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North America » United States » Illinois November 3rd 1992

Nov 3, 1992 *City official name :North Chicago *Founded date : *Location :Illinois State *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :North Chicago is a city in Lake County, Illinois, United States. The population was 35,918 at the 2000 census. North Chicago has the manufacturing headquarters of Abbott Laboratories, EMCO Chemicals, the location of the Naval Station Great Lakes, and Jelly Belly has a production factory in North Chicago at 1501 Morrow Avenue. The city is also home to Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, which houses the Chicago Medical School and the Dr. William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine. ... read more
North Chicago
North Chicago
North Chicago

North America » United States » Illinois » Chicago November 2nd 1992

Nov 10, 1992 *City official name :Chicago *Founded date : *Location :Illinois State *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :Chicago is the largest city in Illinois and the third-most populous city in the United States, with approximately 2.9 million people. "Chicago" also refers to the Chicago Metropolitan area, known as Chicagoland, with a population of 9.4 million in three states. It is located along the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan and is a center of transportation, industry, politics, finance and higher education. Chicago is known as the "Second City," the "Windy City," the "City of Big Shoulders", "Chi-City,"and "Chi-town." When combined with its suburbs and nine surrounding counties in Illinois,... read more
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago

North America » United States » New Jersey May 25th 1992

May 25, 1992 *City official name :Bloomfiled *Founded date : *Location :New Jersey State *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :Bloomfield is a Township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 47,683. The town separated from Newark in 1812, being incorporated as the Township of Bloomfield, taking its name from the Presbyterian parish named for Governor of New Jersey Joseph Bloomfield. The area now known as "Bloomfield' was a part of Newark in 1666 when that town was settled. The land had been bought from the Yantecaw, a subtribe of the Lenni-Lenape Indians. English settlers came from Connecticut to the southern end of town, and Dutch se... read more
Bloomfiled
Bloomfiled
Bloomfiled

North America » United States » New Jersey May 10th 1991

May 10, 1991 *City official name :Nutley *Founded date : *Location :New Jersey State *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :Nutley is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 27,362. ... read more
Nutley
Nutley
Nutley

North America » United States » New Jersey May 7th 1991

May 07, 1991 *City official name :Belleville *Founded date : *Location :New Jersey State *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :Belleville is a Township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 35,928. ... read more
Belleville

North America » United States » New Jersey May 6th 1991

May 06, 1991 *City official name :Wayne *Founded date : *Location :New Jersey State *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :Wayne is a township in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township had a total population of 54,069. Map of Wayne Township in Passaic CountyWayne is one of America's top communities, according to Money magazine, which announced its 2006 "best places" list. The township made the magazine's top-100 list — ranked at No. 32 — among towns in the nation with populations greater than 50,000. Wayne is home to Willowbrook Mall, Wayne Hills Mall and Wayne Towne Center. In 1694, Arent Schuyler, a young surveyor, miner and land speculator, was... read more
Wayne
Wayne

North America » United States » New Jersey March 15th 1991

March 15, 1991 *City official name :Caldwell *Founded date : *Location :New Jersey State *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :Caldwell is a borough located in northwestern Essex County, New Jersey, about sixteen miles outside of New York City. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 7,584. Grover Cleveland, the 22nd and 24th President of the United States, and the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms, was born in Caldwell on March 18, 1837. His father, Rev. Richard Cleveland, was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. The Grover Cleveland birthplace — the church's former rectory — is now a museum and is open to the public. Though today the Caldwell area is conside... read more
Caldwell
Caldwell
Caldwell

North America » United States » New Jersey March 6th 1991

March 06, 1991 *City official name :Verona *Founded date : *Location :New Jersey State *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :Verona and several neighboring towns were all originally one town known as "Horseneck". In the early 1700s, a group of settlers left Newark and purchased a large tract of land northwest of their home city for the equivalent of a few hundred dollars from the Lenni Lenape Native Americans. This piece of land extended west and north to the Passaic River, south to the town center of what would become Livingston, and east to the First Watchung Mountain, and was called Horseneck by the natives because it resembled the neck and head of a horse. What was then known as Horseneck contained mos... read more
Verona
Verona
Verona

North America » United States » New Jersey October 15th 1990

October 15, 1990 *City official name :Elizabeth *Founded date : *Location :New Jersey State *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :Elizabeth was founded in 1664 by English settlers and was named for the wife of Sir George Carteret, not Queen Elizabeth I as many people assume. Originally called "Elizabethtown," and part of the Elizabethtown Tract, it was the first English speaking community formed in the new colony. It was the first capital of New Jersey. During the American Revolutionary War, Elizabeth was constantly attacked by British forces based in Manhattan and Staten Island. In 1855, Elizabeth received a charter by the New Jersey Legislature to become a city. The first major industry, the Singer Sewin... read more
Elizabeth
Elizabeth
Elizabeth

North America » United States » New Jersey August 7th 1990

August 07, 1990 *City official name :Roseland *Founded date : *Location :New Jersey State *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :Roseland is a borough in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 5,298. ... read more
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Roseland
Roseland




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