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Opelika

(Encyclopedia)Opelika ōpəlīˈkə [key], city (1990 pop. 22,122), seat of Lee co., E Ala., near the Chattahoochee River, in a farm area; inc. 1854. It is a trade center, with industries that produce textiles, lum...

Kesennuma

(Encyclopedia)Kesennuma kāsān-no͞oˈmä [key], city (1990 pop. 65,578), Miyagi prefecture, NE Honshu, Japan, on Kesennuma Bay. A fishing port, its industries include textiles and rubber and leather goods. The ci...

Lachute

(Encyclopedia)Lachute ləsho͞otˈ [key], town (1991 pop. 11,730), S Que., Canada, on the North River, W of Montreal. It is at the foot of the Laurentian Mts. Textiles and lumber, wood, and paper products are among...

Rocky Mount

(Encyclopedia)Rocky Mount, city (1990 pop. 48,997), Edgecombe and Nash counties, E N.C., on the Tar River; settled by 1818, inc. 1867. The growing city is the commercial and distribution center of a rich agricultur...

Roeselare

(Encyclopedia)Roeselare ro͞oˈsəlärə [key], Fr. Roulers, city (1991 pop. 532,872), West Flanders prov., W Belgium. It is an industrial center. Manufactures include textiles, chemicals, and metal products. At Ro...

Wattenscheid

(Encyclopedia)Wattenscheid vätˈənshītˌ [key], city, North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany, an industrial center of the Ruhr district. Its manufactures include metal goods, electrical equipment, and textiles. ...

Wittstock

(Encyclopedia)Wittstock vĭtˈshtôk [key], town, Brandenburg, NE Germany. Manufactures include woolen textiles, machinery, and forest products. At Wittstock in 1636 the Swedes under Baner defeated the Saxon and im...

Brockton

(Encyclopedia)Brockton, industrial city (2020 pop. 105,643), Plymouth co., E Mass.; settled c.1700, set off from Bridgewater 1821, inc. as a city 1881. It formerly ha...

Blyth

(Encyclopedia)Blyth blīᵺ [key], town, Northumberland, NE England, at the mouth of the Blyth River. It is...

Bethel, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Bethel, town (2020 pop. 20,358), Fairfield co., SW Conn.; inc. 1855. Manufactures include wire, textiles, fabricated-metal and tool-and-die products; ch...