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Census Bureau-designated regions and divisions

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Since 1950, the United States Census Bureau defines four statistical regions, with nine divisions. The Census Bureau region definition is “widely used … for data collection and analysis”, and is the most commonly used classification system. Region 1: Northeast Division 1: New England (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont) Division 2: Mid-Atlantic (New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania) Region 2: Midwest (Prior to June 1984, the […]

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Boroughs of New York City

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New York City is composed of five boroughs: The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island are all included. Each borough is coextensive with a county in New York State. The boroughs of Queens and the Bronx are sometimes known as Queens County and Bronx County, respectively. The other three counties are called after their respective boroughs:

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Downtown Pittsburgh

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Downtown Pittsburgh, colloquially referred to as the Golden Triangle, and officially the Central Business District, is the urban downtown center of Pittsburgh. It is located at the confluence of the Allegheny River and the Monongahela River whose joining forms the Ohio River. The “triangle” is bounded by the two rivers. The area features offices for major corporations such as PNC Bank, U.S. Steel, PPG, Bank of New York

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Allegheny River

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The Allegheny River is a 325-mile (523 km) long headwater stream of the Ohio River in western Pennsylvania and New York, United States. The Allegheny River runs from its headwaters just below the middle of Pennsylvania’s northern border northwesterly into New York then in a zigzag southwesterly across the border and through Western Pennsylvania to join the Monongahela River at the Forks of the Ohio on the “Point” of Point State

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Pennsylvania

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Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, and Appalachian regions of the United States. The Commonwealth is bordered by Delaware to the southeast, Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, Lake Erie and the Canadian province of Ontario to the northwest, New York to the north, and New Jersey to the east, while the Appalachian Mountains run through its middle. Pennsylvania has 140 miles (225 km) of waterfront along Lake Erie and the Delaware River. The state

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Rochester and Sodus Bay Railway

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The Rochester and Sodus Bay Railway was an electric interurban railway that connected Rochester to the Lake Ontario shoreline at Sodus Point. In 1902, the Rochester Railway Company leased the route, which was ultimately incorporated into New York State Railways in 1909. Ridership declined in the 1920s, and the railway east of Glen Haven was

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Hannes Bok

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Born Wayne Francis WoodardJuly 2, 1914Kansas City, Missouri, United States Died April 11, 1964 (aged 49)New York City, New York, United States Pen name Hannes Bok Occupation Illustrator, writer Nationality American Period 1939–1957 (SF magazine artist) Genre Fantasy Hannes Bok, pen name for Wayne Francis Woodard, was an American artist and illustrator who also dabbled in astrology and

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List of people from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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This is a list of notable people who were born, or who have lived in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Andrew J. Feustel, NASA astronaut William Addams (1777–1858), U.S. representative David Hayes Agnew (1818–1892), surgeon Chas Alecxih, NFL defensive lineman Andy Baldwin, U.S. Navy lieutenant and physician, bachelor of season 10 of The Bachelor James Buchanan (1791-1868), 15th President of the United States Thomas Burch (1778–1849), Methodist circuit rider

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Saugus Middle-High School

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Saugus Middle-High School is an American public secondary school located in Saugus, Massachusetts, United States. It is a part of Saugus Public Schools. Notable alumni Steven Angelo, town administrator and politician Tracee Chimo, actress Arthur F. DeFranzo, Medal of Honor recipient Mark Falzone, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 2001 to 2011. Bob Gaudet, Dartmouth College ice hockey coach James Franklin Jeffrey, American diplomat

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Wesley Autrey

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Wesley Autrey is a New York City construction worker and Navy veteran who gained international attention in 2007 by preventing a New York City subway train from hitting Cameron Hollopeter, a film student who had experienced a seizure and fallen into the tracks. He is on Time magazine’s 2007 list of the world’s 100 most

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