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The township was named after Maj. Samuel Ringgold, a hero of the Battle of Palo Alto in the U. S .- Mexican War.
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The southern part of Accrington, the township of New Accrington, was formerly in the Forest of Blackburnshire and the presence of oak trees may be inferred from local place names like Broad Oak and Oak Hill.
To make up for a lack of hard currency, Thailand's township, Amphoe Kut Chum, once issued its own local scrip called Bia Kut Chum: Bia is Thai for cowry shell, was once Baht, and is still current in metaphorical expressions.
Deng was born into an ethnically Hakka Han family in Paifang village ( 牌坊村 ), Xiexing township ( 协兴镇 ), Guang ' an County in Sichuan province, approximately 160 km from Chongqing ( formerly spelled Chungking ).
The Burra Creek ( also known as the Worlds End Creek ), which flows through Burra township, was once part of the ancient Murray River system.
Records from the 9th century show that there was a settlement named " Ulidi " on the site, although Oelde only received township in the year 1800.
The medieval township on Veøya, an island outside present day Molde, was first mentioned by the historian Snorri Sturluson as the location of the Battle of Sekken in 1162, where king Håkon the Broad-shouldered was killed fighting the aristocrat Erling Skakke, during the Norwegian civil wars.
However the township name was used in a massive new park: Dalton Digby Wildlands Provincial Park, itself renamed since 2002.
In 2010, a detailed field study was conducted in the Garonne River ( France ) in the Arcins channel between Arcins Island and the right bank close to Lastrene township.
Most shires were visited by a group of royal officers ( legati ), who held a public inquiry, probably in the great assembly known as the shire court, which was attended by representatives of every township as well as of the local lords.
Plainfield was originally formed as a township on April 5, 1847, from portions of Westfield Township, while the area was still part of Essex County.
The city and township coexisted until March 6, 1878, when Plainfield Township was dissolved and parts were absorbed by Plainfield city, with the remainder becoming Fanwood Township ( now known as Scotch Plains ).
The township was founded by Jonathan Fowler, who fell in love with Yellow Creek which flows through Poland.
In 1816, the new township was named after Waterloo, Belgium, the site of the Battle of Waterloo, which had ended the Napoleonic Wars in Europe.
Previously the township was known as Rai-Bhoi-Di-Talwandi and was renamed after the birth of Nanak Dev.
One resident of a township told Human Rights Watch that it was like living in a " low-class motel ".
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Further, it attached the old Charlevoix County, which was originally named Keskkauko County and was as yet still unorganized, as a township of Emmet County.
He was sent to the Legislature, and the township in which he lived was, at his instance, named Jackson in honor of his old military chieftain.
Note: Unlike most Arkansas counties, Marion County only has one single township ( named " Marion County ").
Conestoga wagons are named for the township, but it cannot be proven that the first such wagons were built in the township.
The hub of this activity was " 11-C Camp ", so named due to its township location in section 11 and designated " township C " by Standard's mapping department.
Hutchinson laid out the plan for the township, and named the community for his wife, Sadie Lindsay Patton Hutchinson.
Two early pioneers were George Ela, after whom the Ela township is named, and Seth Paine, who established a number of commercial ventures in the town.
Arrowsmith takes its name from the township in which it was located, which had been named for early settler Ezekiel Arrowsmith.
The township in which the town was situated was named took its name from the woodland and was called Cheney ’ s Grove.
Both the town and the township of Sidell were named after John Sidell, who came to the area from Ohio in 1861 and purchased on the banks of the Little Vermilion River.
Williamsport was platted by ( and named for ) William Harrison on December 11, 1828, on the south end of the eastern fractional part of the northeast quarter of section 11, township 21, range 8.
Three years later, the Kansas Pacific Railway built Wilson Station, named after the surrounding township, at the modern town site.
On March 30, 1857, however, the township was set off and organized as Eustis Plantation, named after its early proprietor.
The post office department rejected the requested name of " Bruceville ", and the office was named for the township. It incorporated as a village in 1906 or 1907 and later disincorporated.
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