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Fort Frederica National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Fort Frederica National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Fort George G. Meade

(Encyclopedia)Fort George G. Meade, U.S. army post, 13,500 acres (5,460 hectares), central Md., between Baltimore and Washington, D.C.; est. 1917 as a World War I induction center. ...

Fort Île-aux-Noix

(Encyclopedia)Fort Île-aux-Noix: see Île-aux-Noix, Canada. ...

Fort Jefferson National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Fort Jefferson National Monument: see Dry Tortugas National Park under Dry Tortugas. ...

Fort Matanzas National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Fort Matanzas National Monument: see Saint Augustine, Fla.; National Parks and Monuments, tablenational parks and monuments, table. ...

Lincoln Park

(Encyclopedia)Lincoln Park, city (1990 pop. 41,832), Wayne co., SE Mich., a suburb adjacent to Detroit, on the Detroit River; inc. 1921. It is a residential community in an area marked by a significant decline in i...

Southgate

(Encyclopedia)Southgate, city (1990 pop. 30,771), Wayne co., SE Mich., a largely residential suburb of Detroit; settled 1840–60, inc. 1958. Transportation equipment is manufactured. ...

Detroit, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Detroit dĭtroitˈ [key], city (2020 pop. 639,111), seat of Wayne co., SE Mich., on the Detro...

Riverview

(Encyclopedia)Riverview, city (1990 pop. 13,894), Wayne co., SE Mich., on the Detroit River, a suburb of Detroit; inc. 1959. Plumbing fixtures, industrial chemicals, and steel wheels are among the manufactures of R...

Allen Park

(Encyclopedia)Allen Park, city (2020 pop. 26,636), Wayne co., SE Mich., a suburb of Detroit; inc. as a city 1957. Its manufactures include motor vehicle and marine prototypes, liquor, and sheet metal. T...