The island's largest town and administrative centre is Douglas, the population of which is 23 000, nearly a third of the entire population of the island.

The 1997 merger of American corporations Boeing and McDonnell Douglas, which followed the forming of Lockheed Martin, the world's largest defence contractor in 1995, increased the pressure on European defence companies to consolidate.

As one of the largest counties in Tennessee, Sevier County's terrain varies from one of the most rugged portions of the Appalachian Mountains to the river valley of the French Broad River and Douglas Lake.

In the Nebraska license plate system, Douglas County was represented by the prefix " 1 " ( as it had the largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922 ).

The Douglas Grand Theatre was built in 1919 and was the largest theater between Los Angeles and San Antonio.

* Gustaf Douglas ( born 1938 ), Swedish businessman, vice chairman and largest single shareholder in security firm Securitas AB

It was the 4th largest force under the United Nations Command then under the command of US General Douglas MacArthur that were sent to defend South Korea from a communist invasion by North Korea which was then supported by Mao Zedong's China and the Soviet Union.

Coyote Springs, Nevada, Destiny, Florida and Douglas Ranch in Buckeye, Arizona are amongst the largest communities being planned for the 21st century.

Douglas () is the capital and largest town of the Isle of Man, with a population of 26, 218 people ( 2006 ).

Although administratively a village, it has the second largest population on the island, after Douglas, with which it forms a conurbation.

It is the third largest town on the island after Douglas and Ramsey and the fourth largest settlement as Onchan has the second largest population, though it is classified as a village.

It is the second largest town on the island after Douglas.

In 1905, Chicago's West Park Commission's general superintendent and chief landscape architect, Jens Jensen, demolished the three smaller greenhouses in Humboldt, Douglas and Garfield Parks to create what was intended as " the largest publicly owned conservatory under one roof in the world " in Garfield Park.

The largest was given for World War II and Korean War General Douglas MacArthur in 1951, after he was summarily relieved of duty by President Harry S. Truman.

* November 18 – A Douglas C-74 Loadmaster carries 103 passengers and crew over the North Atlantic, the largest number to have made the crossing in a single flight.

Douglas College is one of the largest public colleges in British Columbia, Canada serving 14, 000 credit students, 9, 000 continuing education students and 1, 000 international students each year.

The most populous neighborhoods of the largest town in the region, Juneau, are on the mainland, though portions of the city also lie on Douglas Island, which is a part of the archipelago.

After crossing the Douglas River, the line climbs the two and a half mile long Nunnery Bank ( at a grade of 1 in 65 ) out of the island's capital through a wide rock cutting that brings it through a large estate, past an industrial estate to the White Hoe, where this island's largest brewery is passed from the left of the train before crossing over the first overbridge.

Shortly afterward, the company began chartering passenger aircraft for group travel as well ; its Lockheed Super Constellation, Douglas DC-4 and DC-6 fleet comprised the largest trans-Atlantic charter operation through the 1950s.

The term " loadmaster " is believed to have been created by the Douglas Aircraft Company, because the first known use of the term appears in the flight manuals for the C-124 Globemaster II aircraft in the late 1940s, the largest piston-engine transport aircraft in the US inventory at the time.

The largest of these is Lincoln Douglas style debate, which has over 50 students.

On July 12, 2006, six photographers ( Jerry Burchfield, Mark Chamberlain, Jacques Garnier, Rob Johnson, Douglas McCulloh, and Clayton Spada ), unveiled what is currently the world's largest camera and photograph.

The Douglas County, Kansas | Douglas County Courthouse in downtown Lawrence, Kansas, the town where much of " The Day After " takes place.

Archibald Douglas attempted to relieve the town in July, but was defeated and killed at the Battle of Halidon Hill.

In 1962 and 1963, Wilder lived twenty months in the small town of Douglas, Arizona, apart from family and friends.

* Sarah Douglas, actress, best known for her film and TV career, was born and raised in the town.

Crosses the Massachusetts state line into the town of Douglas as Southwest Main Street.

From the Douglas town line to the intersection of Massachusetts Route 122, it is known as Hartford Avenue West ; from Route 122 to the Mendon town line, it is known as Hartford Avenue East.

One of the world's tallest Douglas fir trees ever recorded was in the town of Mineral within Lewis County, attaining a height of.

In an episode of the television series Bonanza ( Look to the Stars, broadcast March 18, 1962 ), Ben Cartwright ( Lorne Greene ) helps the 16-year-old Albert Abraham Michelson ( portrayed by 25-year-old Douglas Lambert ( 1936 – 1986 )) obtain an appointment to the U. S. Naval Academy, despite the opposition of the bigoted town schoolteacher ( played by William Schallert ).

The location of this new town seemed to satisfy most of the residents of Douglas County to be their point of county government.

Douglas is a town in Marshall County, Alabama, in the United States.

The United States Army established Camp San Bernardino in the latter half of the 19th century near the presidio and in 1910 Camp Douglas was built next to the town.

Douglas was founded as an American smelter town, to treat the copper ores of nearby Bisbee, Arizona.

The town is named after mining pioneer Dr. James Douglas, and was incorporated in 1905.

Douglas was chartered as a town in 1895 and as a city in 1897.

* Douglas Avenue, a neighborhood just northeast of town with a mix of housing styles, including ranches, two-stories, townhomes, and a few apartments.

* Frank Douglas Garrett-Born July 19, 1944-University Dean, Speaker, Author-All Marine Basketball 1964-66, JUCO All American Basketball, 1967-69-Honored by town of Odon at Old Settler's of 2006.

The city was the subject of Douglas Bauer's popular reminiscence of change in small town Iowa from the 1950s through the 1970s, Prairie City, Iowa: Three Seasons at Home.

Douglas Mountain has an elevation of above sea level, the highest point in both the town and southwestern Maine.

Members of the town council are Todd A. Benner ( 2013 ), Douglas Myers ( 2013 ), Daniel C. Riley ( 2013 ), Tammy Black ( 2015 ), and Vincent C. Pacelli.

Douglas is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States.

The name of Douglas was first given to the territory of the town in the year 1746.