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Oct 13, 2003 City official name :Williams and Russell Town Founded date : Location :Grand Bahama Island Elavation :? ft (? m) Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). Facts :About five miles from Freeport/Lucaya is Williams Town, a sleepy community nestled in pine trees and resting on what Bahamians call "generation land" -- land that is settled by a single family then passed on to its descendants. In this case, the town was settled by the great-grandfather of Joseph Williams, one of the older residents. Williams' ancestor was a slave liberated in Britain's Emancipation Act of 1834, which effectively freed all slaves in crown territory. In the Bahamas, all freed slaves were allowed to lay claim to whatever unsettled land they could find. The town's oldest building is a shack th... read more
Williams and Russell Town
Williams and Russell Town
Williams and Russell Town


Oct 13, 2003 City official name :Holmes Rock Founded date : Location :Grand Bahama Island Elavation :? ft (? m) Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). Facts :Holmes Rockis a little community known for a unique cave that sits behind a local night club. It is over 200 yards in diameter and produces fresh water at low tide and salt water at high tide. ... read more
Holmes Rock
Holmes Rock


Oct 17, 2003 City official name :Deadman's Reef Founded date : Location :Grand Bahama Island Elavation :? ft (? m) Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). Facts :Deadman’s Reef is a group of rocks just off the southern beach known as “Paradise Cove”, about 20 miles west of Freeport. ... read more
Deadman's Reef
Deadman's Reef


Oct 10, 2003 City official name :Freeport Founded date : Location :Grand Bahama Island Elavation :? ft (? m) Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). Facts :Freeport is a city and free trade zone on the island of Grand Bahama, located approximately 100 mi (160 km) east-northeast of Fort Lauderdale, South Florida and gives its name to a district of the Bahamas. Freeport proper has 26,910 people. In 1955, Wallace Groves, a Virginian financier with lumber interests on the island, was granted 50,000 acres (200 km²) of swamp and scrubland by the Bahamian government. On this was built the city of Freeport, which has grown to be the second most populous city in The Bahamas (26,910 in 2000) after the capital, Nassau. The Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) operates the free trade z... read more
Freeport
Freeport
Freeport

North America » United States » Florida » St Augustine September 21st 2003

Sep 21, 2003 City official name :St Augustine Founded date : Location :Florida State Elavation :? ft (? m) Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). Facts :St. Augustine is a city in St. Johns County, Florida, in the United States. It is the oldest continuously occupied European-established city, and the oldest port, in the continental United States. St. Augustine lies in a region of Florida known as The First Coast, which extends from Amelia Island in the north, south to Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Palm Coast. According to the 2000 census, the city population was 11,592; in 2004, the population estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau was 12,157. It is the county seat of St. Johns County. St. Augustine was founded... read more
St Augustine
St Augustine
St Augustine

North America » United States » Florida August 30th 2003

Silver Springs, Florida - United States America North America » United States » Florida By airwolf09August 30th 2003xavier & michelle Aug 30, 2003 City official name :Silver Springs Founded date : Location :Florida State Elavation :? ft (? m) Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). Facts :Silver Springs is in Marion County, Florida, just to the east of the city of Ocala. Silver Springs is the site of one of the largest artesian spring formations in the world, producing nearly 550 million gallons of crystal-clear water daily... read more
Silver Springs
Silver Springs
Silver Springs

North America » United States » Alabama » Huntsville December 13th 2002

Dec 13, 2002 City official name :Huntsville Founded date : Location :Alabama State Elavation :? ft (? m) Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). Facts :Huntsville is the county seat of Madison County, Alabama. As of the 2000 census, the population of Huntsville was 164,570. As of 2005 Census Estimates the Huntsville Metropolitan Area had a population of 368,661 with the city proper having 166,313 residents. Huntsville, and its cross-river neighbor Decatur, combine their separate metro areas to form the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area, which, in 2004, had a total population of 510,088. The two cities are sometimes referred to as, or considered, Twin Cities, or Sister Cities. Both municipalities provide vital resources to each other, and their respective metropolit... read more
Huntsville
Huntsville
Huntsville

North America » United States » Georgia October 15th 2002

Oct 15, 2002 City official name :Fort Stewart Founded date : Location :Georgia State Elavation :? ft (? m) Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). Facts :Fort Stewart is a census-designated place and U.S. Army post primarily in Liberty County, Georgia, but also occupying significant portions of Bryan County, Georgia. The population was 11,205 at the 2000 census. The nearby principal city of Hinesville and Fort Stewart together comprise the Hinesville-Fort Stewart metropolitan statistical area which comprises all of Liberty County. Fort Stewart's main residents are members of the U.S. 3rd Infantry Division. The Fort Stewart Military Reservation includes 280,000 acres, making it the largest military installation in the Eastern United States. This includes land that was forme... read more
Fort Stewart
Fort Stewart
Fort Stewart

North America » United States » Florida May 25th 2002

May 25, 2002 *City official name :Kissimmee *Founded date : *Location :Florida State *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :Kissimmee is a city in Osceola County, Florida, United States. The population was 47,814 at the 2000 census. As of 2005, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 59,364. It is the county seat of Osceola CountyGR6. The Houston Astros conduct spring training here. Kissimmee, on the northwest shore of Lake Tohopekaliga (locally called "Lake Toho", "West Lake Toho" or simply "West Lake") was founded in the mid-19th Century as Allendale. The name was changed when the city was incorporated in 1883. After the opening of nearby Walt Disney World in 1971, Kissimmee and its neighb... read more
Kissimmee
Kissimmee
Kissimmee

North America » United States » New Jersey March 26th 2002

Mar 26, 2002 *City official name :East Rutherford *Founded date : *Location :New Jersey State *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :East Rutherford is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 8,716. East Rutherford's claim to national fame is that it is the home of the Meadowlands Sports Complex, which includes Continental Airlines Arena, where both the NBA New Jersey Nets and the NHL New Jersey Devils play their home games; and Giants Stadium, home of the NFL New York Giants and New York Jets as well as Red Bull New York of Major League Soccer. This makes East Rutherford the only town of fewer than 10,000 people to be home to fi... read more
East Rutherford
East Rutherford
East Rutherford




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