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Heart, river, United States

(Encyclopedia)Heart, river, 180 mi (290 km) long, rising in the low prairie country near the Little Missouri River, SW N.Dak., and flowing E to the Missouri at Mandan, N.Dak. The Heart Butte and Dickinson dams, irr...

Hickory, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Hickory, city (2020 pop. 43,490), Burke and Catawba counties, W N.C., at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mts.; inc. 1870. It is a processing and trade center...

Holland, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Holland, city (2020 pop. 34,378), Allegan and Ottawa counties, SW Mich., near Lake Michigan, on Lake Macatawa, in a dairy and poultry area; founded 1847...

Hackensack, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Hackensack, city (2020 pop. 46,030), seat of Bergen co., NE N.J., on the Hackensack River, a residential and industrial suburb of New York City; settled...

Hackensack, river, United States

(Encyclopedia)Hackensack, river, c.45 mi (70 km) long, rising in SE N.Y. and flowing S through the Jersey Meadows (or Meadowlands), NE N.J., to Newark Bay. The lower Hackensack is heavily industrialized (and pollut...

Hanover, cities, United States

(Encyclopedia)Hanover. 1 Town (2020 pop. 14,833), Plymnouth co., SE Mass.; settled 1649, inc. 1727. An iron forge was located there that produced anchors and ...

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...

Frederick, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Frederick, city (2020 pop. 78,171), seat of Frederick co., NW Md.; settled 1745, inc. 1817. The processing center of a fertile farm and dairying area, i...

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