Originally based on the still-existent village of Inverlochy, the town lies at the southern end of the Great Glen, on the shores of Loch Linnhe and Loch Eil.

Originally a West Slavic settlement, the village was first mentioned in 1261 as Torbarmstorp, a possession of the Knights Templar.

Originally the Zwijndrechtse Waard, on which the municipalities of Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht and Zwijndrecht and the village of Rijsoord ( partially ) lie, was a separate river island, the western branch of river Waal separating the two.

Originally a village of reed huts in the marshes, Nippur was especially prone to devastation by flooding or fire.

Originally founded as a village in 1854 ( deeded by John Biddle to Eber Ward, et al.

Originally an ancient village, as London expanded, Acton became absorbed into the city.

Originally a fishing village, Halibut Cove is now home to several artists and businesses.

Originally a mill village, Wauregan was established around a cotton mill powered by the Quinebaug River.

Originally platted along the right-of-way for the Hennepin Canal, in 1837, the village site was called in land speculation papers " Hampton " ( not the town in Illinois, approximately 13 miles north-northeast, on the Mississippi River — see Hampton, Illinois for more ).

Originally, the village consisted of two separate parts.

Originally including all of the Grosse Pointe communities, and the northeastern portion of the City of Detroit, in its later years, it is was reduced to the portion of the village of Grosse Pointe Shores that was in Wayne County.

Originally concieved in 1896 by the Fairview Land Company on 900 acres of marshland, and formally incorporated as a village in 1903, its boundaries were Berwick to the west, Mack to the north, Cadiuex to the east, and the Detroit River to the south.

Originally called Grass Lake Township, it was renamed after the village of Brunswick, Minnesota, in 1883.

Originally founded as a part of Anoka Township in 1857, Coon Rapids became a separate village in 1952.

Originally called " Evesham " ( named for an English village outside Stratford-upon-Avon ), the town was incorporated as one of the original 13 townships in Burlington County in 1688.

Originally named Therma, the village was renamed Eagle Nest in the 1930s.

Originally known as Unionville, the village was incorporated in 1885 as North Parma.

Originally called " Short Mill ," Shortsville began its existence in 1804 when Theophilus Short built two mills along the shores of the Canandiagua Outlet ; the village was then incorporated in 1889.

Originally named " Fairchild City ," or just " The City ," after Alpheus Fairchild, who bought most of today's village in 1798 from John A. DeWitt, Fairchild had a dwelling erected on part of the site where the George and John R. Hunt Memorial Building stands today.

Originally a casino in the 1920s, the Rosendale Theater was seized by the village and converted into a theater in 1949 by Anthony Cacchio, a man who bore a strong resemblance to filmmaker Otto Preminger.

Originally incorporated as a village in 1927, it achieved the status of city in 1961.

Originally part of Mentor Township, the village was established October 22, 1924.

Originally, U. S. 33 ran from Bellefontaine along a portion of the present-day County Road 540 then southwards entering on Water Street through Zanesfield and then southeast along Columbus Street before its move to its current location outside the village in 1964.

Originally named ' Hartford ', sawmills and various lumber related industries were started to clear the timbers around the village.

Fallis was founded in 1892, just south of an Indian village on the western edge of the Iowa Reservation, in a wooded area and “ on a long red hill .” Originally named Mission 1892-1894, it was renamed in 1894 for its for its prime developer and first postmaster, Judge William Henry Fallis.

Originally she sometimes resented being known as a " sidekick ", but she grew to lead the Scoobies during Buffy's temporary death between Seasons Five and Six.

Originally operated out of a small garage by an antique shop, using two 1940s-era fire engines, the department grew rapidly.

Originally a part of neighboring Chelmsford, West Chelmsford soon grew large enough to sustain its own governance, and was officially incorporated as Westford on September 23, 1729.

Originally a resort town with a few hotels and large estates and many farms in the early 20th century, Long Branch grew in population.

Originally established in the early 19th century as an outpost and stop on the stage line that ran between Salisbury, North Carolina, and Danville, Virginia, called Wrights Crossroads, the Reidsville community grew from a single home and inn owned by the family of Reuben Reid ( a local farmer, businessman, and justice of the peace who was the father of David S. Reid ) into a thriving farming community primarily supporting tobacco production and cigarette manufacturing.

Originally called Hilliard ’ s Station, the town grew around the railroad route of the Piqua and Indiana Railroad station, which bisected the former Hilliard farmland.

Originally an agricultural area, Spencer grew after World War II with the nearby General Motors Assembly Plant and Tinker Air Force Base offering employment.

Originally called Mesquiteville, the community grew up in the pastureland near Keechi Creek.

Originally the settlement of Stonehaven grew and prospered and was known as Kilwhang.

Originally a clothing store, Topeka gradually grew to include food, school items, electronics, toys and other consumer products in their stores.

Originally printed on a few pages of loose paper, the newsletter grew in content to eventually become a " small, colorful magazine " and was renamed in mid-1985 as the Last Days Magazine.

Originally constructed on a salt marsh, over the centuries the area became a freshwater wetland, as an offshore barrier grew up, preventing sea water from getting access to the area around the circle.

Originally it was a few separated farm buildings, but during the centuries grew a core settlement around the main street and the small brook Lechenicher Mühlengraben.

Originally known as scrambles racing in the United Kingdom, as the sport grew in popularity, the competitions became known internationally as motocross racing, by combining the French word for motorcycle, motocyclette, or moto for short, into a portmanteau with " cross country ".

Originally envisioned as a short story or novela, the project grew into a series of fifteen full novels.

Originally two separate groups, Whig and Clio, as they have been known commonly for most of their history, grew out of two earlier student societies, the Plain Dealing Club ( Whig ) and the Well Meaning Club ( Clio ), founded about 1765 to promote literary and debating activities.

Originally founded as a small mechanics institution ( Liverpool Mechanics ' School of Arts ) in 1823, the institution grew over the centuries by converging and amalgamating with different colleges before eventually becoming Liverpool Polytechnic.

Originally, the Prime Minister was given central executive powers, which were later reduced as the power of the Governor-General grew.

Originally named Tricky Beans, they played hard rock rather than the power metal with which they grew to fame.

Originally a trading settlement of Phoenician colonists, Carthage grew into a vast economic and political power throughout the Mediterranean, accumulating wealth and influence through its economic ( trading ) prowess.

Originally from rural Argentina, Martínez Estrada was born in San José de la Esquina, in Santa Fe Province and grew up until the age of twelve there and in Goyena, a village in the southern reaches of Buenos Aires province.

Originally, he was adopted by the crocodiles to kill Zebra because he was the cat at the shelter who scratched and bit the most, but the plan backfired and Snuffles grew to like Zebra.

Originally it was composed of numerous frazioni, isolated villages and hamlets, but with the advent of the tourism from the 1950s it grew rapidly.

Originally a small industrial village to the nearby shale mine and works, it now adjoins the new town of Livingston, which was constructed alongside Pumpherston in the late 1960s and quickly grew much larger than its neighbours.