Serious development finally began in the 1970s, as the village's proximity to two trunk line interstates resulted in both industrial growth ( a Mobil oil refinery, two petrochemicals plants, a gigantic soybean oil production facility, and numerous support businesses for the freight hauling industry ) and residential development.

In 1892 a fire devastated the eastern side of the business district, stymieing the village's growth and causing some business owners to close up shop forever.

The financial panic of 1893 altered the developers ’ plans and put a damper on the village's growth.

Extension of rail service to Branchville in 1869 brought an even greater boon to the village's economic market growth.

The village's early growth was under the protection of Fort Niagara.

The railroad has been a major influence on the village's growth.

This peculiarity had resulted from the village's steady growth towards Hazlemere and across an old Hundred and parish boundary.

Significant to the village's growth in the opening decades of the twentieth century was the arrival of the Canadian Northern Ontario Railway in 1911.

Originally the new town was going to be centred on Markinch, however the village's infrastructure was deemed unable to withstand the substantial growth required to realise a new town.

As much of the land in the region is fenland, the village's position on the ridge between Stretham and Haddenham at the southern end of the Isle of Ely was important in its growth and success.

The village's growth in the early 19th century was due to the opening of the Pennsylvania Canal passing through the village as a result canal-related businesses sprung up quickly, including a shipyard, mule stables, general store and several hotels ; the most notable was Upper Black Eddy Inn this was later transformed into Chef Tell's Manor House, which closed in 2004 and demolished in 2010.

The village's population growth was slow until the 1970s, when it became known as a bedroom community for people working in Saskatoon.

The fen edge north of Cambridge was well populated in Roman times, and the village's situation on a Roman road will have helped its growth.

Post and customs offices assured the village's growth, becoming a town in 1904.

Thurne is also home to the well-respected sailing club Theta, which has been accommodated here for over half a century and is now part of the village's character.

As of the 2000 Census, the village had a mere 5, 730 people, meaning the village's population has more than tripled in eight years.

* Summerfest: originated in 2001 for village's sesquicentennial celebration, but has been canceled in recent years.

Although the village's main street has a line of store fronts, Harrietta has no working business, shops, or active buildings besides its 49638 Post Office.

While it eventually drove smaller stores from Main Street, it remains a substantial part of the village's tax base and a major draw for consumers from outside not only Walden but the Town of Montgomery ( particularly the nearby hamlet of Wallkill, which has no large retailers of its own ), despite the openings of chain supermarkets in several nearby communities.

The village board has until May 31, 2011 to draft a plan to dissolve the village's government.

Since 1973 the village's best known business has been the Rongovian Embassy to the USA, a bar and restaurant that frequently features local, national and international musical talent.

Baseball has long been a significant part of the village's recreational and social activities.

The island's population has slowly grown since that point, with the 2000 census reporting the village's total permanent population as 367.

Past the village's new residential housing which has recently transformed and breathed new life into the village, are plenty of preserved working farms, and one of these farms supplies the ice-cream for the award-winning Goodall's Ice Cream Parlour, owned by Mark and Stephen Goodall of Manor Lane, Tong.

Due to the village's location on its banks, the River Medway has been a key influence on its development.

The village's boundary with Sompting to the west has historically been along Boundstone Lane, named after the boundstone or boundary stone that marked the boundary.

For the " Dibley Live " ( 1998 ) episode of The Vicar of Dibley, in which the characters are generating programming ideas for the village's one-week radio station, the chronically dull Frank originally proposes a programme called Desert Island Desks, in which he would recount his favourites from the many desks at which he has sat during his lifetime.

The former station has been converted into the village's police headquarters.

The railroad has been replaced as the village's main long-distance transportation connection by NY 17, which ran through the south portion of the village and was expanded into a freeway in the 1960s.

The triangular park at the village's central area, containing the landmark spire of First Presbyterian Church and the 1887 county office building, has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Church Park Historic District.

A nearby village's name, Bombarral, can be translated as " good-clay pit ", revealing that the pottery tradition has been settled here since ancient times.

The Central Statistical Agency has not published an estimate for this village's 2005 population.

The village's close proximity to the M4 motorway ( and, thus, its close proximity to London ) has meant that Dorney is now an area popular with city commuters.

Maintenance of an independent community separate from the Wycombe conurbation has been helped not only by the village's historic connections with the Missendens, Penn Street and Amersham but also by the presence in the village of a full range of amenities including: pre-schools ; primary and secondary schools ; three different Christian denomination churches ( Anglican, Baptist, Methodist ); a GP practice ; a dental practice ; three pubs ( The Bat and Ball, The Earl Howe and The Old Oak ); two clubs ( The British Legion and the Holmer Green Sports Association ); and good sports facilities.

Many of the village's houses are large detached homes situated on the private Wentworth Estate home of the famous Wentworth Club which has four golf courses.

The Conestogo River, which powered the village's original gristmill, runs through the village. St Jacobs has a growing population of 2, 001 people.

However, this place name appears to have been due to a mistaken transcription of the village name Kalifornsky, which took its name from the surname of the village's founder, a Dena ' ina Indian named Qadanalchen ( meaning " acts quickly " in the Outer Inlet dialect of the Dena ' ina language ).

The final name, " Amherst ", was named for the Township in which it is located, Amherst Township ( which, decades prior to the village's final name, had been named for the Town of Amherst, New Hampshire ).

To take advantage of the village's location as one of Vermont's busiest junctions, several hotels have been built in the area.

During the summers of 2010 and 2011 the entirely of the village's residences have been renovated.

Outside the historic district, the village's post office downtown and the Everett-Bradner and Wisner houses on South Street have also been listed on the Register.

Many of the houses in the village have been bought up as holiday homes, second homes, or guest houses, and the village's population varies depending upon the season.

Some business, such as the village's only petrol station, have been closed to make way for new homes.

There seems to have been a dense patch of Viking settlement in Leicestershire, although some records in the Blaby Library indicate the origin of the village's name was from the first vicar.

Records of the village's early history have been lost, but there is evidence of activity in the area from around 700AD.

Since the 17th century the location of present day Enugu has been settled by the Nike ( ) subgroup of the Igbo people ; one of Enugu's neighbourhoods still retains the village's old name Ogui.

One of the village's oldest buildings, the Hilden Manor restaurant owned by Beefeater, was burnt down by a fire caused by an electrical fault, and has now been restored and rebuilt by Oaklands.

While remains of a settlement from Roman or earlier times have been found nearby, the village itself developed from a farm belonging to the Wissembourg monastery in Northern Alsace ; 985 is considered to be the village's founding year.