1882. The economy is based on the production of phosphate and the raising of citru...

Constitution Island

(Encyclopedia)Constitution Island, in the Hudson River opposite West Point, SE N.Y.; part of the U.S. Military Academy. The ruins of Fort Constitution, built in 1775, are there. During the American Revolution, a ch...

Gloucester City

(Encyclopedia)Gloucester City, city (2020 pop. 11,484), Camden co., SW N.J., on the Delaware River, a suburb adjoining Camden and opposite Philadelphia; site of Fort ...

Miramar

(Encyclopedia)Miramar mĭrˈəmärˌ [key], city (1990 pop. 40,663), Broward co., SE Fla.; inc. 1955. It is a residential community in the rapidly growing I-75 corridor between Miami and Fort Lauderdale. ...

Wilton Manors

(Encyclopedia)Wilton Manors, city (1990 pop. 11,840), Broward co., SE Fla.; inc. 1947. It is a residential and resort community in the greater Fort Lauderdale area. An electronic research firm is there. ...

Santa Rosa Island

(Encyclopedia)Santa Rosa Island, narrow barrier beach between the Gulf of Mexico and Santa Rosa Sound, NW Fla. in the vicinity of Pensacola, extending c.50 mi (80 km) parallel to the coast. It is the site of Fort P...

Pelly

(Encyclopedia)Pelly, river, c.330 mi (530 km) long, rising W of the Mackenzie Mts., S central Yukon, Canada, and flowing generally northwest to join the Yukon River at Fort Selkirk. The Pelly receives the Ross and ...