Volga is an unincorporated community in Houston County, Texas, United States. [1] It is located three miles from Weldon and 20 miles from Crockett. A post office was established in 1897, but was discontinued in 1917 when the mail was sent to Weldon (which was later sent to Lovelady). The population declined from 100 in 1914, to 25 in 1945. It has since been dispersed. [2]
Walcheren is a region and former island in the Dutch province of Zeeland at the mouth of the Scheldt estuary. It lies between the Eastern Scheldt in the north and the Western Scheldt in the south and is roughly the shape of a rhombus. The two sides facing the North Sea consist of dunes and the rest of its coastline is made up of dykes. Middelburg, the provincial capital, lies at Walcheren's centre. Vlissingen, 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) to the south, is the main harbour and the third municipality is Veere.
Houston County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 22,066. Its county seat is Crockett. Houston County was one of 46 entirely dry counties in the state of Texas, until voters in a November 2007 special election legalized the sale of alcohol in the county.
Dot Lake is a census-designated place (CDP) in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska, United States. It is located on the Alaska Highway between Delta Junction and Tok. The population was 13 at the 2010 census, down from 19 in 2000.
Nāʻālehu is a community in Hawaiʻi County, Hawaii, United States. Nāʻālehu is Hawaiian for "the volcanic ashes". It is one of the southernmost communities with a post office in the 50 states of the United States. For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined Naalehu as a census-designated place (CDP). The census definition of the area may not precisely correspond to local understanding of the area with the same name. The population was 866 at the 2010 census, down from 919 at the 2000 census.
Crainville is a village in Williamson County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,254 at the 2010 census.
Hamlin is a town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. It is located on the Canada–US border with a border crossing into Grand Falls, New Brunswick and is the closest continental location to Europe in the United States. Hamlin's northeastern corner is the closest point in the mainland United States to Western Europe, situated at a distance of 2,508 miles (4,018 km) from the closest point in Europe to the USA, Achill Head. The population was 166 at the 2020 census.
Dickens is a city in and the county seat of Dickens County, Texas, United States. The population was 219 at the 2020 census, down from 286 at the 2010 census.
Lampasas is a city in Lampasas County, Texas, United States. Its population was 7,291 at the 2020 census. It is the seat of Lampasas County.
Gilbert Creek is a census-designated place (CDP) in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 1,090 at the 2010 census. The community takes its name from nearby Gilbert Creek.
Brillion is a city in Calumet County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 3,538 as of 2024. The city is located within the Town of Brillion, though it is politically independent.
The San Bernard River is a river in Texas.
World Youth Day 1995 was a Catholic youth festival that took place from January 10 to 15, 1995, in Manila, Philippines. It was the first time for an Asian country to host the event. Pope John Paul II presided over the event, marking his second trip to the country as Pope after his visit in 1981, and also the last papal visit in the country of the 20th century and 2nd millennium.
Wadesboro is an unincorporated community in eastern Leon County, Florida, United States.
Aurora is now part of the city of Kenosha, in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, but was the site of one of the area's earliest post offices, opened in the early 1830s at the Willis Tavern, the Aurora community center on the west side of the old Green Bay Trail just north of what is now 60th Street. A Chicago-Milwaukee stagecoach line began operating in 1836 and served Aurora. The post office was finally closed in 1843. No traces of the community exist today.
Botley Down is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, notified in 1989.
Saratoga Township is located in Marshall County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 286 and it contained 135 housing units. Saratoga Township formed from a portion of Whitefield Township sometime before 1860.
Butler is a historic, unincorporated community in Freestone County, Texas, United States. The community is southeast of Fairfield and approximately 14 miles outside city limits on U.S. Route 84.
Tuxford is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Marquis No. 191 and Census Division No. 7. Moose Jaw is 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) south and Buffalo Pound Lake is 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) north. Highway 2, Highway 42 and Highway 202 all intersect in the community. Highway 202 connects the community to Buffalo Pound Provincial Park 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) to the east.
WINB is a brokered Christian shortwave radio station licensed to Red Lion, Pennsylvania, in the United States. WINB began broadcasting in October 1962, making it the oldest private shortwave radio station in the United States that is still in operation. In the 1960s, the station was notable for its criticism of American domestic and foreign policy, leading to the government freezing the expansion of private shortwave radio transmission schedules for several years.
Cottondale is an unincorporated community in Wise County, in the U.S. state of Texas.
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