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Chesapeake, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Chesapeake chĕsˈəpēkˌ [key], city (2020 pop. 249,422), formed independently by the merging of ...

Cheshire, town, United States

(Encyclopedia)Cheshire, town (2020 pop. 28,733), New Haven co., S central Conn., in a farm area; settled 1695, inc. 1780. It is chiefly residential, with some light i...

Cheyenne, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Cheyenne, city (2020 pop. 65,132), alt. 6,062 ft (1,848 m), state capital and seat of Laramie co., SE Wyo., near the Colo. and Nebr. lines; inc. 1868. I...

Clearwater, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Clearwater, residential and resort city (2020 pop. 117,292), seat of Pinellas co., W central Fla., on the Pinellas peninsula, between Clearwater Bay and...

Euclid, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Euclid, city (2020 pop. 49,692), Cuyahoga co., NE Ohio, a suburb adjoining Cleveland, on Lake Erie; settled 1798, inc. 1848. Named for the famous Greek ...

Eunice, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Eunice yo͞oˈnĭs [key], city (2020 pop. 9,422), St. Landry parish, S central La.; inc. 1895...

Emmaus, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Emmaus, borough (2020 pop. 11,652), Lehigh co., E Pa., a suburb adjoining Allentown; inc. 1859. It is chiefly residential, with some light manufacturing...

Falmouth, town, United States

(Encyclopedia)Falmouth, town (2020 pop. 32,517), Barnstable co., SE Mass., on Cape Cod; settled c.1660, inc. 1686. Once a whaling and boatbuilding center, the town ha...

Erie, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Erie, city (2020 pop. 94,831), seat of Erie co., NW Pa., on Lake Erie; inc. as a city 1851. Pennsylvania's only port on the Great Lakes, Erie is a busy ...

(Encyclopedia)Amherst. 1 Town (2020 pop. 39,263), Hampshire co., central Mass., in a fertile farm area; inc. 1759. Named for Lord Jeffery Amherst, it is a college town. Emily Dickinson was born an...