Ohio. Ohio i/oʊˈhaɪ.oʊ/ is a state in the Midwestern United States. Ohio is the 34th largest (by area), the 7th most populous, and the 10th most densely populated of the 50 United States. The state's capital and largest city is Columbus. The name "Ohio" originated from Iroquois word ohi-yo’, meaning "great river" or "large creek".[20][21][22][23] The state, originally partitioned from the Northwest Territory, was admitted to the Union as the 17th state (and the first under the Northwest Ordinance) on March 1, 1803.[9][24] Although there are conflicting narratives regarding the origin of the nickname, Ohio is historically known as the "Buckeye State" (relating to the Ohio buckeye tree) and Ohioans are also known as "Buckeyes".[2] The government of Ohio is composed of the executive branch, led by the Governor; the legislative branch, which comprises the Ohio General Assembly; and the judicial branch, which is led by the Supreme Court.
Geography Physical geography of Ohio. Map of Ohio. Climate Records. Florida. Map of Florida's incorporated municipalities (click for larger version) Florida Much of Florida is a peninsula between the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Straits of Florida. Its geography is notable for a coastline, omnipresent water and the threat of hurricanes. Florida has the longest coastline in the contiguous United States, encompassing approximately 1,350 miles (2,170 km), and is the only state that borders both the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. Much of the state is at or near sea level and is characterized by sedimentary soil. The climate varies from subtropical in the north to tropical in the south.[7] Some of its most iconic animals, such as the American alligator, crocodile, Florida panther and the manatee, can be found in the Everglades National Park. Florida culture is a reflection of influences and multiple inheritance; Native American, European American, Hispanic and African American heritages can be found in the architecture and cuisine.
History. Hale County, Alabama. Hale County is part of the Tuscaloosa, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area. History[edit] Hale County was established following the end of the American Civil War, on January 30, 1867. Located in the west-central section of the state, it was created from portions of Greene, Marengo, Perry, and Tuscaloosa counties. The vast majority came from Greene County. The first American settlers hailed from Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, and the Carolinas.[4][5] Hale County is connected to three major twentieth century artists: Walker Evans photographed the area in 1936 while he collaborated with James Agee on the 1941 book Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. Since the American Civil War, whites controlled economic and political power in Hale County.
Geography[edit] According to the U.S. Adjacent counties[edit] National protected area[edit] Talladega National Forest (part) Transportation[edit] Major highways[edit] Airports[edit] Demographics[edit] The Safe House Museum in Greensboro, Alabama Tourism[edit] City[edit] Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Pigeon Forge is a mountain resort city in Sevier County, Tennessee, located in the southeastern United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 5,875. Situated just five miles north of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Pigeon Forge is primarily a tourist destination. The city's attractions include Dollywood, Dollywood's Splash Country, numerous outlet malls, and music theaters.
History[edit] Early history[edit] Monument honoring Samuel Wear in Pigeon Forge City Park The name "Pigeon Forge" comes from an iron forge built by Isaac Love (1783–1854) sometime around 1820. For centuries, the Cherokee used the valley where Pigeon Forge is now located as a hunting ground. The Indian Gap Trail brought the first Europeans to the Pigeon Forge area in the early 18th century. While treaties negotiated at the Tellico Blockhouse in 1794 and 1798 brought calm to the region, sporadic fighting between Cherokees and the settlers continued. The 19th century[edit] WikiMiniAtlas. Detroit. Detroit /dɨˈtrɔɪt/[7] is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan, and is also the seat of Wayne County, the most populous county in the state and the largest city on the United States-Canada border.
It is a primary business, cultural, financial and transportation center in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people, and serves as a major port on the Detroit River connecting the Great Lakes system to the Saint Lawrence Seaway. It was founded on July 24, 1701, by the French explorer and adventurer Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac.
The Detroit area emerged as a significant metropolitan region within the United States as construction of a regional freeway system was completed in the 1950s and 1960s. History[edit] The region's fur trade was an important economic activity. During the French and Indian War (1760), British troops gained control and shortened the name to Detroit. From 1805 to 1847, Detroit was the capital of Michigan. 20th century[edit] Lake St. Clair. Lake St. Clair (French: Lac Sainte-Claire) is a fresh-water lake that lies between the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of Michigan. It was named after the Clare of Assisi, on whose feast day it was discovered by European explorers. It is part of the Great Lakes system, and along with the St. Clair River and Detroit River, Lake St. Clair connects Lake Huron (to its north) with Lake Erie (to its south).
It has a total surface area of about 430 square miles (1,100 km2) and average depth of just 11 ft (3.4 m); to ensure an uninterrupted waterway, a shipping channel is dug across the lake. Geography[edit] This lake is situated about 6.0 miles (9.7 km) northeast of the downtown areas of Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario. The tarry time (i.e. the time between entering and leaving) of the water in Lake St. This lake is part of the Great Lakes System. Naming[edit] Sign along Black Creek welcoming boaters Locale[edit] New Baltimore's water tower over Anchor Bay of Lake St. Tampa, Florida. Tampa /ˈtæmpə/[12] is a city in the U.S. state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County[13] and is located on the west coast of Florida, on Tampa Bay near the Gulf of Mexico.
The population of Tampa in 2011 was 346,037.[14][15] The current location of Tampa was once inhabited by indigenous peoples of the Safety Harbor culture, most notably the Tocobaga and the Pohoy, who lived along the shores of Tampa Bay. It was briefly explored by Spanish explorers in the early 16th century, but there were no permanent American or European settlements within today's city limits until after the United States had acquired Florida from Spain in 1819. Today, Tampa is a part of the metropolitan area most commonly referred to as the Tampa Bay Area. For U.S. In 2008, Tampa was ranked as the 5th best outdoor city by Forbes.[19] A 2004 survey by the NYU newspaper Washington Square News ranked Tampa as a top city for "twenty-somethings History[edit] Etymology[edit] Early explorations[edit]
1992-4. Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Tuscaloosa is the regional center of industry, commerce, healthcare, and education for the area of west-central Alabama known as West Alabama. It is the principal city of the Tuscaloosa Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Tuscaloosa, Hale and Pickens counties and has an estimated metro population in 2012 of 233,389. Tuscaloosa is also the home of the University of Alabama, Stillman College and Shelton State Community College. While the city attracted international attention when Mercedes-Benz announced it would build its first automotive assembly plant in North America in Tuscaloosa County, the University of Alabama remains the dominant economic and cultural engine in the city. The city has received many quality-of-life accolades. History[edit] Native American[edit] The Moundville site, located a few miles south of Tuscaloosa was one of the centers of the Mississippian culture.
Statehood[edit] The ruins of the Alabama State Capitol in Tuscaloosa. Civil War[edit] 2011 tornado[edit] Co.fayette.tx. Wyoming. Wyoming Geography[edit] Location and size[edit] Thunder Basin National Grassland close to Douglas, Wyoming A backcounty road in the southeastern Wyoming mountains. As specified in the designating legislation for the Territory of Wyoming, Wyoming's borders are lines of latitude, 41°N and 45°N, and longitude, 104°3'W and 111°3'W (27° W and 34° W of the Washington Meridian), making the shape of the state a latitude-longitude quadrangle.[5] Wyoming is one of only three states (along with Colorado and Utah) to have borders along only straight latitudinal and longitudinal lines, rather than being defined by natural landmarks.
Mountain ranges[edit] The Snowy Range in the south central part of the state is an extension of the Colorado Rockies in both geology and appearance. Wyoming terrain The Teton Range in the northwest extends for 50 miles (80 km), part of which is included in Grand Teton National Park. Islands[edit] Public lands[edit] Map of Wyoming: National Parks and NPS sites Parks[edit] John D.
Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia ( The Province of Georgia was one of the Thirteen Colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution by signing the 1776 Declaration of Independence. After the war, Georgia became the fourth state of the Union by ratifying the Constitution on January 2, 1788. With white Democrats having regained power in the state legislature, they passed a poll tax in 1877, which disfranchised many poor blacks and whites, preventing them from registering.[11] In 1908, the state established a white primary; with the only competitive contests within the Democratic Party, it was another way to exclude blacks from politics.[12] They constituted 46.7% of the state's population in 1900.[13] This disfranchisement persisted through the mid-1960s, until federal legislation with the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The water boundaries are still set to be the original thalweg of the rivers. Map of elevations in Georgia Each region has its own distinctive characteristics.
Jacksonville, Florida. Aerial view in 1893. Jacksonville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Florida by population and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States.[5] It is the county seat of Duval County,[6] with which the city government consolidated in 1968. Consolidation gave Jacksonville its great size and placed most of its metropolitan population within the city limits; with an estimated population in 2012 of 836,507, it is the most populous city proper in Florida[7] and the Southeast, and the 12th most populous in the United States.
Jacksonville is the principal city in the Jacksonville metropolitan area, with a population of 1,345,596 in 2010.[8] Harbor improvements since the late 19th century have made Jacksonville a major military and civilian deep-water port. Its riverine location facilitates two U.S. History[edit] The area of the modern city of Jacksonville has been inhabited for thousands of years. During Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, Jacksonville and nearby St. East Knoxville. "East Knoxville" traditionally refers to the part of Knoxville east of First Creek (this creek is roughly paralleled by the eastern portion of the Downtown Loop, namely Neyland Drive and James White Parkway).[2] A portion of this area was incorporated as the City of East Knoxville in 1855, though it was annexed by Knoxville in 1868.[2] The advent of streetcars and the development of what is now Chilhowee Park led to the establishment of residential areas in East Knoxville in the late 19th century.
Two such residential areas, Park City (Parkridge and surrounding neighborhoods) and Mountain View (Morningside), were incorporated as separate cities in 1907, and annexed by Knoxville in 1917.[3] Urban renewal projects in Downtown Knoxville in the 1950s and 1960s displaced numerous African American residents, many of whom relocated to East Knoxville. See also[edit] References[edit] Jump up ^ City of Knoxville - Parks (parks in or near these neighborhoods are listed in "East"). Coordinates: Houston. Houston ( i/ˈhjuːstən/ HYOO-stən) is the most populous city in Texas, and the fourth most populous city in the United States. With a census-estimated 2013 population of 2.19 million people within a land area of 599.6 square miles (1,553 km2),[5] Houston is the largest city in the Southern United States,[6] the seat of Harris County, and fifth-most populated metropolitan area in the United States.
Houston was founded in 1836 on land near the banks of Buffalo Bayou (now known as Allen's Landing)[7][8] and incorporated as a city on June 5, 1837. The city was named after former General Sam Houston, who was president of the Republic of Texas and had commanded and won at the Battle of San Jacinto 25 miles (40 km) east of where the city was established. The burgeoning port and railroad industry, combined with oil discovery in 1901, has induced continual surges in the city's population. Houston's economy has a broad industrial base in energy, manufacturing, aeronautics, and transportation. Metro Lakeland. Metro Lakeland is a name that was coined in the 1960s for an area of southern Illinois that is centered around the intersections of Interstate 57, Interstate 24, and Illinois Route 13 — a four-lane east-west highway connecting the communities of Murphysboro, Carbondale, Carterville, Herrin, Marion, and Harrisburg. Metro Lakeland was defined as Jackson, Williamson, Franklin, Saline, and Perry counties, with a combined population of approximately 210,000.
Carbondale, Herrin, and Marion are the key urban areas, with a combined city-proper population of over 65,000 (2007 Census estimate)[1] Carbondale, the site of Southern Illinois University, is the region's largest city. Metro Lakeland is about 88 miles (142 km) southeast of St. Louis, Missouri, or 120 miles (190 km) by Interstate highway. Origin of name[edit] The name "Metro Lakeland" refers to the abundance of lakes in the area, most of them engineered. History[edit] Arthur E. Counties[edit] Major cities[edit] 25,000+[edit] Carbondale. New England. New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. New England is bordered by New York State to the west, Long Island Sound to the south, the Atlantic Ocean, the Canadian province of New Brunswick to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the north.
In the late 18th century, the New England Colonies initiated the resistance to the British Parliament's efforts to impose new taxes without the consent of the colonists. The Boston Tea Party was a protest to which Great Britain responded with a series of punitive laws stripping Massachusetts of self-government, which were termed the "Intolerable Acts" by the colonists. The confrontation led to open warfare in 1775, the expulsion of the British authorities from New England in spring 1776 and the Declaration of Independence in July 1776. History[edit] Eastern Algonquian peoples[edit] Colonial Period[edit] Ford County, Illinois. Buffalo Bayou. Texas. Benton, Illinois. Maine. Allen's Landing.
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