Until 1972, I-278 ran along Interstate 895 and a proposed extension to Interstate 95, while Interstate 278 east of I-895 was I-878.

Until 1972, when the Washington State Department of Transportation re-routed Highway 20 ( then known as Star Route 20 ) outside the town, the Thompson Bridge was the only connecting thoroughfare across the Baker River and into eastern Skagit County.

Until abolished ( in the Ordinary Form but not in the Extraordinary Form ) by Pope Paul VI's apostolic letter Ministeria quædam of 15 August 1972, the subdiaconate was the lowest of the major orders of the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church.

Until 1972 the Ubon Ratchathani province was the largest province of Thailand areawise.

Until 1972, the canal passed through downtown Welland.

Until 1972 Poughkeepsie was home to the Smith Brothers cough drop factory.

Until 1972, the second floor was a warren of offices, including those of the Executive Secretary and the Vice President.

Until 1972, the acolyte was the holder of the highest of four minor orders.

Until the opening of the Cross Harbour Tunnel in 1972, the Star Ferry remained the main means of public transportation between Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon side.

Until 1972, the operating name of the company was Simpson's.

Until 1972, Amrum belonged to the Südtondern district which then merged into the newly created district of Nordfriesland.

Until 1972, the town was served by the Great Western Railway between Birmingham and Wolverhampton at Wednesbury Central railway station.

Until 1972 the British Embassy was based at No 39 ; however following the Bloody Sunday shootings in Northern Ireland a crowd of over 20, 000 people converged on the site in protest and the building was burnt to the ground.

Until the arrival of CJOH-TV's Deseronto repeater on channel 6 in 1972 and cable television in Kingston in 1973, CKWS had very much a captive audience, as the only other station reliably available over-the-air was Watertown, New York's WWNY-TV.

Until 1972, when it was replaced by Interstate Highways west of the Sacramento area, it extended to San Francisco, near the Pacific Ocean.

Until 1972, it was subdivided into 20 shillings, each of 12 pence with 4 farthings to the penny ; from May 1972 it was divided into 100 cents, and the 1 cent into 10 mils.

Until 1972, when Indiana constructed their section of I-94, M-239 and SR 39 were the only connection from the southern end of I-94 in Michigan across the state line.

Until 1972, bus routes on the A124 road that crosses the narrow bridge were more numerous.

Until 1982, it was widely accepted that phospholipids and membrane proteins were randomly distributed in cell membranes, according to the Singer-Nicolson fluid mosaic model, published in 1972.

Until it joined with the City of Winnipeg in 1972 it was a separate municipality known as the Rural Municipality of Charleswood.

Until 1972 Bruchsal was the seat of the district of Bruchsal, which was merged into the district of Karlsruhe as a result of the district reform, effective January 1, 1973.

Until 1972, when the company was sold to its employees, it was named the Chicago and North Western Railway.

Until 1972, Ceylon was a Commonwealth realm with Queen Elizabeth II as the head of state and Queen of Ceylon.

Until 1948 the Faroes had the official status of a Danish amt ( county ).

Until 1861 the militia were an entirely infantry force, but in that year a number of county regiments were converted to artillery.

Until recently, the regions surrounding Bucharest were largely rural, but after 1989, new suburbs started to be built around Bucharest, in the surrounding Ilfov county.

Until 1889, the county of Surrey included the present-day London borough of Southwark, yet the name has been used for various areas of civil administration, including the ancient Borough of Southwark, the Metropolitan Borough of Southwark and the current London Borough of Southwark.

Until March, 1895, it also embraced what is now Navajo County, but at that date the latter was set apart and established as a separate county.

Until 1960, the city of New Haven was the county seat.

Until May 2009, Van Zandt County was a completely dry county.

Until 2000, the county had gone consistently Democratic in presidential elections.

Until the coming of the railway in 1857, Beckenham was a small village in the county of Kent with almost completely rural surroundings: once a family of entrepreneurs began the building of villas here, its population soared from 2000 to 26, 000 during 1850-1900 and throughout the rest of the century.

Until the reorganisation of London's local government in 1965, Muswell Hill formed part of the Borough of Hornsey within the administrative county of Middlesex.

Until a courthouse was built, the county business was conducted at Hazelwood where Joseph W. McClurg, later Governor of Missouri, operated a general store.

Until 1906, the county seat was the old town of Augusta, near the center of the county on the east bank of the Leaf River.

Until 1889, the county of Surrey included the present-day London boroughs of Wandsworth, Southwark and Lambeth.

Until 1889, the county of Surrey included the present-day London borough of Lambeth, when drawing up boundaries for the London Boroughs, the Government had initially suggested that Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth and the Metropolitan Borough of Southwark should be merged to form a new borough, with the southern and eastern section of the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth ( including Clapham, Streatham and Tooting ) forming another.

Until recently, Morton County was the only Kansas county in the media market of Amarillo, Texas.

Until it was completed county offices were held in various empty buildings.

Until 1854, the county was governed by other counties.

Until the middle of the 19th century when it was drained to make farmland, this county was part of the 2nd largest freshwater wetland in the US, with abundant flora and fauna.

Until the 1960s, DeKalb was a mainly agricultural county, but as the sprawl of the metropolitan Atlanta region expanded, DeKalb became increasingly urbanized.

Until 1863, many of the residents living on the east side of the county traveled Visalia Road by wagon to get their mail, purchase supplies and bring their goods to sell.

Until the expansion of New Salem after the building of the Quabbin Reservoir in the 1930s, Colrain was the largest town in the county.

Until recently, Mayes County was the second largest dairy producing county in the state.

Until 1725 Bristol served as county seat of Bucks County.