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Charlotte, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Charlotte, city (2020 pop. 874,579), seat of Mecklenburg co., S N.C.; inc. 1768. The largest city in the state and the commercial and industrial leader ...

Chelmsford, town, United States

(Encyclopedia)Chelmsford chĕmzˈfərd, chĕlmzˈ– [key], town (2020 pop. 36,392), Middlesex co., NE Mass.; inc. 1655. Once a ...

Chelsea, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Chelsea, city (2020 pop. 40,787), Suffolk co., E Mass., an industrial suburb of Boston; settled 1624, inc. as a town 1739, as a city 1857. It has made p...

Albany, cities, United States

(Encyclopedia)Albany 1, 3, 4 ôlˈbənē; 2 ôlˈbĕnˌē, ălbāˈnē [key]. 1 Residential city (2020 pop. 20,271), Alameda co., W Calif., on the eastern shore of San Francisco...

Cocoa, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Cocoa, city (2020 pop. 19,041), Brevard co., E Fla., on the Indian River (a lagoon), a segment of the Intracoastal Waterway; inc. 1895. It is a tourist ...

Albemarle, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Albemarle, city (2020 pop. 16,432), seat of Stanly co., central N.C., in the Piedmont region; inc. 1857. A marketing center in an agricultural area of cotton, grain, poultry, soybeans, and...

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...

Chester, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Chester, city (2020 pop. 32,605), Delaware co., SE Pa., on the Delaware River south of Philadelphia; settled c.1644 by Swedes, inc. as a city 1866. A po...

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...