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Ridgewood

(Encyclopedia)Ridgewood, residential village (1990 pop. 24,152), Bergen co., NE N.J.; inc. 1876. Ridgewood was the site of many American and British camps in the Revolutionary War. ...

Bellwood

(Encyclopedia)Bellwood, residential village (2020 pop. 18,380), Cook co., NE Ill.; inc. 1900. Among Bellwood's manufactures are consumer goods, brass items, paper and...

East Rockaway

(Encyclopedia)East Rockaway, village (2020 pop. 10,159), Nassau co., SE N.Y., on SW Long Island; settled c.1688, inc. 1900. It is mostly residential with some light m...

Massapequa Park

(Encyclopedia)Massapequa Park, residential village (1990 pop. 18,044), Nassau co., SE N.Y., on Long Island; inc. 1931. Nearby is Bethpage State Park, with its championship-level golf courses. ...

Riverdale

(Encyclopedia)Riverdale, village (1990 pop. 13,671), Cook co., NE Ill., a suburb adjacent to Chicago; inc. 1892. Its large steel mill closed with the national decline of the industry. ...

River Grove

(Encyclopedia)River Grove, village (1990 pop. 9,961), Cook co., NE Ill., a suburb of Chicago on the Des Plaines River; inc. 1888. Sports equipment and wire cables are made. ...

Beten

(Encyclopedia)Beten bēˈtĕn [key], in the Bible, village of N ancient Palestine. ...

Bancroft

(Encyclopedia)Bancroft, village, SE Ont., Canada, on the York River. Its industries include milling, quarrying, dairying, lumbering, and tourism. The Bancroft Gembore...

Fraser, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Fraser, city (2020 pop. 14,352), Macomb co., SE Mich., a suburb of Detroit; inc. as a village 1894, as a city 1957. Automated machine tools and steel pr...

Whitefish Bay

(Encyclopedia)Whitefish Bay, village (1990 pop. 14,272), Milwaukee co., SE Wis., a residential suburb of Milwaukee on Lake Michigan; inc. 1892. Tourists are attracted to recreation provided by the lake. ...