Mance, Pennsylvania | |
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Coordinates: 39°49′54″N78°56′12″W / 39.8317493°N 78.9366902°W Coordinates: 39°49′54″N78°56′12″W / 39.8317493°N 78.9366902°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Somerset |
Township | Northampton |
Elevation | 1,982 ft (604 m) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP Code | 15552 (Meyersdale) |
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Mance is a populated place within Northampton Township, a minor civil division of Somerset County, Pennsylvania. The place is a popular spot for railfans as it's alongside Sand Patch Grade's (Keystone Subdivision) "horseshoe curve", where an old (no longer in service, now privately owned) U.S. Post Office also exists.
Northampton Township is a township in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 366 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area.
A minor civil division (MCD) is a term used by the United States Census Bureau for primary governmental and/or administrative divisions of a county, such as a civil township, precinct, or magisterial district. As of 2010, MCDs exist in 29 states and the District of Columbia. In New York and New England, they are towns. In Puerto Rico the MCD is called a barrio-pueblo.
Somerset County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the population was 77,742. Its county seat is Somerset. The county was created from part of Bedford County on April 17, 1795, and named after the county of Somerset in England.
Mance Lipscomb was an American blues singer, guitarist and songster. He was born Beau De Glen Lipscomb near Navasota, Texas. As a youth he took the name Mance from a friend of his oldest brother, Charlie.
Jeanne Mance was a French nurse and settler of New France. She arrived in New France two years after the Ursuline nuns came to Quebec. Among the founders of Montreal in 1642, she established its first hospital, the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, in 1645. She returned twice to France to seek financial support for the hospital. After providing most of the care directly for years, in 1657 she recruited three sisters of the Religieuses hospitalières de Saint-Joseph, and continued to direct operations of the hospital.
Edward F. Davis, known professionally as Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.
A heliograph is a wireless telegraph that signals by flashes of sunlight reflected by a mirror. The flashes are produced by momentarily pivoting the mirror, or by interrupting the beam with a shutter. The heliograph was a simple but effective instrument for instantaneous optical communication over long distances during the late 19th and early 20th century. Its main uses were military, survey and forest protection work. Heliographs were standard issue in the British and Australian armies until the 1960s, and were used by the Pakistani army as late as 1975.
Jonathan Hugh Mance, Baron Mance, is a British judge and former Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
Julian Clifford Mance, Jr. is an American jazz pianist and composer.
Jeanne-Mance–Viger is a provincial electoral district in the Montreal region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It corresponds exactly to the territory of the Saint-Léonard borough of the city of Montreal.
Dragan Mance was a Yugoslav professional footballer who played as a striker. He spent the majority of his career at Partizan, earning a legendary status among the club's fans. Mance died in a car accident while traveling to a training session, 23 days before his 23rd birthday.
The Cellar is a 1989 American monster movie directed by Kevin Tenney, based on a short story by David Henry Keller and starring Patrick Kilpatrick.
The Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom is the second most senior judge of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, after the President of the Supreme Court. The office is equivalent to the now-defunct position of Second Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, also known previously as the Second Senior Law Lord, who was the second highest-ranking Lord of Appeal in Ordinary.
Jeanne Mance Park, formerly known as Fletcher's Field, is an urban park in Montreal's Plateau Mont-Royal borough. Named after the co-founder of Montreal, Jeanne Mance, the park is located along Park Avenue, opposite Mount Royal, and just south of Mount Royal Avenue.
Ronell Joshua "Josh" Mance is an American sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres. He attends Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida, where he has transferred after two years at the University of Southern California.
Jeanne Mance Street is a north-south street in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, located east of Park Avenue. It was named in 1914 in honour of Jeanne Mance, the founder of the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, which is also located along this street.
The Soul of Hollywood is an album by jazz pianist Junior Mance featuring interpretations of music from motion pictures which was recorded in late 1961 and early 1962 and released on the Jazzland label.
Happy Times is an album by jazz pianist Junior Mance which was recorded in 1962 and released on the Jazzland label.
Habitations Jeanne-Mance is a low-income project in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located in the borough of Ville-Marie and is bordered by Ontario Street to the north, De Boisbriand Street to the south, Saint Dominique Street to the west and Sanguinet Street to the east. Built after the passage of the National Housing Act of 1954, Habitations Jeanne-Mance was the first public housing project built in Quebec and second housing project in Canada after Regent Park in Toronto. With the demolition of Regent Park in 2005, Habitations Jeanne-Mance is now the oldest postwar public housing project in Canada.
Tormund Giantsbane is a fictional character in the A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin, and its television adaptation Game of Thrones.
Antonio Mance is a Croatian professional football forward who plays for NK Osijek.
I Believe to My Soul is an album by jazz pianist Junior Mance which was released on the Atlantic label in 1968.
Mance Warner is an American professional wrestler currently signed to Major League Wrestling (MLW). He has previously competed in Combat Zone Wrestling where he is a former CZW World Heavyweight Champion and with IWA Mid-South where he has held both IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Championship and Tag Team championship.
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