# MINI US GAZETTEER, c 1965. Aberdeen,spt Wash;lumbering,salmon canning;p. 18,741 Aberdeen,t SD;chemicals,foundry;p (1960) 23073 Abilene,t Texas;univ,food prod,oilseeds,oil-refining,cotton;p 90,368 Abingdon,t Mass;shoes,textile machin;p 10,449 Abingdon,t Va;lumbering,flour milling;mnfs condensed milk,chemicals, tobacco;tourist resort;p 4,758 Ada,t Oklahoma;p 14,347 Adams,mftg t,Mass;paper cottons woolens,calcium quarrying;p 11,949 Aderson,c Indiana;p 49,061 Adirondacks,mtns NY;highest peak Mt Marcy,5,345 ft. Agawam,t Mass;engin;p 15,711 Alabama,st;cap Montgomery,ch pt Mobile;minerals,tobacco,rubber,rice, textiles;a. 11,016 sq mi;p 1,271,062 Alameda,spt Cal;airport,light mnfs,shipbldg,fish canning,holiday resort; p 61,316 Alamosa,t Col;flour-milling,meat pkg,stockyards;p 6,205 Alaska,st;in Artic N America;mntnous;furs,timber,salmon fishing,mng, natural gas,oil;severe earthquake,28 March 1964;a 586,400 sq mi;p (estd 1965) 246,000 Albany,st cap NY;on R Hudson;river pt,iron,brass,chemicals,textiles, paper,machin tools,car equipment;p 129,726 Albion,t Mich;mnfs iron goods;p 12,749 Albuquerque,c N Mex;on Rio-Grande;wool hides timber metals cement;univ; p 201,189 Aleutian Is (USA) N Pac Oc;chain of Is stretching 1200 mi from the most SW point of Alaska toward Kamchatka Alexander city,t Ala;formerly Youngville;textiles;p 13,140 Alexandria,c spt NE Virginia;on Chesapeake Bay;mnfs foodstuffs,thread cotton,leather goods;p 91,023 Alexandria,t Louisiana;rice,foundries;p 40,279 Alhambra,c S Cal;oil refining equipment,felt,clay,aircraft;p 54,807 Allegan,t Mich;mkt for dairy and fruit products of the district;mnfs drugs; p 4,822 Allegheny Mnts;bold escarpment in the W Section of the Appalachian system stretching from Penn to W Va. Allegheny R;joins the Ohio R Pittsburg Penn;l 350 mi Allentown,t Penn;on Lehigh R,furniture,silk,tobacco;lorries;p 108,551 Alliance,t Ohio;coal;p 28,362 Alpena,c,Thunder Bay,Mich;cement paper tanneries sawmills;p 14,682 Altamaha,R Ga;flowing into Atl;l 150 mi Alton,t Ill;machinery glass chemicals flour;p 43047 Altoona,c Blair,Penn;coal,rly wks;p 69083 Altus,t Okla;cotton livestock,grain mkt;p 21225 Alvin,t Texas;grain mkt,oil wells;p 5643 Amarillo,t Tex;oil refining,creameries;p 137969 Ames,t Iowa;State College of Agriculture;p 27003 Amesbury,t Mass;40 m N Boston;cotton;p 9625 Amherst,t Mass;machin;Univ of Mass;p 10306 Amityville,t NY;Long I sub of NY;seaside resort;p 8318 Amsterdam,t NY;woolens;p 28772 Anaconda,t Montana;copper zinc manganese;p 12054 Anaheim,t Cal;p 104,184 Anchorage,t Alaska;timber,salmon fishing,canning;almost devastated by earthquake 28 Mar 64,p 44237 Anderson,t SC;cotton,lumber;p 41,316 Andover,t Mass;on R Merrimac;woolens,rubber;p 17,149 Ann Arbor,c Mich;on the Huron;Univ of Mich;motor lorries,farm implements; p 67,340 Annapolis,cap Maryland;naval academy;p 23,385 Ansonia,c Conn;machin,brass goods,cotton-braid inds;p 19819 Apalachee Bay,Fla;receives Apalachee R Appleton,c Wis;paper;p 48411 Appomattox,R,Va;joins James R Archbald,bor Penn;NE Scranton;anthracite,silk mills;p 5471 Ardmore,t Okla;coal,cotton,oil refineries;p 20,184 Arizona,st;bordering Mexico;agr,stock-rearing,copper,silver,gold,cotton, oil;cap Phoenix;a 113,909 sq mi;p 1,302,161 Arkadelphia,SW Ark;cotton,lumber,flour mills;p 8041 Arkansas City,t Kan;oil,flour mills,pkg plant;p 14,262 Arkansas R;navigable 650 mi;l 1450 mi Arkansas,st;cap Little Rock;agr,bauxite,coal,petroleum,natural gas, timber;a 53,102 sq mi;p 1,786,272 Arlington,t Mass;resdtl sub Boston;p 49,953 Asbury Park,t NJ;resort,elec prod,seafood,trucks;p 17,366 Asheboro,t NC;chemicals,lumber,furniture,hosiery;p 9449 Asheville,c NC;winter resort,leather,textile,furniture;p 60,192 Ashland,c Kenn;on R Ohio;iron,steel,lumber,leather;p 31283 Ashland,t Penn;coal-mining,knitwear,mine pumps;p 5237 Ashland,t Wis;iron,steel;p 10132 Ashtabula,t Ohio;near L Erie;farm implements,leather;p 24,559 Astoria,NY;indust and resdtl part of Queen's bor NY city;settled in 17th C as Hallet's Cove;renamed for JJ Astor Astoria,t Oregon;salmon-canning;p 11239 Athens,t Georgia;univ;cotton goods,lumber;p 31355 Athens,t Ohio;univ;coal,light inds;p 16,470 Atlanta,cap & lgst c Ga;univ,cotton,paper,farm imps,printing,clothing, p 487,455 Atlantic City,NJ;summer resort;p 59,544 Atmore,t Ala;35 mi NE Mobile Bay;p 8173 Atoka,t Okla;flour,lumber mills;p 2877 Attica,t NY;p 2758 Attleboro,c Bristol,SE Mass;p 27118 Au Sable R,Mich;empties into L Huron Au Sable R,NY;flows from Adirondacks to L Champlain Auburn,c Maine;footwear;p 24449 Auburn,t Ind;comm ctr for agr area;light engin;p 6350 Auburn,t NY;shoes,woolens,farm imps,p 35,249 Audubon,t W Iowa;canneries;p 2928 Augusta,c Ga;on Savannah R;cotton,cotton-seed oil,chemicals,foundries; p 70626 Augusta,t;cap Me;on Kennebec R;footwear,cotton goods,paper;p 21680 Aurora,rly c Ill;textiles,foundries;p 63715 Aurora,t Col;resdtl sub 5 mi E Denver;p 48,548 Aurora,t E Ind;lumber,mnfs coffins,furniture;p 4119 Aurora,t Mo;mining region;p 4683 Austin,c;cap Texas;on R Colorado;st univ;farming ctr;bricks,furniture; p 186,545 Austin,t Minn;food prods;p 27908 Bad Lands;S Dakota;stretches of infertile badly-eroded soil Badwater;salt pool Cal;280 ft below sea level,lowest pt in N America Baird,t Texas;rly junction;cotton,oil;p 1810 Baker,t Ore;gold,silver,lead,mineral springs;p 9986 Bakersfield,c S Cal;ctr of oil wells,refining;p 56848 Baldwin,t NY;on S Long I;fisheries;p 30204 Baldwin,t Penn;p 24489 Ballinger,t Texas;grain,cattle,cotton-seed oil,flour;p 5043 Ballston Spa;wat pt,Saratoga,NY;p 4991 Baltimore,c,spt,Maryland;nr head of Chesapeake Bay;fine harbour,sugar refining,steel,radios,aircraft,clothing,machin,shipbldg,food canning; world's first nuclear-powered lighthouse;p 939,024 Balwinsville,t NY;agr,livestock,natural gas;p 5985 Bamberg,t,SC;agr,lumbering,pine timber;p 3081 Bangor,pt Maine;on Penobscot R,lumber,boots,shoes,clothing,paper;p 38912 Baraboo,t Wis;agr tr ctr;p 6726 Barberton,t Ohio;SSW Akron;tyre mftg;p 33,805 Barnesville,t Ga;cotton mills;p 4919 Barnesville,t Ohio;coal,natural gas,glass,paper,evaporated milk;p 4425 Barnsdall,t N Okla;oil,gas,agr;p 1663 Barnstable,t Mass;summer resort;fisheries;p 10480 Barre,c Vt;granite;p 10387 Barren R,Ky;l 120 mi Barrington,t,RI;shipbldg,fish,resdtl resort;p 13826 Barron,t Wis;dairy prods,lumber;p 2338 Barstow,t Cal;early silver mining and frontier town;p 11644 Bartlesville,t Okla;oil refining,zinc smelting,metal prod,leather goods; p 27893 Bartow,t Fla;phosphates,citrus canneries,cigar-mkg;p 12,849 Bastrop,t N La;on Colorado R;mills;p 15,193 Bastrop,t Texas;on Colorado R;lignite;p 3001 Batavia,c NY;farm imps,p 18210 Batesville,t Ark;marble,manganese;p 6,109 Batesville,t Ind;furniture;p 3349 Bath,t Maine;on R Kennebec;p 10,717 Baton Rouge,cap Louisiana;on Mississippi R;cotton seed,oil refining;p 152,491 Battle Creek,c Mich;on Kalamazoo R;engin,cereal prod;p 44,169 Battle Mountain,t Nev;copper mines Baxley,t SE Ga;pecan nuts,tobacco;p 3234 Baxter Springs,t SE Kan;lead and zinc mines;p 4498 Bay City,mftg t,Mich;on Saginaw R 108 mi NW Detroit;fishing,chemicals, beet-sugar;p 53,604 Bay City,t Texas;sulphur,oil;11,656 Bayonne,t NJ;6 mi from NY;chemicals,oil refining;p 74215 Bayport,t Minn;on St Croix R;state prison;p 3205 Baytown,t SE Texas;oil-wells,toluene factory;p 28,159 Bear L,on border between Idaho and Utah Beatrice,Neb;health resort on Big Blue R;p 12,132 Beaufort,t SC;SW Charleston;canning and shipping point for farming and fishing region;tourist ctr;p 6298 Beaumount,c E Texas;lumbering,petroleum;p 119,175 Beaver Dam,c Wis;summer resort on L;p 13118 Beaver Falls,t Penn;machin,pottery,coal,natural gas;p 16240 Beaver Meadows;bor E Penn;anthracite,textile;p 1392 Beaver R,Penn,Ohio;rises in Allegheny Plateau,flows N toward L Erie,turns SE into R Ohio just below Pittsburg;valley provides easiest route betw Pitts & L Erie pts,contains many steel-mkg ts,Youngestown,Newcastle,Warren; l 130 mi Beckley,c SW Va;coal;p 18,642 Bedford,t Ind;p 13,024 Bedford,t Ohio;p 15,223 Bedloe's I (Liberty I),NY harbour;statue of Liberty Beechy Point,C,NE cst Alaska Beeville c Texas;mnfs oilfield equip;oil-wells;p 13,811 Belding,c Mich;silk mills;p 4887 Belfast,t Maine;p 6140 Belhaven,t NC;on Pamlico Sound;fishing,lumbering;p 2386 Bell,t Cal;resdtl c 5 mi S LA;p 19,371 Bellaire,mftg t,Ohio;on Ohio R;coal,limestone,glass,enamelware;p 11,502 Belle Fourche,t SD;on Belle Fourche R;beet sugar,flour,bricks,dairy prods;p 4087 Bellefontaine,t Ohio;agr ctr,light mnfs;holiday resort;p 11424 Bellefonte,bor Penn;limestone quarries;p 6088 Belleville,t Ill;brewing,iron founding,shoes,flour;p 37264 Belleville,t NJ;p 35,005 Bellevue,t Ohio;limestone,farm imps,car parts;p 8282 Bellevue,t Penn;p 11,412 Bellflower,t Cal;p 44,846 Bellingham,t,spt,Wash;saw-mills,paper mills,salmon canning;p 34,688 Bellows Falls,t Vt;on Connecticut R;paper,farm imps;p 3831 Belmar,t NJ;seaside resort,fishing;p 5190 Belmont,t Mass;p 28,715 Belmont,t NC;p 5007 Beloit,c Kan;on Solomon R;tr ctr for agr region;p 3837 Beloit,c Wis;on Rock R,diesel engines,farm imps;p 32,846 Bemidji,t Minn;lumber,cement,bricks,woolen goods;resort;p 9958 Bennettsville,t SC;yarn,tyre linings,lumber;p 6963 Bennington,t Vt;p 8023 Benton Harbor,t Mich;midway along E cst L Michigan;p 19,136 Benton,t Ark;p 10,399 Benton,t Ill;p 7023 Berea,t N Ohio;sandstone quarries;building blocks;p 16592 Bergenfield,t NJ;clothing,light mnfs,pianos;p 27,203 Berkeley,c Cal;univ;p 111,268 Berkley,t Mich;sub Detroit;p 23,275 Berlin,t NH;p 17,821 Bermuda;Brit grp coral islands (360 in which 20 are inhabited) N Atl about 600 mi E SC,USA;a 21 sq mi;Hamilton on Long I is the ch t;Brit and US air and naval stations;favourite winter resort for Americans;potatoes, onions,lily bulbs,bananas;p (of gr estd 1965) 48,000 Berwyn,t Ill;p 54,224 Bessemer,t Ala;iron and steel;p 33,054 Bessemer,t Mich;iron;p 3304 Bethesda,t Md;p 56,527 Bethlehem,t Penn;50 mi N Philadelphia;iron-wks;p 75,408 Bettendorf,t Iowa;steel,oil burners;p 11,534 Beverly Hills,t Cal;p 30,817 Beverly,c Mass;boots,shoes,machin;p 36,108 Bexley,t Ohio;p 14,319 Biddeford,c Maine;cotton mnf;resort;p 19,255 Big Black R,trib of Mississippi Big Bone Lick,locality,N Ky;E of Ohio R;deposit of fossil mammoth Big Horn Mtns,Wyo and Mont;Rockies;highest alt 12,000 ft Big Horn R,Wyo;trib of Yellow-stone R Billings,t Mont;cattle-raising,wool;p 52,851 Biloxi,t Miss;fishing,tourist ctr,US AFB;p 44,053 Bingham Canyon,t N Utah;copper,silver,gold,lead;p 1516 Binghamton,t NY;on Susquehanna R;boot factories;p 75,941 Birdboro,bor Penn;on Schuylkill R;coal,steel;p 3025 Birmingham,t Mich;p 25,525 Birmingham,t,cap Ala;coal,iron,limestone,steel,aircraft,chemicals, textiles;p 340,889 Bisbee,t Arizona;very rich copper deposits,gold,silver,lead;p 9850 Bishop,t Cal;cattle,tungsten;p 2875 Bismark,c cap N Dak;on Missouri R;p 27,670 Bitterroot,mnts;range of the Rockies;highest point Ajax Mtn 10,900 ft; rly tunnel 2 mi l Black Hills,mnts betw SD and Wyo;highest Horney Peak alt 7240 ft Black Mnts,range of Appalachians;Mt Mitchell alt 6684 Black Mountain,t NC;resort Black Prairie,region,Texas;extends 350 mi SW from Onochita Mtns to Austin; contains very fertile Black Waxy and Grande Prairie sub-regions devoted almost entirely to cotton growing;ch ts Dallas,Fort Worth,Austin;a 30,000 sq mi Black River Falls,t Wis;lumber,flour,dairying,poultry;p 3195 Black Warrior R,Ala;flows thru coalfields;navigable;water power Black Waxy (see Black Prairie) Blackstone,t Mass;textiles;p 4968 Blackstone,t Va;tobacco mkt;p 3659 Blackwater R,Mont,Fla,Va Blackwell,c Okla;gas,oil,wells,refining,zinc smelting,meat pkg; p 9588 Blairsville,t Penn;p 4930 Blakely,t Ga;peanuts,lumber,turpentine;p 3580 Blanca Peak,Col;alt 14,390 ft Blanchester,t Ohio;textiles,pumps;p 2944 Bloomfield,t Ind;p 2224 Bloomfield,t NJ;p 51,867 Bloomington,t Ill;coal,motor cars;p 36271 Bloomington,t Ind;wheat,corn,alfalfa,furniture,structural glass,radios; p 31357 Bloomsburg,t Penn;iron;p 10655 Blue Grass,dist Ky;area where blue grass abundant;horse breeding Blue Point,Long I;oysters Blue Ridge Mtns;most E ridge of Appalachian Mtns in Va and NC Bluefield,t W Va;coal,iron,limestone,steel foundries,silica,lumber; p 19256 Bluffton,t Ind;farm imps,lumber;p 6238 Blytheville,t Ark;tr ctr for agr region;p 20,797 Bodega Bay,Cal;20 mi W Santa Rosa;nuclear pwr sta Bogalusa,t La;p 21,423 Boise City,t,cap Idaho;silver,hot springs;p 34481 Boise R,Idaho Bonham,t Texas;cotton;p 7357 Bonne Terre,c,E Mo;lead mines;p 3219 Bonneville Dam,Ore;across R Columbia 40 mi above Portland (Ore);provides irrigation to valleys in Columbia-Snake Plateau;lge hydro-elec power sta; locks permit navigation from Portland up middle courses of Columbia and Snake Rs. Bonneville Salt Flats,Utah;remains ancient lake;world auto speed tests 1937-47 Boone,t Iowa;coal;p 12468 Booneville,c,W Ark;lumber and cotton mills;TB sanatorium;p 2690 Boonton,t NJ;agr and industl ctr;p 7981 Bordertown,c NJ;on Delaware R;formerly impt pt;p 4974 Borger,c NW Texas;gas and petroleum;p 20,911 Bossier City,t La;p 32776 Boston,c,cap Mass;univ,museum;fine harbour;2nd Atl Oc pt;comm fisheries, metal,leather and elec goods;textiles,shoes,rly ctr;p 697,197 Boulder City,t Nevada;nr Great Boulder Dam,gr engin project;p 4059 Boulder,c Col;gold and silver-mining dist;univ;p 37718 Bound Brook,bor NJ;paints,chemicals,asbestos,clothing;p 10,263 Bountiful,t Utah;mkt gardens,fruit (esp cherries);irrigation necessary; p 17,039 Bowie,t N Texas;oil,gas,coal,clay mining;p 4566 Bowling Green,t,Ky;tr ctr for agr a;limestone;p 28338 Bradford,t Penn;oil;p 15061 Brady,t Texas;p 5338 Braintree,t Mass;p 31,069 Brandywine Creek,R,Penn;Americans defeated by British,1777 Branford,t Conn;light mnfs,fishing,oysters,resort;p 16567 Brattleboro,t Vt;p 9315 Brazil,t Ind;coal,clay,bricks,china;p 8853 Brazos R,Texas;l 950 mi Breckenridge,t N Texas;oil,gas wells,exp cattle,grain;p 6273 Bremerton,t Wash;on Puget Sound;naval dockyard;elec equip,machin;p 28,922 Brenham,t Texas;oil,cotton,dairy produce;p 7740 Brentwood,sub of St Louis,Mo;resdtl;p 12250 Bretton Woods,NH;resort;site of US monetary and financial conference,1944 Brewer,t Me;on Penobscot R;woodpulp,paper,bricks;p 9009 Bridgeport,bor Penn;iron and steel,woolens,quarrying;p 5306 Bridgeport,t Conn;sewing machines,typewriters,valves,hardware,machin, rubber and elec goods,chemicals,plastics;p 156,748 Bridgeport,t Ohio;on Ohio R;glass,tin,sheet metal,boat bldg;p 3824 Bridgeton,t NJ;founded by Quakers;glasswks,fruit;p 20966 Bridgewater,mftg t Mass;nr Boston;p 10,268 Brigham,t Utah;sugar-beet,peaches,canning,woolens;p 11728 Brinkley,t Ark;cotton,lumber;p 4636 Bristol,c Va;dairy produce,tobacco;p 17144 Bristol,t Conn;foundries,ball bearings,clocks,bells;p 45,499 Bristol,t Penn;cotton,woolens;p 12364 Bristol,t RI;fish,textiles,rubber goods,shoes,wire,yatch wks,yatching; p 14,570 Bristol,t Tenn;rayon,paper,leather goods,furniture,mining equip,transport ctr esp cattle;p 17582 Brockport,t NY;dairying,mkt gardens;NY St Teachers' College;p 5256 Brockton,c Mass;shoes,machin,p 72,813 Brookline,sub of Boston,Mass;resdtl;p 54,044 Brooklyn,bor NY City;linked with Manhattan bor by Brooklyn,Manhattan and Williamsburgh susp bridges across E River;and with Staten I by Verrazano-Narrows bridge (lgst in world 1960's);mainly resdtl with numerous mftg and comm interests;p 2,627,319 Brownville,t Texas;livestock,sugar-cane;p 48,040 Brownwood,t Texas;exp cotton,grain,wool,poultry,dairy prod;p 16,974 Brunswick,t Me;p 9,444 Bryan,t Texas;mkt ctr,cotton gins,compresses,oil mills;p 27,542 Buckhannon,t W Va;agr and pastoral ctr;coal,gas,lumber,leather;p 6386 Bucyrus,t Ohio;machine-mnfs;p 2,276 Buena Park,t Cal;citrus fruits,truck farms,oilfields;p 46,401 Buffalo,c,pt NY;on L Erie;univ;iron,steel,oil refining,aircraft,car parts,elec goods,textiles,meat pkg,brewing;p 532,759 Burbank,c Cal;airport,aeroplanes;p 90,155 Burlington,c Iowa;on bluffs of Mississippi R;machin,furniture;p 32,430 Burlington,pt Vt;E side L Champlain;state univ;timber;p 35,531 Butte,c Montanna;copper,lead,silver;p 27,877 Cadillac,t Mich;rubber tyres,wood and metal prod;p 10,112 Cairo,Ill;confluence of Mississippi and Ohio;extensive traffic;p 9348 Cajalco Reservoir;S Cal;hilltop loc nr Riverside 55 mi SE LA;stores water brought 242 mi by aqueduct from Parker Res on R Colorado for distribution thru LA plain Caldwell,t Idaho;p 12330 California;most impt of Pacific states;mountainous and forested but fertile valleys;salubrious climate;rich in minerals,oil,natural gas,gold,silver, copper,steel;oil refining;films;fruit;cap Sacremento;ch pt San Fransisco; lgst c Los Angeles;has 279 incorporated cities;a 158,693 sq mi;p (1964) 18,084,000 Calistoga,t Cal;tr ctr wine,grapes;hot springs;p 1514 Calumet,t Mich;on peninsula in L Superior;copper mining;p 1139 Camas,t Wash;agr,pulp,paper,fruit canning;p 5666 Cambridge,c Mass;3 mi from Boston;seat of Harvard Univ;mnftg;impt research ctr;p 107,716 Cambridge,t Md;oysters;p 12,239 Cambridge,t Ohio;coal,iron,clay,oil,glassware,pottery;p 14562 Camden,mftg and residtl c NJ;on Delaware R,suburban and opposite Philadelphia; iron foundries,chemicals,glass,wireless sets,shipbldg;p 117,159 Cameron,c Texas;p 5640 Canadian R,trib (flowing from New Mexico) of Arkansas R;l 900 mi Canal Zone,Panama;strip of land leased to USA for Panama Canal;a 648 sq mi (276 sq mi water);p 42122 Canastota,t NY;engin,furniture,plastics;p 4896 Canonsburg,bor Penn;coal,gas,oil;p 11877 Canton,industl and agr c,Ohio;coal,farm machin,engin,p 113,631 Canton,t Ill;mnfs;p 13588 Cape Giradeau,t Mo;p 47,924 Cape Kennedy,E Fla;on Atl Oc,seaward extremity of barrier islands sheltering Bahama R Lagoon;mil testing base for missiles Carbon County,N Utah,contains immense reserves of good coking coal suitable for blast furnaces;not yet developed Carbondale,t Penns;anthracite;p 13595 Carey,t Ohio;mkt gardening;p 3722 Caribou,t Maine;p 8305 Carlinville,t Ill;bricks and tiles,agr machin;p 5440 Carlisle,bor Penn;boots and shoes;p 16623 Carlsbad Cavern,NM;gr cave in limestone thru which flows R Pecos;stalactites, stalacmites;tourist attraction;l 4000 ft,w 600 ft,h of roof 300 ft Carlsbad,t NM;p 25,541 Carlstadt,bor NJ;brass,marble;p 6042 Carnegie,bor Penn;steel,iron;p 11,887 Caro,t Mich;sugar-beet refining;p 3534 Carollton,t Ga;textiles;p 10,973 Carson City,st cap Nevada;silver and gold mining dist;p 5163 Carteret,bor NJ;metal and oil refining,chemicals,tobacco;p 20,502 Carthage,t Mo;coal;p 11,264 Cas#ade Tunnel;longest rly tunnel in N Am,Wash;carries trunk rly from Spokane to Seattle thru Cascade Mtns;l 7.75 mi Cascade Range,N America;extends N and S thru Brit Columbia,Washington and Oregon betw Rocky Mtns and Pacific cst;highest peak Mt Rainier 14,408 ft Cascade Tunnel;longest rly tunnel in N Am,Wash;carries trunk rly from Spokane to Seattle thru Cascade Mtns;l 7.75 mi Casper,t Wyo;petroleum;p 38,930 Castine,t Me;on Penobscot Bay;resort;fishing. Catawba R,NC;rising in Blue Ridge Range;l 300 mi Catskill Mtns,NY;gr in Appalachians,W of Hudson R;holiday resort Cedar Falls,t Iowa;p 21,195 Cedar Mountains,hill Va;here Stonewall Jackson defeated Banks 1862 Cedar R (Red Cedar R),Iowa;trib of Mississippi R;l 400 mi Cedar Rapids,c Iowa;rly ctr;farm machin,lumber;p 92,035 Cedartown,t Ga;textiles,rubber,tyres;cottonseed oil;p 9340 Celina,t W Ohio;resort,furniture,canning;p 7659 Central Falls,c Rhode Is;nr Pawtucket;cotton goods;p 19858 Centralia,t Ill;p 13904 Chaguaramas,Trinidad,WI;part of naval base leased to USA since 1941 Chambersburg,bor Penn;foundries,brewing;p 17670 Champaign,t Ill;foundries;p 49,583 Champlain Canal,NY;follows gap betw Adirondack Mtns and Green Mtns occupied by Hudson R;links Albany with L Champlain and allows thru barge traffic betw New York and St Lawrence valley Champlain L;N frontier of NY state;discharges by Richelieu R into St Lawrence; flanked by trunk route from NY to Montreal;a 600 sq mi Chanute,mkt t,Kan;oil,gas,refineries,cement;p 10,849 Charleroi,t Penn;steel,glass;p 8148 Charles City,c Iowa;on Cedar R;p 9964 Charleston,c spt,SC;lumber,metal,concrete,fertilisers,chemicals,plastics, cigars,fabrics;p 60,182 Charleston,t Ill;dairy produce,flour,shoes;p 10,505 Charleston,t cap W Va;on Kanawha R;in bituminous coal dist;chemicals, glass,tools,oil,natural gas,lumber,coal processing;p 85796 Charlevoix,pt t L Mich;p 2751 Charlotte,c NC;key rly junction;machin,chemicals,textiles;p 201,556 Charlotte,t S Mich;furniture,car parts;p 7657 Charlottesville,t Va;on Rivanna R;univ;Monticello - home of Thomas Jefferson; p 29,427 Chattanooga,c Tenn;on Tennessee R;univ;rly ctr;cottons,iron,steel, chemicals,paper,metals;p 130,009 Chautauqua L,NY;summer resort Cheboygan,t Mich;on L Huron;sawmills;p 5859 Chelsea,t Mass;rubber goods,shoes,paper;p 33,749 Cherokee,t Iowa;p 7724 Chesapeake Bay,inlet on Atl Oc cst;extending 200 mi from mouth of Susquehanna R to C Charles;shellfish ind;bridge-tunnel (opened 1964) spans entrance to Bay Cheshire,t Conn;agr,formerly copper and barytes mined;p 12981 Chester,t Penn;large inds,textiles;p 63658 Chester,t SC;cotton mnfs;flour,granite;p 6906 Cheviot,t SW Ohio;clothes,leather goods,flour;p 10,701 Cheyenne R,SD;trib of Missouri;l 500 mi Cheyenne,cap Wyo;cattle-ranching dist;rly ctr;p 43,505 Chicago,c Ill;on S shores of L Michigan;second lgst US c;economic heart of Mid-West;common ctr called "The Loop";immense tr by rail and Great Lakes, flourishing univ;grain mkt,pork,beef canning,agr imps,iron,steel,machin, chemicals,petrol,coal;lgst airport in world;p 3,550,404 Chickamungua Creek;branch of the Tennessee R above Chattanooga;Civil War battles;site of National Park Chickasha,t Okla;maize,cotton;p 14,866 Chico,t N Cal;food processing,lumber,cement;p 14,757 Chicopee,t Mass;on Connecticut R;hardware,carpets,cars;p 61,553 Chihuahua,st Mexico;adjoining the USA;mining,stock-raising and agr;a 94,822 sq mi;p 1,226,793 Chilcoot R,pass,Alaska;leading into Yukon Valley Chillicothe,c Ohio;on Scioto R;mnftg,furniture,leather;p 24,957 Chillicothe,t Mo;p 9236 Chincoteague,t and I,E Va;fisheries,poultry;p 2131 Chippewa Falls,c Wis;flour,lumber;p 11708 Choctawatchee R,Ala and Fla;l 180 mi Chula Vista,t Cal;agr,aircraft;p 42,034 Cicero,t Ill;p 69,130 Cincinnati,c Ohio;on Ohio R;"the Queen City";univ;pork-pkg,machin, tools,soap,electrotypes,seed processing,chemicals;p 502,550 Circleville,t Ohio;agr ctr,maize,wheat;p 11059 Clairton,t SW Penn;coal,iron,steel,chemicals;p 18389 Clarksburg,t W Va;machin,glass,pottery;p 28,112 Clarksville,t Tenn;on Cumberland R;tobacco mkt;p 22,021 Clarsdale,t Miss;p 21,105 Clawson,t Mich;p 14,795 Clear,Alaska;site of American ballistic missile early warning station Clearwater,t Fla;citrus fruit,flowers,fish;resort;p 34,653 Cleburne,t Texas;rly wks,flour;p 15,381 Cleveland,c port,Ohio;on L Erie,rly ctr,steamboat mnfs;machin,iron foundries,lumber,coal,oil-refining,meat canning,steel,metals,aircraft, refrigerators,chemicals;p 876,050 Clifton,t NJ;nr Passaic;p 82,084 Clinton,c Iowa;on Mississippi R;iron and steel;p 33589 Clinton,t Mass;on Nashua R;machin,carpets;p 12848 Clovis,t NM;rly junction,tr ctr wheat,cattle;p 23,713 Coachella Valley,Cal;part of old bottom of G of Cal which lies NW of Stalon Sea;arid;dates and citrus fruits under irrigation from Imperial Valley irrigation system Coast Range,mtns;along Pacific cst Coatesville,t Penn;iron,steel,brass,textiles;p 12971 Coaur d'Alene,t Idaho;lead,silver,lumber;p 14,291 Cod,C,SE point of Mass Bay;summer resort,fishing boat bldg;p (est) 55,000 Coffeyville,t Kan;p 17133 Cohoes,c NY;on Hudson R;hosiery,paper,foundries;p 20,129 Cold Harbour,vil Va;battles betw Grant and Lee,1864 Coldwater,t Mich;engin,flour,cement,leather goods;p 8880 Collingwood,t NJ;p 17370 Collinsville,t Ill;coal,zinc smelting,canning,women's clothes;p 14217 Colorado R,Texas;l 900 mi Colorado Springs,wat pl,health resort,Col;64 mi S Denver;smelting;p 70194 Colorado,st;in Rocky Mtns;agr with irrigation;pastoral;goal,copper, silver,coal,petroleum,uranium;cap Denver;a 104,247;p 1,753,947 Colton,t SE Cal;fruit and vegetable canning;mkt gardening;p 18666 Columbia R,oN Pacific slope of N Am;rises in Brit Columbia,flows thru Washington; salmon fishing;l 1400 mi Columbia R,on Pacific slope of N Am;rises in Brit Columbia,flows thru Washington; salmon fishing;l 1400 mi Columbia,Dist of;on left bank of Potomac R;contains Washington,the federal cap;a 69 sq mi;p 763,956 Columbia,c Mo;st univ;flour,lumber;p 36650 Columbia,cap SC;burned 1865;univ,cotton mills,ironwks;p 97,433 Columbia,t Penn;mnfs;p 12075 Columbia,t Tenn;mftg,livestock mkt;p 17624 Columbus,st cap Ohio;rly ctr;st univ;machin,paper,aircraft machin, chemicals;p 471,316 Columbus,t Ga;cotton goods,machin;p 116,779 Columbus,t Ind;eng), NY st;links Tonawanda on Niagra R with Hudson R via the Mohawk gap thru Appalachian Mtns; provides thru water route from NY to Gr Lakes;opened as Erie Canal 1825, improved 1918;l 339 mi (with branches 525 mi), depth 12 ft Columbus,t Miss;cotton,dairying;p 24771 Compton,t Cal;heavy engin,glass,oil refining;p 71,812 Concepcio'n C,on cst of Cal Concord,t Mass;literary ctr;textiles;p 12,275 Concord,t NC;cotton,textiles;p 17799 Concord,t cap NH;on Merrimore R,granite,machin,textiles;p 28991 Coney I,t NY;on Long I,5 mi long,comprises Manhattan Beach,Brighton Beach, W Brighton and W End;seaside resort Connecticut R,flows S to Long I Sound;l 450 mi Connecticut,st New England;cereals,tobacco,dairying,fishing,watches and clocks,firearms,aircraft,engin,copper,brass,machin;cap Hartford; lgst c New Haven;a 5009 sq mi;p 2,535,234 Connellsville,t Penn;coke,machin,motor cars;p 12814 Conowingo Dam,Penn;situated on lower Susquehanna R;hydro-elec power sta supplies inds in Philadelphia Conroe,t Texas;oil,timber;p 9192 Conshohocken,bor Penn;iron,steel,surgical instruments,textiles;p 10259 Conway,t SC;river pt;cotton,tobacco,lumber;p 8563 Cook Inlet,S cst Alaska (200 mi long);oil Coosa R,Ala;l 350 mi Coraopolis,bor SW Penn;iron,steel,glass;p 9643 Cordeli,t SW Ga;tr ctr,peanuts,cotton mills,sawmills;p 10609 Corning,t NY;dairying,tobacco;p 17085 Coronado,Cal;fashionable seaside resort;p 18039 Corpus Cristi,c Texas;cotton;p 167,690 Corry,t Penn;oil,engin,metal wks,furniture;p 7744 Corsicana,t Texas;p 20,344 Cortlan,t NY;stoves,wine;p 19181 Corvallis,Ore;rich farming section,canning,lumber;p 20669 Coshocton,t Ohio;coal,gas,oil,pottery,enamelware;p 13,106 Council Bluffs,c Iowa;on Missouri R;rly ctr,farm imps,paper,machin; p 54,361 Covington,industl c Ky;on R Ohio,opp Cincinnati;machin,leather,furniture; p 60,376 Covington,t Va;X-ray equip,paper,rayon,textiles;p 11062 Cranford,t NJ;iron,chemicals;p 26,424 Cranston,c Rhode I;mnfs;p 66766 Crater L,Ore;in National Park,is a gr body of water 2000 ft deep and 6 mi across,set in a crater of an extinct gigantic volcano,8000 ft high Crawfordsville,t Ind;p 14231 Crocket,t E Texas;lumber,cottonseed oil,pecan nuts;p 5356 Crowley,t S La;rice mills,rice experimental sta;p 15,617 Cudahy,t Wis;p 17,975 Culver City,Cal;large motion-picture plant;p 32,163 Cumberland Gap,Ky;ch break in high R wall of Cumberland Plateau;gives access from upper Tenn valley to Cumberland and Ohio valleys;very impt routeway in colonisation of Ky Cumberland Plateau,mnt region,Ky,Tenn,Ala;forms SW zone of Appalachian mtn system terminating abruptly towards Tenn valley to E,Cumberland valley to W;drained W by tribs of Cumberland and Ohio Rs;composed of horizontal sandstones overlaying coal;thinly populated by backward farming communities except where mining ts occur in valleys cut down to coal;mainly betw 1200 and 3000 ft Cumberland R,Ky;trib of Ohio;l 700 mi Cumberland,industl t Md;on Potomac R;iron and steel;p 33450 Cumberland,t RI;iron,cotton,silk,granite;p 18,763 Curwensville,bor Penn;firebrick,leather,clay,clothing;p 3332 Cushing,t Okla;oil,gas,refineries,industl ctr;p 8619 Cuyahoga Falls,t Ohio;p 47,922 Cuyahoga R,in N Ohio;flowing into L Erie at Cleveland;l 85 mi Dade City,t Fla;ctr of mkt gardening and citrus region;kaolin;p 4759 Dakota R,trib of Missouri R Dallas,c Texas;in cotton and grain-growing region;machin,aeroplanes; p 679,684 Dalton,t N Ga;cotton and sawmills;p 17868 Daly City,t Cal;residtl,absorbed former t of Colma Danbury,t Conn;hat-mkg ind since 1780;p 22,928 Danvers,t Mass;p 21,926 Danville,c Ill;coal;p 41,856 Danville,c Va;cotton,tobacco;p 46,577 Danville,t Ky;mkt for tobacco,hemp;horses;p 9010 Dartmouth,t Mass;p 14,464 Davenport,c Iowa;as foot of Rock I;rapids;on Mississippi R;flour mills;p 88,981 Dayton,t Ohio;on Great Miami R;univ,aeroplanes,elec machin,rubber goods, p 262,332 Daytona Beach,t Fla;resort,tr and shipping ctr;p 37395 De Funiak Springs,t Fla;in agr region;terpentine;p 5282 De Pere,t Wis;agr ctr;mftg;boot,paper,chemicals,bricks;p 10,045 De Quincy,t La;oil,gas,lumber,rice,sugar;p 3928 Dearborn,t Mich;p 112,907 Death Valley,depression,Cal;in Mojave Desert,150 mi NE of LA; completely arid;floor covered with saline deposits;tourist attraction; depth of valley floor 276 ft below sea-level Decatur,t Ala;steel,textiles;p 29,217 Decatur,t Ga;p 22,026 Decatur,t Ill;mnfs,coal;p 78,004 Dedham,t Mass;p 23,869 Defiance,t NW Ohio;light mnfs,tr and agr ctr;p 14,553 Del Rio,spt,Texas;mkt for agr a;grapes;exp sheep,wool;p 18,612 Delaware,Atl st;agr,lumber,fertilisers,minerals,leather,chemicals, mechin;cap Dover;ch pt Wilmington;a 2057 sq mi;p 446,292 Delaware,c Ohio;p 13,282 Denison,c Texas;on Red R;cotton,lumber;p 22,748 Denison,t Iowa;ctr of agr region;p 4930 Denver,c cap Col;on the E slope of Rocky Mtns,on South Platte R;univ; oil,electronic equip,mng machin,livestock,canning;tourism;p 493,887 Derby,t Conn;rubber,metal,hardware mftg;p 12,132 Derry,t NH;boots,shoes;p 6987 Des Moines R,Iowa;trib of Mississippi rising in Minnesota;l 550 mi Des Moines,c cap Iowa;rly and mftg ctr;p 208,982 Des Plaines,t Ill;p 34,886 Detroit,ch c pt,Mich;busy comm and industl ctr;univ;gt grain mart and ctr of the "Ford" motor-car wks;aeroplanes,military tanks, synthetic diamonds,pharmaceuticals,tools,chemicals,steel;lgst exporting t on Gr Lakes;p 1,670,144 Detroit R,channel betw L St Clair and L Erie (25 mi),separates st of Michigan from Ontario,Canada;carries more shipping than any other inland waterway in the world;navigable for eight months of the year Dexter,t Mo;cotton,flour,poultry;p 5519 Dodge City,t Kan;p 13,520 Donna,t S Texas;sugar refining,fruit and vegetables;p 7522 Dotham,t Ala;p 31,440 Dover,cap Del;p 7250 Dover,t NH;p 19,131 Dover,t NJ;iron,munitions,explosives,knitwear,silk;p 13,034 Downers Grove,t NE Ill;dairy produce;tools,furniture;p 21194 Downey,t Cal;agr,aircraft,cement,asbestos prod,machin,soap; p 82,505 Dubois,c Penn;75 mi NE of Pittsburgh;coal;p 10,667 Dubuque,c Iowa;on Mississippi R;clothing,carriage wks;p 56,606 Duluth,pt Minn;at W end of L Superior;gr tr in grain,timber and iron ore;natural gas pipeline into the Masabi Iron Range;p 106,884 Duncan,c Okla;oil,oil well machin,asphalt,cottonseed oil;p 20,009 Dunkirk,pt NY;on L Erie;p 18,205 Dunmore,t Penn;nr Scranton;anthracite;p 18917 Dunsmuir,t N Cal;summer resort;hunting,fishing;p 2873 Duquesne,c Penn;9 mi SE of Pittsburgh;steelwks;p 15019 Du Quoin,c Ill;meat pkg,flour,leather goods,shoes;p 6558 Durant,c S Okla;cotton gins and compresses,cottonseed oil;p 10467 Durham,c NC;tobacco factories;p 78302 Duryea,bor Penn;anthracite,silk;p 5626 Dust Bowl,region;name applied to the plains on the E flank of the Rocky Mtns;subject to severe soil erosion by wind,particularly in drought years (1933,1936) due to destruction of natural vegetation by excessive ploughing Eagle Grove,c N Iowa;gypsum,agr;p 4381 East Bridgewater,t Mass;nr Boston;p 6127 East Chicago,c Ind;L Michigan;iron and steel wks,oil refining;p 57,669 East Cleveland,t Ohio;residtl;p 37,991 East Greenwich,t RI;light mftg,shellfish;summer resort;p 6100 East Liverpool,c Ohio;pottery mnfs;p 22,306 East Moline,t Ill;p 16,732 East Orange,t NJ;residtl sub NY;p 77,259 East Palestine,t Ohio;clay,coal,oil,pottery;p 5232 East Providence,t RI;p 41,955 East St Louis,c R pt,Ill;on Mississippi R;large stockyards,meat pkg; p 81,712 Easthampton,t Mass;p 10,694 Easton,c Penn;on Delaware R;rly ctr,coal,steel,machin,furniture;p 31955 Easton,t Mass;p 9069 Eau Claire,c Wis;on Chippewa R;timber,paper,furniture;p 37987 Ecorse,t Mich;p 17328 Edenton,t NC;groundnuts,cotton,herring fisheries;p 4458 Edgewater,t NJ;sub,connected by ferry with NY;p 4113 Edina,t Minn;p 28,501 Edwardsville,t Ill;p 9996 El Centro,Cal;rich agr a reclaimed from the desert;p 16811 El Dorado,t Ark;oil;p 25,292 El Dorado,t Kan;p 12,523 El Paso,c Texas;on Rio Grande;natural gas distr,ore refining;p 276,687 Elbert,mtn Col;alt 14,420 ft Electra,c N Texas;oil,drilling tools and equip;p 4759 Elephant Butte Dam,NM;on Rio Grande,125 mi above El Paso;built to control flood waters;lake,a 60 sq mi,supplies irrigation water to 780 sq mi in NM and Texas,water also supplied to Mexico Elgin,t Ill;watches,elec goods,machin,chemicals,wood prod;p 49,447 Elizabeth,mftg t NJ;univ;sewing machines,iron,oil-ref;p 107,698 Elizabeth,t NC;timber ind;p 14062 Elizabethton,t Tenn;manganese,nylon;p 10896 Elk Mtns,lofty range,W Col;highest point Castle Peak,alt 14,115 ft Elkhart,t Ind;E of Chicago;paper,machin;p 40274 Ellis I,NY harbour;served as ch immigration ctr 1892-1943 Ellwood,t Penn;p 12,413 Elmhurst,t Ill;p 36,991 Elmira,mftg t,NY;rly goods,farm imps;burial place of Mark Twain; p 46517 Elwood,industl t Ind;on Duck Creek;grain,tinplate;p 11793 Elyria,mftg;p 43,782 Emmaus,bor Penn;textiles,rubber prod;p 10262 Emporia,t Kan;stock-raising;p 18190 Endicott,t NY;shoe mftg;p 18775 Englewood,t NJ;p 26057 Enid,t Okla;ironwks,farm imps;p 38859 Enterprise,c Ala;peanuts;p 11410 Ephrata,t SE Penn;cattle rearing,printing;p 7688 Erie Canal (see NY State Barge Canal) Erie,L,N Am;separating Canada from USA;a 9940 sq mi;241 mi long, 57 mi broad Erie,industl c,lake pt,Penn;iron and steel ind,engin;p 138,440 Escanaba,t Mich;iron,shipping,lumber,chemicals;p 15391 Escondido,t Cal;p 16377 Etna,t Penn;p 5519 Etowah,R Ga;trib of Coosa R Euclid,t Ohio;p 62998 Eugene,t Ore;univ;ironwks;p 50,977 Eunice,t La;cotton,rice;p 11326 Eureka,c Cal;timber;p 28137 Evanston,t Ill;on L Michigan;sub of Chicago,seat of NW Univ;p 79,283 Evanston,t Wyo;coal,oil,iron,dairying,agr;p 4901 Evansville,mftg c,Ind;on Ohio R;hardwood tr,coal,farm imps;p 141,543 Everett,mftg t,Mass;nr Boston;iron and steel;p 43,544 Everett,t Wash;timber,salmon,fruit;p 40,304 Everglades,Fla;extensive marshes Ewing,t NJ;p 26628 Exeter,bor Penn;coal,timber;p 5130 Fair Lawn,t NJ;p 26628 Fairbanks,t Alaska;p 13311 Fairfield,t Ala;p 15816 Fairhaven,t Mass;p 14233 Fairmont,t W Va;p 27477 Fairweather,mtn Alaska;alt 14872 ft Fall River,industl c Mass;cottons,dyeing,brewing,iron;p 99942 Fargo,c ND;on Red R;grain,farm machin;p 46662 Faribalut,t Minn;flour,factories;p 16928 Farmington,t N Conn;residtl and industl;p 10798 Farmington,t NM;p 23786 Farrell,t Penn;p 13793 Fayetteville,t NC;p 47106 Fayetteville,t ark;univ;rly and tr ctr,agr imps,resort;p 20274 Fear C,point on the NC cst Feather R,Cal;trib of Sacramento R Fergus Falls,t Minn;flour,dairy produce;p 13733 Ferndale,t Mich;p 31347 Findlay,mftg t,Ohio;on Blanchard R;p 30344 Fitchburg,c Mass;woolens,paper,machin;p 43021 Flagstaff,t Arizona;seat of Lowell Univ;p 18214 Flat River,c Mo;lead mines;p 4515 Flattery cape,on Pac cst,Wash Flint,c Mich;motor cars,lumber,woollens,aeroplane engines;p 196,940 Florence,c NE Ala;iron,textiles,lumber,food;airport;p 31649 Florence,t SC;p 24722 Florida,st;between Atl and G of Mexico;resort a,tourism,lumber,paper, minerals,fruit,vegetables,sugar,cotton;cattle raising;cap Talahassee;a 58560 sq mi;p 4,951,560 Forest Park,t Ga;p 14201 Fort Collins,c Col;ctr of rich farming a;grain,sugar-beet,livestock; site of Col State Univ;p 25027 Fort Dodge,t Iowa;on Des Moines R in rich agr cty;grain,pottery,coal; p 28399 Fort Lauderdale,t Fla;prefab bldg,mftg,concrete prod,fertilisers; p 83,648 Fort Madison,c Iowa;meat pkg;p 15247 Fort Myers,t Fla;p 22523 Fort Pierce,t Fla;p 25256 Fort Scott,t Kan;maize,wheat,cattle;p 9410 Fort Smith,c Ark;on Arkansas R;rly ctr,cotton,maize,wagons,furniture; p 52991 Fort Wayne,c Ind;rly-carriage bldg and machine shops;p 161,776 Fort Yukon,Alaska;trading sta on Yukon R;p 274 Forth Worth,c Texas;rly and comm ctr on Trinity R;livestock and grain mkt;petroleum,meat pkg,aeroplanes,oilfield equip;site of Texas Christian Univ;p 356,268 Fostoria,t Ohio;glass,quarries,stockyards;p 15732 Foulweather,C,Ore Framingham,industl t,Mass;10 mi W Boston;p 44526 Frankfort,t Ind;p 15,302 Frankfort,t Ky;mining,horsebreeding;p 18365 Franklin,bor NJ;ctr of US zinc indust;p 3624 Franklin,c Penn;petroleum,oil-well tools,rolling stock;p 9586 Franklin,t NH;p 6742 Frederick,c Md;canning,tanning;p 21744 Fredericksburg,t Va;scene of severe Federal rebuff,Civil War;p 13639 Fredonia,t NY;p 8477 Free Port,mftg t,Ill;on the Pecatonica R;p 26628 Free Port,t Long I,NY;p 34419 Freehold,t NJ;p 9140 Freeport,spt Texas;sulphur,chemicals,magnesium from sea;p 11619 Fremont's Peak,Wyo;highest peak of Wind River Range;alt 13570 Fremont,c Ohio;on Sandusky R;petroleum field;p 17573 Fremont,t Cal;p 43790 Fremont,t Nebraska;on Platte R;33 mi from Omaha;flourmills, canneries;p 19698 Fresno,c Cal;ctr of impt irrigated fruit-growing dist;dairying, copper,petroleum;p 133,929 Fullerton,t Cal;p 56,180 Fulton,c NY;woollens,cutlery,paper;p 14,261 Fulton,t Mo;firebrick and shoe factories;p 11,131 Gadsen,industl c,Ala;cotton,cars,coal,iron,steel;p 58088 Gaffney,t SC;limestone,textiles;p 10435 Gainesville,t Fla;p 29701 Gainesville,t Ga;p 16523 Gainesville,t Texas;p 13093 Galena,t Ill;lead,zinc,marble,granite;p 4410 Galesburg,t Ill;engin;p 37,243 Galion,t Ohio;mftg,rly ctr;p 12,650 Gallipolis,t Ohio;p 7871 Gallup,t NM;coal,wool,sheep,cattle-rearing;p 14089 Galverston,c spt Texas;on I on G of Mexico;gr cotton pt;mills, foundries;p 67,175 Garden City,t Mich;p 38,017 Garden City,t NY;p 23,948 Garden Grove,t Cal;p 84,238 Gardena,t SW Cal;mkt-gardening;p 35943 Gardiner,t Me;p 6897 Gardner,t Mass;chair mftg;p 19038 Garfield Heights,t Ohio;iron,steel,oil refineries,abrasives;p 38455 Garfield,t NJ;p 29253 Garland,t Texas;p 38,501 Gary,c Ind;at S end of L Michigan;steel,tin-plate,cement,soap, chemicals,oil refining;p 178,321 Gastonia,c NC;p 37,276 Geneva,t Ill;foundries,car parts,livestock;p 7646 Geneva,t NY;engin;p 17286 Georgetown,t SC;fish,lumber,cotton;p 12261 Georgetown,t Wash DC;on Potomac R;univ,cath Georgia,st;on Atl cst;forested;agr,cotton,tobacco,corn,peanuts, fruit;textiles,lumber,chemicals,steel;ch ts Atlanta (cap) and Savannah;a 58876 sq mi;p 3,943,116 Gettysburg,t Penn;Federal victory 1863;granite;p 7960 Geyser Springs,summer resort Cal;90 mi NW of San Fransisco Gillespie,t Ill;coal;p 3569 Gladewater,t NE Texas;oil,lumber;p 5742 Gladstone,t S Mich;harbour,mnfs sports equip;p 5267 Glasport,bor Penn;tools,steel,hoops,glass;p 8418 Glendale,t Cal;p 119,442 Glendora,t Cal;p 20,752 Glenoldon,bor Penn;surgical instruments;p 7249 Glens Falls,t NY;on Hudson R;lime kilns and many mnfs;lumber,paper;p 18580 Glenside,t SE Penn;mnfs rubber and wood prod;paints,toys;p 9654 Globe,t Ariz;copper,manganese,gold,silver,vanadium,tungsten mining; p 6141 Gloucester,t Mass;fishing,granite;p 25789 Gloversville,c NY;gloves;p 21741 Golden Gate,entrance of Bay of San Fransisco,Cal;famed Golden Gate Bridge opened 1937 Golden Valley,t Minn;p 14559 Golden,c Col;nr Denver;p 7118 Goldsboro,t NC;on Neuse R;cotton,tobacco;p 28873 Goshen,t Ind;p 13718 Gouverneur,t NY;mines talc,lead,zinc;mnfs wood pulp,silk;p 4946 Governor's I,fort,Boston Harbour;also fortified islet in NY harbour Graham,t N Texas;oil refining,flour milling;p 8505 Grand Canyon,Ariz;narrow gorge,from 3000 to over 5000 ft deep,of Colorado R Grand Coule'e Dam,Wash;across R Columbia 110 mi below Spokane; world's lgst dam;reservoir formed 151 mi long,a 130 sq mi supplies irrigation water to 1900 sq mi between Rs Columbia and Snake;hydro-elec power sta when complete will generate 2.7 M hp Grand Forks,t ND;on Red R;in wheat region;p 34451 Grand Island,c Neb;cattle and grain;p 25742 Grand Junction,t Col;p 18694 Grand R,Mich;enters L Michigan at Grand Haven,navigable to Grand Rapids;l 250 mi Grand R,W Col and E Utah;trib of Colorado R,l 350 mi Grand Rapids,c Mich;on Grand R;furniture mkg,car and aircraft parts, chemicals,paper;p 177313 Granite City,Ill;p 40073 Grants Pass,t SW Ore;fruit growing,lumber,mining,fishing;p 10118 Gray's Peak,Rocky Mtns,Col;alt 14,341 ft Great Falls,t Mont;on Missouri R;wool,gold,silver;lead and copper smelting;p 55,357 Great Salt Lake,Utah;in the Great Basin Plateau of N Am;90 mi long, a over 2000 sq mi;alt 4218 ft;receives Bear,Jordan and Beaver Rs; no outlet Great Smokey Mtns,Tenn;with Blue Ridge Mtns form E zone of Appalachian Mtn system;rises to alt over 6000 ft;largely preserved as National Park Greeley,t Col;nr Denver,site of st college of education;lumber,flour; p 26314 Green Bay,c Wis;tr in timber,flour,etc;paper,coal;p 62888 Green Mtns,Vermont section of Appalachian mtns;highest peak alt 4430 ft Green R,trib of Grand R,Utah;l 750 mi Greenfield,t Mass;p 14389 Greensboro' c NC;cotton,tobacco;p 119,574 Greensburg,t Penn;iron and glass factories;p 17383 Greenville,Texas;cotton,rayon,shipping;p 19087 Greenville,t Mass;on Miss R;cotton tr;p 41502 Greenville,t SC;in the cotton belt;p 66188 Greenwood,t Miss;p 20436 Greenwood,t SC;p 16644 Gretna,t La;on the Mississippi R;p 21967 Griffin,c Ga;cotton factories and tr;p 21,735 Groton,industl t Conn;opp New London at mouth Thames R;p 10,111 Grove City,bor Penn;engines,carriages;p 8368 Guadalupe Hidalgo,t Mexico;treaty signed 1848 ending Mexican-US war; p (est) 29,000 Gulfport,t Miss;p 30,204 Guthrie,t Okla;p 9502 Hackensack,t NJ;iron foundries,silk,jewelry,paper;p 30521 Hagerstown,c Md;machin,furniture,chemicals;p 36660 Haltom City,t Texas;p 23,133 Hamburg,bor Penn;coal,mnfs;p 3805 Hamburg,t NY;optical goods,mkt-gardening;p 9145 Hamilton,c Ohio;on the Gr Maine R,thriving ind and tr;p 72354 Hamlet,t NC;rly ctr in peach- and tobacco-growing region;p 5061 Hammond,c Ind;ironwks,pork pkg;p 111,698 Hammond,t La;strawberry culture;p 10,563 Hampton,t SE Va;oldest English community in the US;fishing,oyster and crab pkg;p 89258 Hamtramck,t Mich;p 34,137 Hancock,t Mich;copper-mines;iron and brass mnfs;p 5022 Hannibal,c Mo;on R Mississippi;timber and wagon bldg;p 20028 Hanover,bor Penn;mnfs shoes,jute,wire cloth;p 15538 Harlen R,NY;and Spuyten Duyvil Creek together form a waterway c. 8 mi long extending from the East R to Hudson R,and separates the bors Manhattan and Bronx Harrisburg,c cap Penn;iron,steel factories,machin,cigarettes, cotton goods;p 79,697 Harrisburg,t Ill;p 9171 Harrison (or East Newark),industl t,NJ;p 11,743 Hartford City,Ind;p 8053 Hartford,cap Conn;lge comm ctr,seat of Trinity College;small arms, typewriters,elec machin,aircraft engin,ceramics,plastics;p 162,178 Hartsville,t SC;cotton,rayon,silk,textiles;p 6392 Harvey,t NE Ill;rolling stock,diesel engines,heavy machin;p 29071 Hastings,t Neb;p 21,412 Hastings-on-Hudson,t NY;resdtl;mnfs copper chemicals;p 8979 Hatteras,C NC;stormy region Hattiesburg,t Miss;p 34,989 Haverhill,t Mass;boot factories;p 46346 Haverstraw,t NY;brick-mkg;p 5771 Havre de Grace,t Md;resort;duck shooting;p 7809 Hawaii,I;lgst of Hawaiian gr;three gr volcanic mtns,Mauna Kea (13796 ft highest island mtn in world,dormant),Mauna Loa (13680 ft,world's most active volcano),Hualali (last erupted,1801);ch pt Hilo (devastated by tidal wave 1946);lava deserts,bamboo forests;sugar-cane,cattle,coffee; tourism;deep-sea fishing;p 61332 Hawaiian Is (Sandwich Is) st,Pac Oc;admitted 1959 as 50th st of USA; chain of coral and volcanic Is;a 6424 sq mi;cap Honolulu on SE cst of Oahu I;p 632,772 Hawthorne,bor NJ;paint,glass,textiles,dye-wks;p 17735 Hawthorne,t SW Cal;resdtl;in gas and oil-producing a;p 33,035 Hayden Mt (or Grand Teton Pk),Rockies,Wyo;alt 13,600 ft Haystack,summit of the Addirondacks,Vt;alt 4919 ft Hayward,t Cal;p 72700 Hazard,t Ky;gas,coal,sawmills,steel mills;p 5958 Hazelton,c Penn;anthracite region;coal,iron,textiles,iron and steel mnfs;p 32056 Helena,cap Mont;gold,silver,iron,smelting;p 20227 Helena,t Ark;on Mississippi R;shipping ctr for cotton;p 11,500 Hell Gate R,Mont;trib of Bitter Root R Hempstead,t Long I,NY;p 34,641 Henderson,c Ky;tobacco,cotton,coal;p 16,892 Henderson,t NC;cotton,tobacco,mkt and mnfs;p 10996 Henry,C,Va;at S entrance to Chesepeake Bay Hetch Hetchy Dam,Cal;on R Tuolumne 100 mi upstream from St Joaquin R; ch source irrigation for middle St Joaquin valley;supplies water and hydro-elec to San Fransisco;height 430 ft,capacity 1.466 M M gal Hiawassee R,Tenn;trib of Tenn R Hibbing,t Minn;iron ore;p 17731 Hickory,t NC;p 19328 High Point,c NC;textiles;p 62063 Highland Park,bor NI;non-metallic sta of US Bureau of Mines;p 11049 Highland Park,t Mich;motor cars;p 38064 Hillside,t NJ;engines,speed boats,drugs,lumber;p 22304 Hobbs,t NM;oilwell a;supply ctr;p 26,275 Hoboken,c NJ;lge ocean commerce;p 48,441 Holidaysburg,bor Penn;coal,iron ore,limestone;foundries,machine shops; p 6475 Holland,t Mich;p 24,777 Hollywood,sub of LA,Cal;ctr of film industry Holston R;head of Tenn R;flows thru Va and Tenn;l 300 mi Holyoke,c Mass;impt mftg ctr,paper,machin;on Connecticut R;seat of Mount Holyoke College for women;p 52689 Homestead,bor Penn;ironwks;p 7562 Honesdale,bor Penn;coal,textiles,shoes,glass;p 5569 Hoosack mtns;park of Green Mtns,Mass Hoosick Falls,t NY;paper,elec goods,agr imps;p 4023 Hopewell,t Va;synthetic textiles,chemicals,pottery;p 17895 Hopkinsville,c Ky;p 19465 Hoquiam,spt Wash;lumber,salmon and tuna fishing,oysters,canning; p 10762 Hornell,c NY;rly car wks;p 13907 Hot Springs,c Ark;health resort;p 28337 Housatonic R,Conn and Mass;empties into Long I Sound;l 150 mi Houston Ship Canal,Texas;links Houston to head of shallow Galviston Bay and continues thru bay to deep water;provides site for heavy inds,cement,paper,fertilisers,oil-refining,etc;opened 1915; total l 45 mi Houston,c spt Texas;on Buffalo Bay;rly ctr,canal to est,oil refineries,machin,meat pkg,steel,chemicals,cotton;p 938,219 Howell,t SE Mich;dairy prod;p 4861 Hudson R,NY;flows from Adirondacks to NY Harbour;with valley of Mohawk R makes gr highway of tr between Gr Lakes and NY;l 350 mi Hudson,t NY;cement,textiles,machin;p 11075 Humboldt Bay,inlet Cal;nuclear experimental breeder reactor Humboldt,mtn range,E Navada Huntington,c W Va;on Ohio R;machine wks,lumbering;p 83627 Huntington,t Ind;on Little R;rly and wool wks;p 16185 Huntsville,t Ala;cotton-mills;p 72365 Huron,L between Canada and USA;one of the Gr Lakes of the St Lawrence basin;a 23610 sq mi;280 mi long Huron,t SD;meat prod;p 14180 Hutchinson,c Kan;p 37574 Idaho Falls,t Idaho;food processing,lumbering;silver,lead and gold mines nearby;nuclear experimental breeder reactor;p 33,161 Idaho,mnt st;part of Rocky Mtns in st;rich mineral region;cap Boise City; a 83557 sq mi;p 622,856 Ilion,t NY;firearms,office equipment;p 10199 Illinois,st;named after its principal R,a large trib of the Mississippi R; cap Springfield;lgst t Chicago;iron and steel,coal and oil;agr; a 56400 sq mi;p 10,081,158 Imperial Valley,S Cal;extends 30 mi SE from Salton Sea to Mexico bdy; mainly below sea-level;hot,arid climate;cotton,dates,wheat under irrigation; water brought from Colorado R by Imperial Canal (Laguna Dam) and All- American Canal (Imperial Dam) nr Yuma;total irrigated a (1938) 700 sq mi Independence,t Iowa;p 7069 Independence,t Kan;11222 Independence,t Mo;on prarie S or Missouri R;p 62328 Indiana,st betw Kentucky and Michigan,Illinois and Ohio;agr,coal, limestone,clay,petroleum,cement,glass;cap Indianapolis; a 36291 sq mi;p 4,662,498 Indianapolis,cap Ind;on White R;impt rly ctr;meat pkg,jet engines,aircraft parts,chemicals,pharmaceuticals;p 476,258 Inglewood,c SW Cal;chinchilla farms,furniture;light engin;p 63390 Inkster,t SE Mich;resdtl;p 39,097 Inyokern,t E Cal;naval ordnance research sta;p 11,684 Iowa City,Iowa;farming,stockbreeding;p 33,443 Iowa,st;prarie cty;over 1000 ft above sea level;watered by Mississippi; farming,dairying,maize,wheat,oats,potatoes,coal,cars,chemicals; cap Des Moines;a 56,290;p 2,757,537 Iron Country,Utah;vast reserves of iron ore;undeveloped due to inaccessibility Iron Mountain,t Mich;former iron mining ctr;p 9299 Ironton,c Ohio;machin;coal,iron,fireclay;p 15,745 Ironwood,t Mich;iron-mining,lumbering;p 11,466 Irvington,t NJ;p 59379 Irvington,t NY;resdtl,light engin;p 5494 Ishpeming,c Mich;machin,gold,silver,iron,marble;p 8857 Isle Royale,I in L Superior,Mich;l 40 mi Ithaca,t NY;on Cayuga L;seat or Cornell Univ;elec clocks;p 28,799 Jackson,c Mich;on Grand R;locomotives,motorcar accessories;p 50720 Jackson,t Ohio;foundries,gas wells;p 6980 Jackson,t Tenn;univ;cotton,cottonseed oil,engines,sewing-machines; p 33849 Jackson,t cap Miss;cotton tr;p 144,422 Jacksonville,c Ill;woollens,rly wks;p 21,690 Jacksonville,c pt Fla;univ;on St John's R;chemicals,shipbldg and repair,printing,lumber,cigar mftg;p 201,030 Jacksonville,t Ark;p 14488 Jacksonville,t Texas;rly ctr;fruit,vegetables,cotton;p 9540 James (or Powhattan) R,Va;flows from Blue Ridge to Chesapeake Bay; l 450 mi Jamestown,c ND;cattle,food processing;p 15163 Jamestown,c NY;summer resort and mftg;p 41,818 Jamestown,t,dist,Va;nr mouth of James R where first permanent English settlement was founded 1607 Janesville,t Wis;in agr region,textiles,machin;p 35164 Jasper,t E Texas;cattle,agr,lumber;p 4880 Jeanerette,t S La;sugar,pecan nuts,rice;p 5568 Jeanette,bor Penn;natural-gas region;p 16565 Jefferson City,cap Mo;on R Missouri 100 mi W of St Louis;shoes,tiles, farm imps;p 28228 Jefferson,t Texas;nr oilfield;cattle,grain;p 3082 Jeffersonville,mftg Ind;on Ohio R;p 19,522 Jenkins,t Ky;on coalfield;p 3202 Jenkintown,bor Penn;resdtl;p 5017 Jennings,t La;agr,oil wells;p 11,887 Jersey City,spt,NJ;opp New York on Hudson R;canning,iron,steel, tobacco,chemicals;rly ctr;p 276,101 Johnson City,NE Tenn;mkt,iron,textiles;p 29892 Johnson City,t NY;leather,chemicals,paper;p 19,118 Johnsonburg,bor Penn;chemicals,paper,iron and steel;p 4567 Johnston,t Providence,RI;p 16898 Johnstown,c Penn;on Connemaugh R;immense steel wks;p 53,949 Johnstown,t NY;glove mftg;p 10390 Joliet,t Ill;rly and mftg ctr;p 66780 Jonesborough,t AJonesborough,t Airon foundries,paper- and flour-mills, farming imps,aeroplanes;seat of Notre Dame Univ;p 132,445 Jonesborough,t Ark;p 21,418 Joplin,t Mo;lead-mining;p 38,958 Juan de Fuca Strait,betw Vancouver I and Wash st Junction City,Kan;p 18,700 Juneau,c,cap Alaska;at foot of Chilkoot mtns;lumbering,fisheries; gold settlement (1881);p 6797 Juniata R,Penn;flows to the Susquehanna at Petersburg Kahoolawe I,Hawiian Is;a 45 sq mi;uninhabited Kalamazoo,c Mich;rly ctr,engin;college;p 82,089 Kanawah R,W Va;rises in Allegheny Mtns,flows SW to Hinton,then turns NW across Allegheny Plateau into R Ohio;lower course runs thru ch mining a of W Va coalfield nr Charleston;l 350 mi approx Kankakee,t Ill;farm imps,machin;p 27,666 Kansas City,Mo;on right bank of R Missouri;univ;gr livestock mart,car and aircraft assembly,steel,metal;meat pkg,food processing; p 475,539;adjoins Kansas City,Kan;p 121,901 Kansas,st;called the "Sunflower State";prarie,farming,maize,wheat, cattle,dairying,pigs;coal,petroleum,natural gas,lead,meat- pkg,flour-milling,aircraft,chemicals,machin;cap Topeka; a 82,276 sq mi;p 2,178,611 Kearny,t NJ;mnfs;p 37472 Keene,c NH;mnfs;p 17,562 Kellogg,c NE Idaho;lead-mines;p 5061 Kenmore,t NY;p 21261 Kennebec R,Maine;flows to Atl;l 200 mi Kenosha,c Wis;on W shore of L Michigan;mnfs;p 67899 Kentucky R;flows from Cumberland Mtns to Ohio R;l 350 mi Kentucky,E central st;Mississippi basin;agr,coal,fluorspar,petroleum, natural gas;tobacco,chemicals,mechin,metal,steel,hemp,asphalt; hay,corn,cattle and horse raising;cap Frankfort;lgst c Louisville, at falls of Ohio R;a 40,395 sq mi;p 3,038,156 Keokuk,indstl c SE Iowa;on Mississippi at foot of Des Moines rapids;p 16316 Kern,R,E Cal;one of the most impt power-generating Rs in st Ketchinkan,t Alaska;halibut,salmon,pulp,lead,zinc;p 6483 Kettering,t Ohio;p 54462 Kewanee,t NW Ill;agr,coal,engin;p 16324 Key West,c Fla;on sm I same name about 100 mi from mainland;naval sta and cigar factories;nrst USA pt to Panama Canal;p 33,956 Kicking Horse Pass,mtn pass over Rocky Mtns,BC Canada;used by Canadian Pacific Rly Kill van Kull,channel betw NJ and Staten I,NY c King's River,Cal;flows from Sierra Nevada to L Tulare Kingsport,t NE Tenn;varied mnfs;p 26314 Kingston,t NY;tobacco mftg;p 29260 Kingston,t Penn;p 20261 Kingsville,t Texas;in ranching a;agr,light inds;p 25297 Kirksville,indstl t Mo;p 13,123 Kirkwood,sub St Louis,Mo;p 29421 Kissimee R,Fla;flows to L Okeechobee;l 90 mi Kittatinny Mtns (or Blue Mtns) range in Penn and NJ;a continuation of the Appalachian system Klamath Falls,t Ore;p 16,949 Knoxville,c Tenn;univ;textiles,marble,plastics,chemicals,aluminium, agr,tobacco;p 111,827 Kokomo,c Ind;on Wild Cat R;steel,glass,agr region;p 47,197 Kootenay R (Flat Bow R),trib of the Columbia R flowing in Mont,USA and BC,Canada;l 450 mi La Crosse,t W Wis;mkt,agr,light mnfs;rubber;p 47575 La Grange,t Ga;p 23,632 La Grange,t Ill;p 15,285 La Porte,t Ind;flour,iron and steel,woollens;p 21,157 La Salle,c Ill;coal;p 11,897 Lackawanna,t NY;on L Erie;iron and steel;p 29,564 Laconia,c NH;hosiery,rly wks;p 15,288 Lacrosse,c Wis;rly ctr,flour,timber;p 47,575 Lafayette,c Ind;univ;timber,farm imps;p 42330 Lafayette,peak,White mtns range,NH,alt 5259 ft Lafayette,t La;timber,cottonseed oil;p 40400 Laguna Madre,lagoon Texas;110 mi by 14 mi Lake Charles,t La;oil,rice,timber;holiday resort;p 63392 Lake Forest,t Ill;on L Michigan;p 10687 Lake Success,vil NY;temp HQ of UNO since 1946;p 2954 Lake of the Woods,L E of Winnipeg,Ontario,on bdy betw Canada and USA Lakeland,t Fla;agr,fruit ctr,phosphates;holiday resort;p 41350 Lakeview,Ore;uranium mill;p 3262 Lakewood,t NJ;winter resort;p 13004 Lakewood,t Ohio;sub of Cleveland;grapes;p 66145 Lamesa,t NW Texas;cotton,maize,cattle;p 12438 Lanai,one of the Hawiian Is;fruit,sugar,cotton,livestock;a 141 sq mi; p 3360 Lancaster,bor Penn;agr ctr;mnfs light and heavy iron and steel prod;p 61055 Lancaster,t Ohio;in natural-gas region;agr,flour,machin,glass;p 29916 Lanett,t E Ala,textiles;p 7674 Lansford,bor Penn;p 1487 Lansing,cap Mich;tr,mnfs iron goods,cars,chemicals;p 107,807 Lapeer,t E Mich;wooden prod;p 6160 Laramie,c Wyo;univ;cattle;p 17520 Laredo,c Texas;frontier c on Rio Grande;iron,steel,oil,bricks,hides, wool;p 60678 Las Cruces,t NM;agr with irrigation;lead,fluorspar mining;p 29367 Las Vegas,t NM;E of Santa Fe';p 6028 Las Vegas,t Nevada;resort;p 64405 Latrobe,t SE Penn;p 11,932 Laurel,t Miss;p 27889 Laurens,t SC;cotton,glass;p 9598 Laurium (formerly Calumet),vil Mich;copper;p 3211 Lawndale,t Cal;p 21740 Lawrence,c Kan;st univ,paper,machin;p 32858 Lawrence,c Mass;on Merrimac R;NW Boston;textiles,paper,footwear,engin; p 70933 Lawrenceburg,t Tenn;textiles,cheese,phosphates;p 5442 Lawton,t Okla;p 61697 Lead,t SD;gold,mnfs jewelry,mng equip;resort;p 6211 Leadville,c Col;in Arkansas valley;mining ctr;p 4008 Leavenworth,c Kan;on Missori;rly ctr and military post,furniture,machin; bricks,coal;p 22052 Lebanon,t Penn;coal,iron,steel,mnfs;rubber,food,tobacco;p 30045 Leete's I,Conn;on Long I sound Lehigh,R Penn;trib of Delaware R;l 120 mi Lehighton,bor Penn;anthracite;p 6318 Leigh's L,Wyo;links with Snake R Leland,t Miss;cotton,vegetables,nuts;p 6295 Leominster,c Mass;wood prod,light mnfs;p 27929 Lewiston,c Maine;textiles,machin,timber;p 40804 Lewiston,t Idaho;gold,silver,lead;agr,lumber;p 12691 Lexington,c Ky;univ;tobacco,horse-rearing;p 62810 Lexington,t Mass;nr Boston;mftg;first battle in American War of Independence 1775;p 27,961 Liberal,t SW Kan;natural gas,flour,machin;p 13,813 Lick Observatory,on Mt Hamilton,Cal Licking R,Ky;trib of Ohio R;l 220 mi Lima,c Ohio;on Ottawa R;rly wks,oil,car bodies,refrigerators;p 51037 Lincoln Park,sub of Detroit Mich;resdtl;p 53933 Lincoln,c Ill;coal,agr;pottery;p 16890 Lincoln,cap Nebraska;rly ctr,flour,agr machin,watches,cars,chemicals, rubber goods;p 128,521 Lincoln,t RI;limestone,textiles;p 13545 Linden,t NJ;p 39931 Litchfield,c Ill;natural gas,oil;p 7330 Little Colorado R,Arizona;trib of Colorado R Little Falls,c Minn;on R Mississippi;timber;p 7551 Little Falls,t NY;on Mowhawk R;paper,leather,bicycles,knitted goods; p 8935 Little Rock,c Ark;on Arkansas R;oil,cottonseed cakes,cotton,machin and many diverse inds;livestock;p 107,813 Little Sioux R,Iowa;trib of Missouri;l 300 mi Littleton,t NH;mftg;p 3355 Livingston,t Mont;indstl;p 8229 Lock Haven,c Penn;on Susquehanna R;timber;p 11748 Lockhart,t Texas;cotton,petroleum,agr;p 6084 Lockport,c NY;on Erie canal;machin,paper pulp,fruit;p 26443 Lockport,t Ill;rly ctr;p 7560 Lodi,t Cal;in San Joaquin valley;agr,esp grapes;pkg plants;p 22229 Lodi,t NJ;p 23502 Logan,c Utah;p 18731 Logan,t Ohio;coal,natural gas,oil,leather,wool mnfs;p 6417 Logansport,c Ind;on Wabash and Erie canal;timber,fruit,grain,machin, woollens;p 21106 Long Beach,c Cal;tourism;petrol,ship bldg,fishing,canning,aircraft, chemicals;p 344,168 Long Beach,t Long I,NY;holiday resort;p 26473 Long Branch,c NJ;seaside resort;p 26228 Long I City,part of Queen's bor,NY;indstl ctr,food,engin,leather Long I,part of NY c;separated from mainland by East R;contains Queens and Brooklyn,bors of NY c;mkt gardening,fisheries,oysters,holiday resorts;a 1682 sq mi Long's Peak,mtn,Col;alt 14,271 ft Longmeadow,t SW Mass;resdtl;p 10547 Longview,t Texas;p 40050 Longview,t Wash;p 23349 Lookland,t SW Ohio;chemicals,paper,light mnfs;p 5292 Lorain,c Ohio;on L Erie;shipbldg,steelwks,fisheries;p 68932 Los Angeles,c S Cal;booming modern c ("the city of angles"),busiest pt in Cal;fine harbour;one of world's lgst urban areas;400 mi freeways (1500 mi planned by 1980);many prosperous inds inc aircraft,missiles, chemicals,machin,electronics,food processing;film ctr;fine climate;p 2,479,015;of Greater LA c. 7,000,000 Louisiana,st;agr,tobacco,cotton,sugar,timber,minerals and mftg, oil,gas;cap Baton Rouge;ch spt New Orleans;a 48,523 sq mi;p 3,257,022 Louisville,c Ky;on Ohio R;univ;lgst tobacco mkt in world;chemicals, paints,cars,machin,elec goods,synthetic rubber;p 390,639 Loveland,t N Col;beet-sugar refined,vegetables,fruit canning;p 9734 Lowell,c Mass;at junction of Merrimac and Concord Rs;30 mi N of Boston; textiles,machin,chemicals,carpets;James Whistler,the artist,born here;p 92,107 Lubbock,c N Texas;p 128,691 Ludington,t Mich;on Lake M;wood-wkg;p 9421 Lufkin,c Texas;lumber,engin;food prod;p 17,641 Luzerne,bor Penn;on Susquehanna R;p 6176 Lyell,mtn Cal;in Sierra Nevada;alt 13,190 ft Lynbrook,t Long I,NY;p 19881 Lynchburg,c Va;footwear,agr imps,tobacco;p 54,790 Lyndhurst,t NJ;synthetic perfumery;p 21,867 Lynn Canal,fiord Alaska;continuation of Chatham strait Lynn,spt Mass;footwear,elec appliances;p 94478 Lynwood,t SW Cal;engin;p 31614 Lyon,c Iowa;on Mississippi R;p 14468 Mackinney,c NE Texas;cotton ctr;13,763 Macomb,c Ill;industrl;12,135 Macon,c Ga;on Ocmulgee R;univ;rly junction,ironwks,cotton mftg;69,764 Macon,t E Miss;cotton,dairying,lumbering;p 2432 Madawaska,t Me,spt,lumber,pulp,paper-mills;p 4,035 Madera,t central Cal;agr,lumber,wines;p 14,430 Madison Heights,t Mich;33,343 Madison,c Ind;on Ohio R;mftg;10,097 Madison,cap Wis;univ,agr tools,machin,footwear;126,706 Madison,t Ill;heavy engin wks;6861 Madisonville,t Ky;13,110 Mahanoy City,t Penn;anthracite;p 8,563 Maine,st,New England;mtns with much forest;potatoes,paper pulp,metals, woollens,shoes,processed foods;cap Augusta;ch spt Portland;a 33,215 sq mi;p 969,265 Malden,c Mass;mftg sub of Boston;rubber gds,hosiery,furniture;57,676 Malone,t NY;iron-mining;p 8737 Malverne,t NY;on Long I;resdtl sub of NY;p 9968 Mamaroneck,t NY;textiles,mnfs oils;p 17,673 Mammoth Caves,Ky;Green R;stalactite formations in avenues aggregating 150 mi long Manatee,t Fla;lumber,fruit and vegetable canning;p 3582 Manchester,c NH;at Amoskeag Falls,on the Merrimac R;textiles, footwear,machin;p 88,282 Manchester,t Conn;textiles (silk);p 41,906 Manchester,t E Iowa;tr ctr;flour milling,woollen gds;p 4402 Manhattan,I,NY;at mouth of Hudson R;a 22 sq mi forms major part of bor of Manhattan (p 1,698,281) of NY c Manistee,c Mich;on L Michigan;timber,salt,fruit;p 8324 Manistique,t Mich;on M R;4875 Manitowoc,c Wis;on L Michigan;shipbldg,iron,aluminium goods,flour; p 32,275 Mankato,c Minn;agr tools,flour,brewing;p 23,747 Mansfield,c Ohio;machin,farm tools,paper,rubber gds;p 47,325 Mansfield,t Mass;textiles,engin,confectionery;p 4674 Marblehead,spt,Mass;holiday resort,footwear;p 18,521 Marcus Hook,t Del;on right bank of Delaware R 15 mi below Philadelphia Marietta,t Ohio;at confluence of Muskingum R with Ohio R;timber, ironwks,coal,oil,natural gas;16,847 Marinette,t Wis;on L Michigan;paper,pulp,timber;p 13,329 Marion,c Ind;natural gas,iron,paper,glass,wireless sets;p 37,854 Marion,c S Ill;fruit,coal,engin;p 11,274 Marion,t Ohio;agr imps,steam shovels,tractors;p 37,079 Marlboro,c Mass;boot mftg;18,819 Marlin,t Texas;hot artesian water,oil,cotton,dairying;p 7,099 Marquette,c Mich;on L Superior;iron-ore deposits,timber,rly wks;19,824 Marseilles,t N Ill;paper,bricks;p 4347 Marshall,c Mo;9572 Marshall,c Texas;rly wks,canning,foundries;p 23,846 Marshalltown,t Iowa;on I R;iron,steel,machin,food canning;p 22,521 Marshfield,spt Ore;fishing,lumber,mining;p 5218 Marshfield,t Wis;mgtg ctr in timber region;p 14,153 Martha's Vineyard,I Mass;holiday resort,ch ts Vineyard Haven,Oak Bluffs, Edgartown;21 mi long Martin's Ferry,t Ohio;on O R;iron and steel smelting,coal-mining;p 11919 Martinez,c W Cal;industl,oil refineries,copper smelting;p 9604 Martinsburg,c W Va;in Shenandoah valley;rly wks,cider,textiles;p 15,179 Maryland,st;steel,copper,smelting and refining,coal,asbestos,potash, salts,aircraft,chemicals;agr,livestock;cap Annapolis;lgst c Baltimore;a 10,577 sq mi;p 3,038,156 Marysville,t Cal;fruit;p 9553 Marysville,t Kan;rly ctr in rich agr region;p 4143 Marysville,t Ohio;mkt,grass seed,livestock;p 4952 Maryville,c E Tenn;lumber,clothes,quarries;p 10,348 Mason City,t Iowa;on the Sheel Rock R;cement,bricks,sugar-beet;30,642 Massachusetts,st,New England;fisheries,agr,textiles,footwear,iron and steel goods,elec machin,rubber gds,leather,paper,wood pulp; cap Boston;a 8257 sq mi;p 5,148,578 Massena,t NY;15,478 Massillon,c Ohio;coal,machin,glass,aluminium ware;p 31,236 Mattoon,c Ill;ironwks,flour,bricks,agr tr;19,088 Mauch Chunk,bor E Penn;coal,carnotite,clothing;p 2959 Maumee,R Ind;flows to L Erie;l 180 mi Mauna Kea,volcano,Hawaii;alt 13,823 ft Mauna Loa,volcano,Hawaii;alt 13,675 ft Mayfield,t SW Ky;tobacco,dairy prod;clothing;p 10,762 Maywood,t Ill;adjoining Chicago;resdtl,some mnfs;27,330 McAlester,t Okla;coal-mining ctr,rly wks;p 17,878 McComb,t Miss;12,020 McKees Rocks,t Penn;on Ohio R,iron,glass;p 13,185 McKeesport,c Penn;on Monongahela R;coal,iron and steel;45,489 McPherson,t Kan;in oil-field region;refining plants;p 8689 Mead,L,Cal;on R Colorado behind Boulder (Hoover) Dam;world's lgst reservoir;stores water for irrigation in Imperial Valley and Yuma dists; l 115 mi Meadville,c Penn;on French Creek;univ;rly wks,rayon yarn;p 16,671 Mechanicsburg,bor S Penn;steel,clothes;p 6786 Medford,t Mass;sub of Boston;resdtl,chemicals,machin,textiles;64,971 Medicine Bowl,mtns,Col and Wyo Medina,t N Ohio;bees,honey,beeswax;8235 Memphis,c Tenn;on R Mississippi;rly ctr,timber,cotton seed,ironwks, oil,textiles,chemicals;497,524 Mena,t W Ark;lumber,bricks,cotton,flour;tourist resort;p 4388 Menasha,t Wis;on L Winnebago;mnfs;p 14,647 Mendota,c Ill;nr Chicago,mftg;6154 Menominee,Mich;on M R;industl ctr for lumber,sugar beet,dairy prod;p 11289 Menomonie,c Wis;on Red Cedar R;farm ctr and dairy prod;p 18,276 Merced,t Cal;p 20,068 Mercedes,t S Texas;cotton,oil,fruit;veg canning;p 10,943 Merchantville,bor NJ;paper,lead mnfs;p 4075 Meriden,c Conn;hardware mftg;p 51,850 Meridian,t Miss;in cotton-growing region;p 49,374 Merill,t N Wis;wooden goods,paper,knitwear;p 9451 Merrimac,R,NH Mesa,t,Arizona;agr and cotton ginning ctr;p 33,772 Mesabi Range,hills,NE Minn;about 100 mi long,alt 200-500 ft;vast iron-ore deposits Methuen,t Mass;textiles,footwear;p 28,114 Metropolis,c Ill;on R Ohio;p 7,339 Metuchen,bor NJ;resdtl,chemicals,needles,rubber;p 14,041 Mexia,t Texas;rly ctr,cotton,oil,engin;p 6121 Mexico,G of,lge inlet of the Atl (1000 mi E to W by 800 mi N to S) lying S of USA and E of Mexico;communicates by Fla Strait with the Atl and by Channel of Yucata'n with the Caribbean Sea Mexico,c Mo;firebrick and shoe factories;p 12,889 Miami,c Fla;on Biscayne Bay,at mouth of Miami R;famous resort and recreational ctr;varied inds;intern airpt;p 291,688 Miami,t Okla;tr ctr,agr,cattle;pkg,mining;12,869 Miamisburg,t Ohio;9893 Michigan City,t Ind;on L M;rly wks,furniture,hosiery;p 36,653 Michigan,L,N Am;in basin of St Lawrence R,enclosed by two peninsulas of the st of M and by Wis,Ill,and Ind;a 23900 sq mi;discharges by Straits of Mackinac to L Huron Michigan,st;in valley of Gr Lakes;indstl;cars,iron and steel goods, petroleum,minerals,some agr;cap Lansing;a 58,216 sq mi;p 7,823,194 Middleboro,t Mass;agr ctr;6003 Middlesboro,t,Ky;12607 Middletown,bor Penn;on Susquehanna R;11,182 Middletown,c Conn;on C R;univ;33250 Middletown,c,NY;on Walkill R;ironwks;23475 Middletown,c,Ohio;in Miami and Erie canal;42,115 Midland,t,Mich;chemicals,salt,oil;27,779 Midland,t,Texas;oilfield ctr,cotton ginning,natural gas;62625 Midway,Is,Pac Oc;calling-place on the air-routes betw San Fransisco and Asia,midway betw Asia and USA (to which it belongs) Miles City,c,Mont;on Yellowstone R;cattle;p 3665 Milford,t,Conn;resdtl,resort;fish,light engin;p 41,662 Milford,t,Mass;boot mnfs;p 13,722 Milk,R,Mont;trib of Missouri R;l 500 mi Millersburg,bor Penn;machin,shoes;p 2861 Millinocket,t,Me;paper;p 7318 Millville,c,NJ;on Maurice R;glass,iron,cotton;19,096 Milton,t,Mass;sub of Boston;26,375 Milton,t,Penn;on Susquehanna R;ironwks;p 7972 Milwaukee,c,Wis;on L Michigan,70 mi N of Chicago;univ;rly ctr,cars,meat canning,agr tools,machin,iron and steel castings,generators;dairying; 741,324 Minden,t,La;exp cotton,petroleum,natural gas;12,785 Mineola,t,NY;sub of NY c;glass,pkg;p 20,519 Minersville,bor,Penn;on Schuylkill R;p 6,606 Minneapolis,c,Minn;on Mississippi R,at Falls of St Anthony;univ;flour,timber agr machin,linseed oil;chemicals,textiles,paper;p 482,827 Minnesota,st;iron-ore,agr,flour,timber,meat;cap St Paul;a 84,068 sq mi; p 3,413,864 Minot,t,ND;30,604 Mishawaka,c,Ind;on Joseph R;agr imps;p 33,361 Mission,t,S Texas;fruit,cotton,vegetables,engin;14,081 Mississinewa,R,Ind;trib of Wabash R;l 140 mi Mississippi R;l 2350 mi (Mississippi-Missouri-Red Rock,c. 3860 mi) Mississippi R,Canada;trib of Ottawa R;l 100 mi Mississippi,st;cotton,sweet potatoes,pecan nuts,rice,sugar cane,sorghum cane;cable;petroleum,natural gas,chemicals,shipbldg;cap Jackson; a 47,716 sq mi;p 2,178,101 Missoula,c,Mont;on Klark R;univ;rly wks,agr,fruit,oil ref;p 27,090 Missouri Coteau,hill ridge,N Am;runs NW to SE across praries of Saskatchewan (Canada),N and S Dakota (USA);rises abruptly from 1600 to 2000 ft Missouri R;trib of Mississippi R;l (inc the Madison) 3047 mi, navigable 2400 mi Missouri,Little,R;trib of M R;l 450 mi Missouri,st;livestock,maize,coal,iron,tobacco;cap Jefferson City; ch t St Louis;a 69,674 sq mi;p 4,319,813 Mitchell,mtn pk,Black Mtns,NC;alt 6684 ft;also called the "Black Dome" Mitchell,t,SD;univ;farming;12,555 Moberly,c,Mo;rly wks,grain,iron,hosiery,footwear;13,170 Mobile,c,spt,Ala;on R M;shipbldg,cotton exp;p 202,779 Modesto,t,Cal;fruit,vegetables;36,585 Moffat Tunnel,Col;carries trunk rly from Chicago to San Fransisco under Rocky Mtns betw Denver and Salt Lake City;l 6.25 mi Mohawk R,NY;trib of Hudson R;followed by impt road,rly and canal routes across Appalachian Mtns;l 175 mi Mojave,desert,Cal Moline,c,Ill;on Mississippi R;agr imps,ironwks,flour;42,705 Monaca,bor Penn;glass,light engin;p 8394 Monessen,t,Penn;steel,tinplate,wire;p 18,428 Monmouth,t,Ill;mnfs,coal;p 10,372 Monongahela City,Penn;mining,natural gas;p 8388 Monongahela,R,W Va;joins Allegheny R at Pittsburgh to form Ohio R Monroe,c,La;cotton ctr,natural gas,paper,printing ink;p 52219 Monroe,t,Mich;paper,machin;22,968 Monroe,t,NC;marble quarries,mftg;p 10,882 Montana,st;cap Helena;Rocky Mtns;copper,silver,gold,lead;pastoral,agr; a 147,138 sq mi;p 674,767 Montclair,t,NJ;resdtl sub of NY;paper goods mnfs;43,129 Monterey,c,Cal;S of San Fransisco;resort of artists and writers; impt sardine inds,fruit and veg canneries;22,618 Montezuma,t,Ga;mkt for winter mkt-garden produce,cottonseed oil;2921 Montgomery,v,cap Ala;cotton,timber,fertilisers;comm ctr,rly wks;134,393 Montpelier,c,cap Vt;on Winooski R;varied inds;p 8000 Montville,t,SE Conn;paper,textiles;1060 Moorhead,t,W Minn;potatoes,dairying,poultry;22,934 Moosehead,L,Me;source of Kennebec R;35 mi l,10 mi wide Morgantown,t,W Va;coal,oil,gas fields;chemicals,heady inds;22,487 Morristown,t,NJ;holiday ctr,fruit;17,712 Morrisville,bor,Penn;on Delaware R;rubber prod;7790 Moundsville,c,W Va;on Ohio R;coal,zinc,glass;p 15,163 Mount Adams,peak,White Mtns,NH;alt 5679 ft Mount Carmel,bor Penn;on Wabash R;coal-mining,clothing mftg;p 10,760 Mount Clemens,t,Mich;on Clinton R;mineral springs;p 21016 Mount Desert,I,Me;a 100 sq mi;mtns;summer resort Mount Holly,t,NJ;textiles,clothes,leather;p 13,271 Mount Kennedy,mtn,Yukon;3 mi E of Mt Hubbard on Alaskan border;alt 14000 ft Mount Pleasant,t,Mich;oil,lumber,sugar-beet,dairy prod;14,875 Mount Prospect,t,Ill;18,906 Mount Vernon,c,Ill;timber,flour,woollens,coal;p 15566 Mount Vernon,c,NY;on Bronx R,sub of NY c;resdtl;p 76010;takes its name from George Washington's house on the Potomac,in Va,15 mi S of Washington DC;varied inds,incl elec equip Mount Vernon,c,Ohio;on Kokosing R;timber goods,mnfs;p 13,284 Mountain View,t,Cal;30,889 Mouse (or Souris),R,Canada and USA;trib of Assiniboine R;l 500 mi Muncie,t,Ind;on White R;iron,steel,paper and glass;p 68603 Munhall,t,Penn;17,312 Murfreesboro,t,Tenn;18,991 Murphysboro,c,Ill;on Big Muddy R;8673 Murray,t,N Utah;sub Salt Lake City;lead smelting;p 16,806 Muscatine,c,Iowa;on Mississippi R;meat pkg,timber ind;20,997 Muscle Shoals,rapids;in Tenn R;site of Wilson Dam Muskegon,c,Mich;engin,motor cars,accessories,aeroplane engines;46,485 Muskingum,R,Ohio;trib of Ohio R;l 240 mi Muskogee,t,Okla;rly wks,oil refining,cotton,flour;38,059 Mussel Shell,R,Mont;trib of Missouri R Nacogdoches,t,Texas;lignite,mkt,mftg;p 12,674 Naha,spt,Ryuku Is,Japan;USA control;mkt,textiles;USA airbase;44,779 Nanticoke,t,Penn;on Susquehanna R;anthracite,canning;p 15,601 Nantucket,I,Mass;official W end of trans-Atlantic sea-crossing;summer resort; fishing;2,804 Napoleon,t,NW Ohio;light mnfs;6739 Nashua,c,NH;cotton,paper,carpets,ironwks;39,096 Nashville,c,cap Tenn;on Cumberland R;river pt,rly ctr;fine capitol and other public bldgs;impt comm and educ ctr;univs and colleges;cellophane,rayon,food and tobacco prods,shoes,printing and publishing;p 170,874 Natchez,c,Miss;in rich cotton-growing dist;p 23,791 Natchitoches,t,La;on Red R;p 13,924 Natick,t,Mass;boots,shoes;p 28831 Natick,t,RI;cotton,light mnfs;p 3660 Naugatuck,industl t,Conn;mnfs rubber,iron casting;p 19,511 Navasota,t,E Texas;mkt,cotton processing mills;p 4,937 Nebraska,R,trib of Missouri Nebraska,st;mainly prarie;cap Lincoln;farming,meat pkg,oats,wheat,maize, hay,potatoes,sugar-beet,apples,wool,livestock,petroleum,cement,mng, minerals;a 77,227 sq mi;p 1,411,330 Needham,t,Mass;nr Boston;mnfs;p 25,793 Neenah,c,Wis;timber yards,flour and paper mills;summer resort;p 18,057 Neosho,t,SW Mo;mkt,lumber,agr,lead-mining;p 7452 Neuse,R,NC;flows to Pamlico Sound;l 300 mi Nevada,c,Mo;zinc-mining and smelting;p 8416 Nevada,mtn st;between Utah,Oregon and Idaho,and bounded S and W by California;mining,gold,silver,copper,tungsten,gypsum,iron,lead;livestock, agr,timber;tourism;cap Carson City;a 110,540 sq mi;p 285,278 New Albany,c,Ind;on R Ohio;glass,furniture,leather,iron and steel,car bodies;p 37,812 New Bedford,c,spt,Mass;on estuary of R Acushnet;whale-fishing ctr;mnfs cottons, cordage,glass,shoes;p 102,477 New Bern,NC;tr in timber,tobacco,cotton;p 15,717 New Braunfels,c,Texas;cotton goods,leather;lime;beauty spot;p 15,631 New Brighton,bor,Penn;coal-mining;p 8397 New Britain,c,Conn;iron and brass mnfs;82,201 New Brunswick,c,NJ;on Raritan R;chemicals,motor lorries,motor parts, leather,hosiery and hardware;p 40,139 New Castle,t,Ind;steel mnfs,motor parts;p 20,349 New Castle,t,Penn;tinplate,glass,steel wire,iron,coal;p 44,700 New Cumberland,bor,Penn;tobacco,clothes;p 9257 New England;the six NE Atl sts of the USA;Me,NH,Vt,Mass,RI,Conn New Hampshire,st;New England;touching the Canadian border,forested and mountainous;agr and fruit-growing extensively pursued;paper and forest prods; textiles,shoes,granite;cap Concord;ch spt Portsmouth;principal mftg ctr Manchester;a 9304 sq mi;p 606,921 New Haven,c,pt,Conn;on New Haven Harbour,inlet of Long I Sound;Yale Univ; firearms,clocks,hardware,radiators,rubber gds,meat-pkg;p 152,048 New Iberia,sm pt,La;fishing,sugar,cotton,rice;timber tr;p 29,062 New Jersey,Atl st;adjoining NY;mixed farming,petroleum-refining, smelting,chemicals,sanitary-ware,motor vehicles;glass sand,zinc,iron ore,clay;cap Trenton;ch cs Newark and Jersey City;a 7836 sq mi; p 6,066,782 New Kensington,t,Penn;aluminium ind;p 23,485 New Lexington,t,Ohio;coal,oil and natural gas;4,514 New London,c,pt,Conn;at mouth of R Thames;fine harbour,fishing,engin, machin,silk and woollen factories;34,182 New Mexico,st;N of the Mexican Rep and S of Colorado st;traversed by the Rocky Mtns;uranium,potash salts,pumice,beryllium,copper,petroleum; agr,cereals,fruit,vegetables,cotton,livestock;cap Santa Fe';a 121,666 sq mi; p 951,023 New Milford,t,NW Conn;dairy prods,tobacco,foundries,textiles,chemicals; p 3,023 New Orleans,c,spt,La;on delta of Mississippi R;the gr cotton mart of America,and a busy comm and mftg ctr;univ,cult tr;627,525 New Philadelphia,c,Ohio;impt rly and canal ctr;p 14,241 New Rochelle,c,NY;on Long I Sound;resdtl;p 76,812 New York State Barge Canal (Erie Canal), NY st;links Tonawanda on Niagra R with Hudson R via the Mohawk gap thru Appalachian Mtns; provides thru water route from NY to Gr Lakes;opened as Erie Canal 1825, improved 1918;l 339 mi (with branches 525 mi), depth 12 ft New York,c,spt,NY;ch comm ctr of USA and W hemisphere;originally founded by Dutch settlers as New Amsterdam on Manhattan I;gr portion situated on Long I;fine parks and bridges,skyscrapers,good harbour; world's longest bridge (Verrazano) spans mouth of NY harbour opened 1964;univ;ch inds, cloth textiles,printing and publishing,iron and steel work,machin,sugar-refining,meat pkg,chemicals,leather; p 7,781,984;of Greater NY (1965) 11,348,000 New York,st;one of the original sts;touching Canada on the N, and reaching the Atl on the S;known as the "Empire State";inc Long I and Staten Is; mixed agr,Portland cement,iron ore,stone,sand and gravel,zinc,petroleum,gypsum, titanium concentrate,steel;Albany is the st cap;a 49,576 sq mi; p 17,915,000 Newark,c,NJ;meat pkg,printing,elec goods,paints,chemicals,cars, aircraft,leather;p 405,220 Newark,c,Ohio;on R Licking;rly carriage wks,mnfs;p 41,790 Newark,t,Del;univ;p 11,404 Newberry,t,SC;cotton prod;dairying;lumbering;p 7546 Newburgh,c,NY;on Hudson R;clothing and machin mftg;p 30,979 Newburyport,c,spt,Mass;on Merrimac R,boot and shoe factories,comm and fisheries; p 14,004 Newcomerstown,t,E Ohio;coal,steel,tinplate,bricks;p 4273 Newport News,c,spt,Va;on N shore of James R estuary on Hamton Roads;large harbour,shipbldg;outlet for Virginian tobacco and Appalachian coal; p 113,662 Newport,c,Ky;on Ohio R;a resdtl sub of Cincinnati,with impt local inds;p 30,070 Newport,c,RI;on Narragansett Bay;seaside resort;permanent p 47,049 Newton,c,Kan;silks,worsted;14,877 Newton,c,Mass;on R Charles;mnfs;p 92,384 Niagra Falls,c,NY;extending along the summit of the cliff for 3 mi;paper, flour,aluminium;p 102,394 Niagra Falls,t,Ontario,Canada;opp the falls;carborundum,canning,silverware, castings;p 22,351 Niagra,R,forming part of boundary between Canada and USA;flows from L Erie to L Ontario;has rapids and the famous falls (167 ft);gr hydro-elec power sta;l 35 mi Niles,t,Ohio;p 19,545 Niobrara,R;trib of Missouri R;flows from Wyo to Neb;l 450 mi Noblesville,t,Ind;agr,horse breeding;7664 Nome,cst t,Alaska;gold;2316 Norfolk,c,Neb;on Elkhorn R,in farming cty;p 13,111 Norfolk,c,Va;impt naval sta;spt,shipbldg and repair;car assembly,food processing,lumber,fertilizers;p 305,872 Normal,t,Ill;mkt gardening,fruit,plants;univ;p 13,357 Norman,t,Okla;oil-field;cotton processing;agr;univ of Okla;p 33,412 Norris Dam,Tenn,across R Clinch at confluence with R Tenn, NW of Knoxville;lgst dam Tenn Valley Authority (TVA); built for flood control and hydro-elec Norristown,bor,Penn;textiles,hosiery,carpets;p 38,925 North Adams,c,Mass;on R Hoosac,textiles,boots and shoes;p 19,905 North Attleboro,t,Mass;jewelry mnfs;p 14,704 North Braddock,t,Penn;13,204 North Carolina,S Atl st;E of Tenn and S of Va;agr,maize,cotton-growing and mftg,timber,scrap mica,textiles;cap Raleigh;ch pt Wilmington;a 52,712 sq mi; p 4,556,155 North Chicago,t,Ill;chemicals,metallurgy,elec gds;p 20,517 North Dakota,NW st;mainly rolling prarie;agr,wheat,maize,oats,barley,flax, cattle,horses,sheep;coal,petroleum;cap Bismarck;a 70,665 sq mi; p 632,446 North Little Rock,t,Ark;58,032 North Platte,R;rises in N Colorado flows 680 mi thru Wyo across W Neb to join S Platte at c of North Platte;extensive power and irrigation developments North Platte,c,Neb;on N Platte R in irrigated reg of the Gr Plains; grain,livestock,processed meat;p 17,184 North Tonawanda,c,NY;on Niagra R,mnfs;p 34,757 Northampton,c,Mass;textiles,paper;univ;p 30058 Northampton,t,Penn;cement,beer,clothes,quarrying;p 8866 Northbridge,industl t,Mass;10,476 Northfield,c,S Minn;agr,dairying;8707 Norton,t,SW Va;coal mftg;4315 Norwalk,bor,Ohio;mftg ctr of farming dist;p 12,900 Norwalk,t,Cal;oil refining;88739 Norwalk,t,Conn;on Long I SOund;good harbour,oysters,iron foundries, clothing;p 67,775 Norwich,c,Conn;firearms,cutlery and machin,textiles;p 38,506 Norwood,Ohio;sub Cincinnati;p 34,580 Norwood,t,Mass;24,898 Nowata,t,NE Okla;agr,natural gas,oil-field gear;p 3965 Nueces,R,Texas;flows to G of Mexico;l 400 mi Nutley,t,NJ;29513 Nweark,t,NY;horticulture,glass,light mnfs;p 12,868 Oahu,I,Hawaiian Is,Pac Oc;sugar,pineapples;tourist tr;cap Honolulu;a 604 sq mi;p 500,409 Oak Park Village,t,Ill;now included in Chicago;61,093 Oakland,c,Cal;on San Fransisco Bay;resdtl sub;cars,shipbldg,fruit canning, elec machin,clothing,tanneries,chemicals;p 367,548 Ockmulgee,R,Ga;trib of Altamaha R;l 280 mi Oconee,R,Ga;joins the Ockmulgee;l 250 mi Odessa,t,Texas;impt oil ctr,chemicals,foundry prod;p 80,338 Ogden,c,Utah;nr the Gr Salt L;rly ctr;beet sugar,meat pkg,flour milling;p 70,197 Ogdenburg,c,pt,NY;on St Lawrence R,opp Prescott;gd tr;p 16,122 Ogeechee,R,Ga;flows to Atl,S of Savannah;l 200 mi Ohio,R;trib of Mississippi R;formed in Penn by the junction of the Monongahela and Allegheny Rs at Pittsburgh thence navigable for 975 mi to Cairo, Ky, 1200 mi from the mouth of the Mississippi R Ohio,st;drained by Ohio R and tribs;gr agr and industl region;maize, wheat,oats,cattle;lime,sand and gravel,salt,coal,petroleum,gas,iron and steel wks,machin,timber;cap Columbus;lgst cs Cleveland and Cincinnati; a 41,122 sq mi;p 9,706,397 Oil City,Penn;on Allegheny R;oil,machin;17,692 Oklahoma City,c,Olka;univ;oil and byprods,oil processing,field machin,iron, steel,flour mills,meat pkg;p 324,253 Oklahoma,st;prarie,plains and mtns;cereals,cotton,stock-raising, petroleum,gas,zinc,coal,gypsum,lead;ch ind petroleum refining;cap Oklahoma City;a 69,919 sq mi;p 2,328,284 Okmulgee,t,Okla;15,951 Old Forge,bor,Penn;anthracite coal;8928 Olean,t,NY;on Allegheny R;oil region;p 21,868 Olympus,Mt,Wash;alt 8150 ft Omaha,c,Neb;on Missouri R;gr tr ctr,one of the lgst livestock and meat-pkg ctrs in the US,gold and silver smelting and refining,steel fabrication, industl alcohol prod;p 301,598 Oneida,L,NY;nr Syracuse;20 mi by 6 mi;discharges via Oneida R to Seneca R Oneonta,t,NY;on Susquehanna R;rly wagon wks;p 13,412 Orange,c,NJ;adj Newark;calculating machines,radio,textiles,drugs;35,789 Orange,t,Mass;3689 Oregon City,Ore;on Willamette R at the falls;p 7682 Oregon,Pac st;Cascade,Cst and Blue Mtns;Columbia R and tribs;L,valleys; rainy cst,drier interior (agr with irrigation);cereals,sugar-beet, fruit,cattle,gold,silver,copper,coal,uranium;fisheries,canning,meat-pkg, timber,milling;cap Salem;a 96,891 sq mi;p 1,768,687 Orlando,c,Fla;winter resort;citrus fruit;industl;p 88,135 Oshkosh,c,Wis;on Fox R;meat pkg,farming,flour,motors;p 45,110 Oskaloosa,t,Iowa;in agr and colly region;p 11,053 Ossining,t,NY;on Hudson R;famous "Sing-Sing" prison;p 18,662 Oswego,c,NY;on L Ontario;taken by Montcalm 1756,and the British 1814; water-power;hosiery,matches,textiles,engines;p 22,155 Ottawa,t,Ill;at mouth of Fox R;grain,glass;p 19,408 Ottawa,t,Kan;on Osago R;rly wks;p 10,673 Ottumwa,c,Iowa;on Des Moines R in midst of gr coalfield and agr dist;iron and steel,meat pkg;33,871 Owatonna,t,Minn;p 13,409 Owens,L,S Cal;on E flank of Sierra Nevada 20 mi SE of Mt Whitney; water taken by 225-mi-long aqueduct to LA;a 120 sq mi Owensboro',t,Ky;petroleum,farming,stock-raising,tobacco;p 42,471 Owosso,c,Mich;on Shiawassee R;timber tr;p 17,006 Owyhee,R,Ore;trib of Snake R;l 350 mi Oyster Bay,t,cst resort,N;on Long I;home of Theodore Roosevelt;5215 Ozark Mtns,Okla and Ark;lead,zinc;ch t Joplin Paducah,c,Ky;on Ohio R;sawmills,tobacco,rly wks;p 34,479 Painted Desert,Arizona;a of bare,multi-colored rocks Palestine,t,Texas;agr and forest region;p 13,974 Palm Beach,t,Fla;Atl coastal resort Palmyra Is,Pac Oc;coral islets,coconuts;p 32 Paris,t,Texas;cotton,fruit,canned gds;p 20,977 Parkersburg,c,W Va;on Ohio R;iron- and steel-wks,oil and natural gas, coal,glassware,rayon,porcelain;p 44,797 Parsons,t,Kan;coal,natural gas,machin;p 13,929 Pasadena,c,Cal;N of LA;in fruit-growing region, base of San Gabriel Mtns;200-in telescope at Mt Palomar;famous for its carnival;p 116,401 Pasco,t,Wash;on Snake R;p 14,522 Passaic,R,NJ;flows 100 mi to Newark Bay Passaic,c,NJ;silk,chemicals,dyes,rubber gds,mill machin,springs,steel cabinets,tin cans;p 53,963 Paterson,c,NJ;principal ctr silk mftg,aeroplane engines,textiles,machin; p 143,663 Pawtucket,c,RI;on P R used for water-power,woollen,cotton and silk gds; machin,chemicals,first cotton-spinning factory est in the USA 1790; p 81,001 Pecos,R,NM and Texas;trib of Rio Grande;l 764 mi Peekshill,t,NY; on Hudson R;ironwks;p 18737 Pekin,t,Ill;cereal prods,distilling,leather,metal gds;p 28,146 Pendleton,t,Ore;p 14,434 Pennsylvania,st;originally proprietary colony of the Penn family and later one of the original 13 sts in the Union;traversed NE to SW by Appalachians; ch Rs Delaware,Susquehanna,Allegheny and Monongahela;iron and steel,coal (bituminous and anthracite), natural gas,petroleum;maize,wheat,oats,rye; textiles,machin,motor cars,tobacco;cap Harrisburg;ch ts Pittsburgh, Philadelphia;a 45,333 sq mi;p 11,319,366 Pensacola,spt,Fla;safest land-locked harbour in G of Mexico;naval sta; fish,naval requisites,wool,hides,cotton and lumber mills;p 56,752 Peoria,c,Ill;river pt;farming imps,grain;distilling,brewing,mng;p 103,162 Perth Amboy,spt,NJ;terracotta wks,shipyards and dry docks;p 38,007 Petersburg,c,Va;tobacco,meat-canning,cotton,optical gds;36750 Philadelphia,c,pt,Penn;univ;RC cath,masonic temple;mint,academy of fine arts; shipbldg,locomotives,machin,surgical instruments,carpets,woollens, cottons,worsteds;sugar and petroleum refining;ctr of War of Independence from 1790 to 1809;fed cap founded by Wm Penn 1682;p 2,002,512 Phillipsburg,c,NJ;on Delaware R;water-power,machin,rly wks;silk and pulp; p 18,502 Phoenix,c,Ariz;winter resort,iron,steel,aircraft,electronics,clothing;p 439170 Pierre,t,cap SD;on Missouri R;p 10,088 Pikes Peak,mtn,Col;alt 14,109 ft Pine Bluff,c,Ark;cotton,motor-cars;p 44,037 Pique,t,Ohio;N of Dayton;ironwks,woollens,nuclear reactor;p 19,219 Pittsburgh,c,Penn;univ;RC cath,coll;Carnegie Library and Institute;port on Ohio R;ctr of richest Am coalfield;natural gas,petroleum,iron and steel,machin,metal gds,meat pkg,glass,aluminium,chemicals;p 604,332 Pittsfield,c,Mass;textiles,paper,plastics,elec machin,hol resort;p 57879 Pittston,t,Penn;anthracite,coal machin;p 12,407 Plainfield,c,NJ;sub NY c;printing,motor lorries,machin,chemicals,hosiery;p 45,330 Plattsburg,NY;pt of L Champlain;tourist ctr;military post;20,172 Plymouth,spt,Mass;Pilgrim Hall,Pilgrim Fathers landed 1620 from Mayflower, est first English colony;textiles,cordage,machin,cottons,woollens;p (1950) 10,540 Plymouth,t,Penn;coal;10,401 Pocatello,t,Idaho;rly wks;livestock;cheese;p 28,534 Pomona,c,Cal;fruit-growing;p 67,157 Ponca City,t,Okla;24,411 Pontchartrain Lake,shallow L,lower Mississippi flood plain;connected by canal to New Orleans which lies 6 mi to S,and by deltaic channels to the G of Mexico Pontiac,c,Mich;on Clinton R;fishing and shooting;motor cars,rubber gds,machin, varnish;p 82233 Port Arthur,t,Texas;66,676 Port Chester,t,NY;on Long I Sound;summer resort,cottons and woollens;24,960 Port Huron,t,Mich;on L Huron;summer resort,mineral springs,dry docks, grain elevators;motor car parts;p 36,084 Portage,t,Wis;iron;p 7822 Portland,c,Ore;gr wheat and wool tr;flour milling,shipbldg,fishing and canning,aluminium,lumber;p 372,676 Portland,t,spt,Me;comm cap of Me;large fisheries;paper,pulp,lumber,processed food,clothing;p 72,566 Portsmouth,c,Ohio;iron and steel gds,aircraft,boots,shoes,bricks;p 33,637 Portsmouth,spt,Va;naval dockyard;farm produce,cotton,rly wks;114,775 Portsmouth,t,NH;summer resort;naval dockyards;cotton;1905 Peace Treaty betw Japan and Russia was negotiated here;25,833 Potomac,R;dividing Va from Md;flowing past Washington to Chesapeake Bak;l 400 mi Pottsdown,t,Penn;iron and steel,farm imps,silk;p 26,144 Pottsville,c,Penn;iron and steel,rly wks;p 21,659 Poughkeepsie,c,NY;on Hudson R;clothing and iron factories;agr imps;oil clarifiers;p 38,330 Presidio St Vicent,t,NM;on Rio Grande del Norte Prichard,t,Ala;meat pkg,canning,fertilisers,wood and paper prod;p 47,371 Princeton,bor,NJ;seat of Princeton Univ;p 11,890 Providence,c,RI;at head of Narragansett Bay;univ;jewelry,textiles,silverware, rubber gds,machin,oil,coal;p 207,498 Provo,c,Utah;at base of Wasatch mtns,nr shore of Utah L;flour,bricks,blast furnace;p 36,047 Pueblo,c,Col;on R Arkansas;coal,iron- and steelwks;copper,gold,silver smelted;p 91,181 Puerto Rico,W Indian I,Greater Antilles;ceded by Spain to USA in 1898 (since 1952 free cmwlth ass with USA);nuclear reactor at Punta Higuera; sugar,tobacco,rum,textiles,iron ore,salt,marble,white clay;cap San Juan; a 3423 sq mi;p (estd 1965) 2,650,000 mainly natives of mixed Spanish and aboriginal descent Puget Sound,Wash Queens,bor,NY c;1,809,578 Quincy,c,Mass;granite,foundries,shipbldg;p 87409 Quincy,t,Ill;milling,tobacco,ironware,machin;p 43,793 Racine,c,Wis;on L Michigan 10 mi S of Milwaukee;motor cars,farm imps;89,144 Radford,t,Va;iron smelting,lumbering;9371 Rahway,c,NJ;on R Rahway;resdtl for NY businessmen;27,699 Rainier,mnt,Wash;14530 ft Raleigh,c,NC;educ ctr;rly wks,cotton-mills;p 93,931 Ramsey,resdtl bor NJ;ctr of dairying reg;9527 Rapid City,t,SD;p 42,399 Raritan,t,NJ;15,334 Ravenna,t,NE Ohio;engin,rubber;10,918 Rawlins,t,S Wyo;mkt,coal,oilfields,ranching;p 7415 Raynham,t,SE Mass;mkt ctr for agr prods,poultry,eggs;p 2141 Reading,c,Penn;on Schuylkill R;ironwks;p 98,177 Reading,t,Mass;nr Boston;19,259 Red R,of the North USA;rises in Minn and flows N,separating N Dakota and Minn and thence into Manitboa,Canada,to join the Assiniboine R;l 650 mi Red Wing,c,Minn;on the Mississippi R,at head of L Pepin;flour mills,grain tr; p 10,528 Redbank,t,NJ;summer resort,fishing,mkt gardens,light mnfs;p 12,482 Redding,c,N Cal;lumber,mining,agr;tourists;p 12,773 Redlands,t,Cal;p 26,829 Redwood City,c,W Cal;shipbldg,saltwks,exp sequoia;p 46,290 Reidsville,t,NC;tobacco mkt,mnfs,textiles,turpentine;p 14,267 Reno,lgst c,Nevada;seat of Univ of Nevada;st agr college;famous for easy divorce procedure;p 51,470 Rensselaer,t,NY;on R Hudson facing Albany;p 10,506 Republican Fork (or Pawnee),R;trib of Kansas R,Col;l 550 mi Revere,t,Mass;sub of Boston;resort;p 40,080 Rhode Island,st,New England;washed by the Atl and surrounded by Mass and Conn;divided by Narragansett Bay with many Is lgst being that from which the st takes its name;jewelry,silverware,textiles,rubber,granite;agr, fisheries;cap Providence;a 1214 sq mi;p 859,488 Richmond,c,Ind;on R Whitewater;mnfs;p 44,149 Richmond,c,Ky;in tobacco-growing and horse-rearing reg;p 12,168 Richmond,c,cap Va;on falls of R James;gr tobacco mftg ctr and mart; chemicals,iron and steel,lumber;p 219,958 Richmond,one of the 5 bors of NY c;p 210,146 Richmond,t,Cal;oil refining;p 71,854 Ridgefield,t,NJ;p 10,788 Ridgewood,t,NJ;25,391 Rio Grande City,t,S Texas;on Rio Grande R;mkt,agr,oil,natural gas;p 5835 Rio Grande del Norte,R;flows from Col st thru NM to the G of Mexico; form bdy betw Texas and Mexico;l 1800 mi Rio de San Juan,R,Utah,NM and Col;l 350 mi Ripley,t,W Tenn;lumbering,veneer,cottonseed processing;p 3782 Ripon,t,Wis;on Green L;p 5619 River Rouge,t,Mich;p 18147 Riverside,t,Cal;p 84,332 Riverside,t,NJ;8474 Roanoke,I;off cst NC;13 mi l Roanoke,R,Va and NC;flows into Albemarle Sound;l 230 mi Roanoke,c,SW Va;on R R;ironwks;p 97,110 Roanoke,t,Ala;cotton mnfs,clothes;p 5288 Rochester,c,Minn;in grain-growing dist;p 40,663 Rochester,c,NY;on Genesee R;univ;hydro-elec power,cameras,films, optical instruments,thermometers,electronic equip;p 318,611 Rochester,t,NH;on Salmon Falls and Cocheco Rs;boot factories;p 15,927 Rock Hill,c,SC;industl;29404 Rock Island,c,Ill;on R Mississippi;lumbering,flour mills,glass,farm imps, elec equip;p 51863 Rock River,Wis;trib of the Mississippi R;l 375 mi Rockaway Beach,summer resort;on sandbar of Long I;now incorporated into Queens,one of the 5 bors of NY c Rockaway,bor,NJ;iron founding and prods;textiles,leather;p 5413 Rockford,c,Ill;machin and furniture mftg;p 126,706 Rockingham,t,NC;cotton mnfs,paper,lumbering,peaches;3356 Rockland,c,spt,Ma;on Penobscot Bay;shipbldg,granite quarrying;p 9234 Rockland,t,Mass;shoemkg,engin;p 13080 Rockville,c,Conn;on the Hockanum R;silks,woollens;p 9478 Rocky Mount,t,NC;32,147 Rocky Mountains,extensive chain,N Am;extending along W portions of Canada and the USA from Alaska to Mexico;the highest accurately- measured point in the USA system is Mt Massive (14418 ft);other peaks are Mt Elbert (14431 ft),Blanca Peak (14390 ft),Mt Harvard(14399 ft), La Plata Peak (14340 ft) and Mt Uncompahgre (14306 ft);Mt St Elias in Alaska is computed to be 18008 ft and was long reputed to be the highest in N Am,but is now known to be surpassed by the adjacent Mt Logan (19850 ft) and by Mt Orizaba (18701 ft) in Mexico Roebling,t,NJ;established by steel cable-mkg company;p 3272 Rogers,t,Ark;fruit,vegs,tourists;p 5700 Rome,c,Ga;on Coosa R,in cotton region;p 32,226 Rome,c,NY;on Mohawk R,dairying ctr;p 51,646 Roosevelt Dam,Ariz;on R Salt 130 mi above Phoenix on edge of Colorado Plateau;supplies irrigation for cultivation of 360 sq mi in lower valley of R Salt and upper valley of R Gila;hydro-elec power sta Roseburg,t,SW Ore;roses,fruit,poultry,canning,sawmills;p 8390 Roselle,t,NJ;p 21032 Roseville,t,E Cal;exp fruit,wines;p 13,421 Roswell,t,NM;39,593 Roxboro',t,NC;cotton,tobacco,mnfs;p 4321 Royal Oak,t,Mich;p 80,612 Royersford,bor SE Penn;light iron and steel mnfs;glass;p 3862 Rstown,c Md;machin,furniture,chemicals;p 36660 Russell,t,Kan;mkt in agr and cattle region,oil and gas fields;p 6113 Rutherford,t,NJ;p 20,473 Rutherfordton,t,NC;gold,lumber,textiles;agr;p 3146 Rutland,c,Vt;marble quarries,machin and furniture;p 18353 Sabine,R,Texas and La;flows thru S Lake (an expansion of the R 18 mi l) to G of Mexico;l 500 mi Sable Cape,S point,Fla Saco,R;flows from White Mtns in NH to Saco B,Mne;160 mi l Saco,c,Me;cotton mnfs;p 10,515 Sacremento,c,cap Cal;on the Sacremento R;capitol and RC cath;rly wks, smelting,meat and fruit pkg,flour,lumber,metal prods,rocket and missile inds;p 191,667 Saginaw,c,Mich;on R Saginaw;in agr and timber region;machin,railwks, beet-sugar;p 98,265 Sainte Croix,Virgin Is,W Indies;former possession of Denmark,now USA Saipan I,Marianas,Pac Oc;USA trusteeship;sugar,coffee,fruit;a 71 sq mi; p (1958) 7250 Salem,c,Mass;15 mi from Boston;cottons,lumber prods,leather gds,machin wireless valves;p 39211 Salem,c,Ohio;steel;p 13854 Salem,c,cap Ore;on Williamette R;univ;fruit-pkg,flour-milling and canning; p 49142 Salem,t,NJ;in fruit-growing dist;p 8941 Salina,c,Kan;on Smokey Hill R;univ;flour milling,cattle mkt,farm imps;p 43202 Salinas,R,Cal;rises in US Coast Range,flows NW into Bay of Monteray,Pac Oc; fertile valley floor irrigated to produce hard stone fruits,mkt-garden produce (esp lettuce),alfalfa;l 140 mi Salisbury,t,Md;iron and steel gds,woodwk,canning;p 16302 Salisbury,t,NC;cotton,grain,timber,textiles,refrigerators;21,297 Salmon,R,Idaho;trib of Snake R;l 450 mi Salt Fork R,Okla;trib of Arkansas R Salt Lake City,c,cap Utah;nr Gr Salt Lake,HQ of Mormonism;temple and univ;mng;agr;steel,oil,textiles,meat pkg,livestock;p 189,454 Salt R,Ariz;rises in Colorado Plateau,flows W into Gila R 20 mi below Phoenix;l 240 mi (see also Roosevelt Dam) Salton Sea,L,S Cal;263 ft below sea level in depression which extends NW from head of G of Cal;ctr of inland drainage;a 270 sq mi (see also Imperial Valley) Salton Sink,Cal;inland depression 287 ft below sea level Samoa Is,Samoan gr Pac Oc;E of 171 deg long,W of Greenwich;belong USA; a 76 sq mi;lgst I Tutuila;ch pt Pago Pago;admin ctr Fagatoo; American naval sta;p 20051 San Angelo,t,Texas;on R Concho;cattle,wool,mohair mkt;dairy produce, petroleum,machine-shop prod;p 58815 San Antonio,c,winter resort,Texas;at mouth San Pedro R;cath,fort,arsenal; univ;producing,refining and mftg oil prods and equip,textiles,machin; meat pkg,food processing;p 587,718 San Bernadino,c,Cal;railroad ctr;citrus-fruit pkg and shipping ctr;p 91922 San Diego,t,Cal;on Pac cst 10 mi N Mexico border;naval installation; fine harbour,winter health resort;fish-canning,aircraft,marble,onyx, missiles,electronics;p 573224 San Fransisco,c,spt,Cal;on the San F bay;entrance by Golden Gate Bridge,second longest single-span bridge in the world;univ;engin, canning,lumber mills,printing,publishing,chemicals,machin,petrol;p 742855 San Jose',c,Cal;in Santa Clara valley;nr Lick Observatory;resort;fruit and vegetable canning;lumber prod,woollens,leather;p 204,196 San Luis Obispo,t,Cal;20,437 San Mateo,t,Cal;resdtl sub San Fransisco;p 69,870 San Pedro,spt,Cal;sub of LA;naval base;p 36,527 Sandusky,c,Ohio;on S cst L Erie;tr in coal,fruit,and foodstuffs;paper, farm imps,chemicals;31989 Sandy Hook,peninsula,NJ;projecting into lower bay of NY;yatching ctr Sanford,t,Fla;19175 Santa Ana,t,Cal;fruit farming,oilfields,mnfs farm imps,preserved fruit Santa Barbara,t,winter resort,Cal;at foot of Santa Inez mtns;fruit,oil; p 58259 Santa Clara Valley,Cal;extends S from San F Bay;intensive fruit-growing under irrigation,prunes;ch t San Jose' Santa Cruz,c,Cal;on Monteray Bay;popular seaside resort;fruit and vegs canning;fishing;p 25596 Santa Fe',t,NM;at base of Sangre de Cristo range;oldest cap in US founded by Spaniards 1610;p 34,676 Santa Monica,c,Cal;sub of LA;resdtl;p 83,249 Santa Rosa,t,Cal;fruit,grain,dairying;p 31027 Santa Rosalia,t,peninsula of Lower Cal,Mexico;located E cst on G of Cal; impt copper-mines Saratoga Springs,NY;summer resort at foot of Adirondack mtns;mineral springs;p 16630 Sault Ste Marie,c,Mich;on L Superior at rapids;flour,woollens,locomotives;18,722 Savannah,R;flows betw Ga and SC to Atl Oc;l 450 mi Savannah,c,spt,Ga;Kraft paper,sugar refining,shipbldg and repair,fertilisers, paint;149,245 Schenectady,c,NY;foundries,wireless transmitting apparatus,locomotives; synthetic diamonds;81,682 Schuylkill R,Penn;flows into Delaware R;l 130 mi Scioto,R,Ohio;joins Ohio at Portsmouth;l 250 mi Scranton,c,Penn;on R Susquehanna;anthracite,iron foundries,steelwks, locomotives and silk mnfs;p 111,443 Seattle,spt,Wash;univ,cath,shipbldg,aeroplanes,glass,fish-canning, fishing,pkg,lumbering,chemicals,trucks,busses;p 557,087 Sedalia,c,Mo;farming,meat-pkg,machin,textiles,coal;rly ctr and wks;p 23,874 Selma,c,Ala;on Ala R;in cotton-growing dist;also dairying,lumbering,ironwks, fertilisers;p 28,385 Seminole,t,Okla;p 11,464 Shaker Heights,t,Ohio;p 36,460 Shandakan Tunnel,NY st;carries water under Catskill Mtns to augment water supply of c of NY;l 18 mi Sharon,c,Penn;ironwks,bricks,elec gds;p 25,267 Shasta,mtn,Cal;14,380 ft Shawnee,c,Okla;cottons,meat-preservation;p 24,326 Sheboygan,c,Wis;on L Michigan;furniture mftg,pianos,gloves,enamelled ware; p 47,747 Shelbyville,t,Ind;on Big Blue R;mftg ctr in colly and agr reg;p 14,317 Shenandoah,R,Va;trib of Potomac R Shenandoah,t,Penn;anthraite;p 11,075 Sheridan,t,Wyo;p 11,651 Sherman,t,Texas;tr in locally produced cotton and corn;p 24,988 Sheyenne,R,Dak;trib of Red R;l 325 mi Shreveport,c,La;industl ctr in cotton-growing dist;petroleum;p 164,372 Sierra Nevada,mtn chain,Cal;highest peak Mt Whitney,alt 14,898 ft Silver City,t,NM;gold,iron,silver,cattle;health resort;p 6972 Silver Spring,t,Md;sub of Wash;p 43294 Sioux City,Iowa;on R Missouri;meat-pkg,foundries,elec gds,cement;p 89,159 Sioux Falls,t,SD;on Big Sioux R;in rich wheat region;machin,cars, farming imps;nuclear reactor;p 65,466 Skagway,sm spt,Alaska;at head of Lynn Canal inlet, 40 mi NW of Prince Rupert;linked by rly to Whitehorse on Upper R Yukon; boomed in gold rush (in 1898 p 15,000), subsequently declined; p 659 Skowhegan,t,Me;p 6183 Smoky Hill,R,Col,Kan;trib of Kansas R;l 400 mi Snake R (or Lewis Fork) trib of Columbia R, flows from Wyo to Wash; l 1050 mi Somersworth,t,NH;on Salmon Falls R;mnfs;p 8529 Somerville,c,Mass;sub of Boston;varied mnfs;p 94697 South Bend,c,Ind;carriage and wagon wks,iron foundries,paper- and flour-mills, farming imps,aeroplanes;seat of Notre Dame Univ;p 132,445 South Carolina,st;level in E and mnts in W;cereals,cotton,tobacco, textiles,chemicals,lumber;cap Columbia;ch pt Charleston;a 31055 sq mi; p 2382594 South Dakota,st;mixed farming,wheat,gold,silver,gypsum,lumbering, flourmilling,butter,cheese,meat-pkg;cap Pierre;a 77,047 sq mi;p 680514 South Gate,industl t,Cal;paint,chemicals,tiles,furniture,tyres,machin;p 53,831 South Orange,t,NJ;p 16,175 South Portland,c,Me;on Portland harbour;p 22,788 Southbridge,t,Mass;optical instruments and cutlery;p 15,889 Sparrows Point,t,Md;situated on Chesapeake Bay at entrance to Bear Creek; impt iron and steel ind Spartanburg,t,SC;cotton;p 44,352 Spokane,R,Idaho;flows to R Columbia at Wash;l 120 mi Spokane,t,Wash;on R Spokane, at the falls which are used for hydro-elec power;gr timber tr,flour and sawmills,mng;cement,elec gds;p 181,608 Springfield,c,Mass;mnfs cars,elec apparatus and paper;p 174,463 Springfield,c,Mo;flour milling;Congregational college;p 95,865 Springfield,c,Ohio;agr imps,motor lorries;p 82,723 Springfield,c,cap Ill;gr rly ctr;iron,watches,etc;p 83,271 St Albans,t,Vt;dairy farming;p 8806 St Anthony,waterfalls,on R Mississippi;predominant factor in site of Minneapolis (Minn) St Augustine,t,Fla;resort;p 14734 St Charles,c,Mo;nr St Louis;tobacco and flour;p 21189 St Clair Shores,t,Mich;resdtl sub of Detroit;p 76,657 St Clair,L,Canada-USA;part of link betw L Huron and L Erie St Clair,R,N Am;flows from L Huron thru L of St Clair into L Erie; form bdy betw Michigan and Ontario (Canada);impt link in Gr Lakes waterway;l 85 mi,depth dredged to 20 ft St Cloud,t,Minn;on R Mississippi;timber yds,dairying,farming;p 33,815 St Croix,I,Virgin Is gr,USA;ch inds sugar cultivation,stock raising, vegetable growing,rum mnf;a 82 sq mi;p (1950) 12,096 St Croix,R,Wis;trib of Mississippi;l 200 mi St Elias,mtn,Alaska;alt 18024 ft St Francis,R,Mo;trib of Mississippi;forms bdy Ark;l 450 mi St George's I,Fla St John,I,US Virgin Is gr;a 19 sq mi;ch inds charcoal,stock-raising, tourists;was noted for bay leaf oil,but ind now dormant St Johns R,Fla;flows to Atl;l 350 mi St Joseph,c,Mo;on M R;rly ctr,meat pkg,clothing,farm imps;p 79673 St Joseph,t,Mich;on L Mich;resort;industl;p 11,755 St Lawrence Canal,Canada;channel deepened to provide safe navigation from deep water to Montreal;depth 35 ft at low water;links St Lawrence Seaway to Montreal St Lawrence I,Alaska;in Bering Sea;100 mi l St Lawrence Seaway,join Canadian US project links head of the Gr Lakes with the Atl Oc,providing 27 ft min depth enabling large ocean-going vessels to reach American continent;provides major source of hydro-elec power to industl a;opened 1950 St Lawrence,gr R of N Am;length from the source of its headstream the St Louis 2100 mi;forms the outlet of the Gr Lakes (Superior,Michigan,Huron,Erie and Ontario) and the bdy betw NY st and Ontario, Canada;ch tribs Ottawa,Richelieu,St Maurice,Saguenay St Louis Park,t,Minn;tools,dental supplies;p 43310 St Louis,c,Mo;on R Mississippi 10 mi below confluence of Rs Miss and Mo; two univs,impt rly and river junction;mkt for furs,livestock,grain, farm prod;banking and fin ctr;varied mnfs;machin,cars,aircraft,leather gds,beer,chemicals;p 750,026 St Matthew I,Alaska;in Bering Sea St Paul,c,cap Minn;faces Minneapolis across the R Mississippi;cath;univ; meat-pkg,foundries,cars,electronics,industl abrasives;p 313,411 St Petersburg,c,Fla;resort;p 181,298 Stamford,c,Conn;on shore of Long I Sound;p 92713 Stanislaus,R,Cal;trib of the San Joaquin R;l 200 mi Staten I,the most S point NY st;shipyards;linked with Brooklyn by Verrazano-Narrows bridge (opened 1964); also island off Tierra del Fuego, S Am, 45 mi long Steelton,bor,Penn;steel foundries;p 11,266 Steubenville,c,Ohio;iron,steel,paper,glass,coal,natural gas;p 32495 Stockton,t,Cal;farm imps,flour,lumber;p 86321 Stoneham,t,Mass;boots and shoes;p 17821 Stratford,t,on R Housatonic,Conn;aircraft;p 44,712 Strawberry,R,Utah;on E slopes of Wasatch Mtns 80 mi SE of Salt Lake City;dammed to supply irrigation water,led thru 3.5 mi tunnel under Wasatch Mtns to 100 sq mi cultivable land round L Utah Streator,c,Ill;bricks,glass,hardware,farm imps;p 16864 Superior L,N Am;lgst sheet of fresh water in the world;lies betw Canada and USA;one of the chain of gr lakes in the St Lawrence system;outlet of L Huron by the St Mary's R,receives the waters of the St Louis, Pigeon,and Nipigon;a 32000 sq mi Superior,c,Wis;at head of L Superior;gr tr in grain,lumber,coal,shipbldg, and flour mills;oil refining;p 33,563 Susquehanna,R,NY,Penn,Md;flows the Chesapeake Bay thru highly industl a; routeway W from Philadelphia and Baltimore across Appalachian Mtns;l 422 mi Suwannee R,Fla,Ga;flows to G of Mexico;known as "Swanee River";l 250 mi Syracuse,c,NY;air conditioners,electronic equipment,jet engines; chemicals;salt,machin,cars,seat of Syracuse Univ;p 216,038 Tacoma,spt,Wash;on Puget Sound;shipping,fishing,iron,steel,copper, electro-chemicals,aluminium;p 147,979 Tahoe,L,Cal;in Yosemite National Park,Sierra Navada;alt 6225 ft Talahatchee,R;trib of Miss;flows SW and becomes R Yazoo;l 240 mi Tallahassee,c,Fla;cigars;p 48,174 Tampa,c,Fla;popular winter resort,cigar factories,phosphates, electronics;fruit growing and canning;p 274,970 Taunton,c,Mass;cotton,iron foundries;p 41132 Temple,rly t,texas;in cotton-growing dist;p 30419 Tennessee,R,Tenn,Ky;lgst and most impt branch of the Ohio;its valley once liable to flooding now controlled by dams, and land improved by the Tenn Valley Authority;l 782 mi Tennessee,S central st;betw Miss R and Appalachian Mtns;agr,cotton, pecans,sorghum,maize,oil,natural gas,lignite,cement,salt;inds: chemicals, synthetic rubber,primary magnesium (from seawater),steelwks;cap Nashville; ch pt Memphis;a 42244 sq mi;p 3567089 Terre Haute,c,Ind;coal,natural gas,flour,paper,glass,foundries;p 72500 Texarkana,c,Texas and Ark;bdy passes down middle of main street;timber and cotton reg,rly wkshps;total p 50,006 Texas,st,SW;a 263,644 sq mi;prarie,mtns in W;chemicals,oil,gas,wood and leather prods;meat pkg,fishing,mng;agr cotton;cap Austin;ch pt Galviston;a 267,339 sq mi;p 9,579,677 Thibodaux,t,SE La;comm and mkt ctr for agr dist;petroleum;p 13043 Thomasville,c,Ga;cotton region;p 18246 Thousand Isles,L at outfall of L Ontario;the islets number 1500 to 1800 and are partly situated in NY st and partly in Canada Tiffin,c,Ohio;milling,brewing,foundries;p 21,478 Toledo,c,Ohio;on Maumee R;gr rly ctr covering 28.5 sq mi;glass,car parts, oil refining;p 318,003 Tombigbee,R,Miss;flows S to form the Mobile;l 500 mi Tonawanda,t,NY;on Niagra R;mnfs;p 21561 Topeka,t,cap Kan;on Kansas R;flour-milling,engin,machin,large tr;p 119,484 Torrington,t,Conn;metal-plate wk,woollens;p 30,045 Traverse City,t,Mich;timber inds;tr;p 18,432 Trenton,c,cap NJ;on Delaware R;ironwks,pottery,rubber and other mnfs; p 114,167 Trinidad,c,Col;on Purgatory R;rly wks,coal;p 10,691 Trinity,R,Texas;flows SE to Galveston Bay;l 500 mi Troy,c,NY;at confluence of Rs Hudson and Mohawk;gr ship-mftg ctr;67,492 Truk Is,Caroline Is,Pac Oc;USA Trusteeship;coral,copra,dried fish; a 50 sq mi;p 19,807 Tucson,c,Ariz;on Santa Cruz R;founded 1560 by a Jesuit mission and from 1867 to 1877 was the cap of Ariz;seat of Univ of Ariz; winter resort;aircraft,electronics,clothing;p 212,892 Tulare,L,S Cal;ctr of inland drainage 40 mi S of Fresno;streams feeding it used for irrigation;in drought years L dries up completely; a 90 sq mi Tulsa,c,Okla;2nd lgst c in st;oil-well machin,aeroplanes;p 261,685 Tuscaloosa,t,Ala;st univ;p 63370 Tyler,c,Texas;fruit,livestock,cotton;p 51230 Uita,mtn range,Utah;its highest points are Emmons (13,694 ft), Gilbert Peak (13,687 ft) and Wilson (13,300 ft) Unalaska,large I,Alaska;in Aleutian gr;mtns,treeless;ch pt of Bering Strait Union City,t,NJ;52,180 United States,federal rep,N Am;ch physical features: Great Ls,lgst freshwatera in the world;ch Rs: Mississippi-Missouri,Rio Grande del Norte, Colorado,Hudson,Susquehanna,Savannah,Columbia;ch mtns: Rocky Mtns, Coast Range,Sierra Nevada,Appalachian Mtns;Great Basin,great plains, Piedmont plateau,coastal plains;climate in NE-cool,temperate, rainfall all year round,warm summers,cold winters;in central plains and Gr Basin-continental climate of extremes;in NW-cool temperature with abundant rainfall,warm summers,cold winters;in SW on Pac cst- Mediterranean climate of very warm winters and drought,mild winters with rainfall,dense fogs on Pac cst;in S and SE-sub-tropical,hot summers,mild winters with abundant rainfall in the SE decreasing towards to W;ch inds: agr,maize,wheat,oats,etc,fruit,potatoes,hay, alfalfa,cane- and beet-sugar,cotton,tobacco;pastoral farming,ranching, dairying,sheep,wool,cattle,pigs,horses;lumbering,timber,wood-pulp; fishing off Grand Bank,Newfoundland,for cod,etc;and in W for salmon; minerals;coal,petroleum,natural gas,phosphate,iron ore,copper,lead, silver,zinc,aluminium,mercury;mftg of all kinds;commerce: comprises 50 sts and Dist of Columbia;cap Washington;lgst ts NY c,Chicago,LA, Philadelphia;total a (inc possessions) 3,608,787 sq mi;p (1966) 196,600,000 University City,t,Mo;p 51,249 Urbana,c,Ill;on Embarrass R;seat of st univ;p 27,294 Utah,L;23 mi long and 4400 ft above sea-level,discharges by R Jordan to the Gr Salt L Utah,W st;farming,wheat,maize,barley,rye,livestock,sugar-beet,fruits; copper,silver,lead,gold,coal,uranium,vanadium;petroleum;fruit-canning;cap Salt Lake City;a 84,916 sq mi;p 890,627 Utica,c,NY;on Mohawk R;clothing and other mnfs;p 100,410 Valdosta,t,Ga;rly ctr,cotton mills,light engin;p 30,652 Vallejo,c,Cal;exp fruit abd corn,milling;p 60,977 Vancouver,t,Wash;dairying,milling,fruit,lumbering,canning;p 32,464 Vermont,st,New England;adjoining Quebec prov,Canada;traversed by the Green Mtns;farming,dairying,stockraising,lumbering,quarrying, machin tools and textile mftg;cap Montpelier; a 9609 sq mi; p 389,881 Vicksburg,c,Miss;on cliffs above a "cut-off" L on R Miss;furniture, machin;mftg ctr in cotton and timber region;prominent in American Civil War,Confederate surrender 1863;p 29,130 Vincennes,t,Ind;milling,glass,steelwks;p 18,046 Virgin Isles;gr in W Indies;E of Puerto Rico;purchased by the USA from Denmark 1917,comprising the Is of St Croix,St Thomas,and St John and about 50 sm Is;total a 133 sq mi;oil refinery project at St Croix;p (1950) 26,665 Virginia,st;S of Md;tobacco culture;famous for natural bridge in Rockridge County and mineral springs;"Virginia Leaf" tobacco is the finest the US produces;rayon,shipbldg,iron,coal,chemicals;cap Richmond;a 40,815 sq mi;p 3,966,949 (see also W Virginia) Wabash and Erie,canal,Ind;longest canal in USA;476 mi long Wabash,R,Ohio and Ind;trib of R Ohio;p 550 mi Wabash,c,Ind;rly ctr;p 12,621 Waco,c,Texas;on Brazos R;univ;cotton ctr,woollens,grain,silk, iron,leather;p 97,807 Wadsworth,t,Ohio;matches,valves,engin;p 10,635 Wakefield,t,Va;George Washington's birthplace; 687 Walla Walla,t,Wash;on Mill Creek;cereal and fruit ctr,agr tools, flour,leather;p 24,536 Wallingford,t,Conn;steel,brass,silver and nickel ware;tools,wire; p 29920 Wallington,t,NJ;curtains,paints;p 9261 Walpole,t,Mass;nr Boston;p 14,053 Waltham,c,Mass;nr Boston;watchmkg,textiles,motors,furniture,shoes,paper;p 55,413 Warren,bor,Penn;on Allegheny R;natural gas,petroleum,oil-refining; furniture;tools;p 14,505 Warren,c,Ohio;on Mahoning R;coal- and iron-mkg,iron and steel mftg;p 59,648 Warwick,c,RI;on Narrangansett Bay;cotton mnfs;p 68,504 Wasatch Mtns,range,Utah and Idaho Washa,L,La;14 mi long Washburne,mtn range,Yellowstone National Park;highest summit 10,345 ft Washington I,Pc Oc (Gilbert and Ellice Is col);a 6 sq mi,coral atolls;copra;p 86 Washington,c,cap USA;in Dist of Columbia,on Potomac R;White House, Capitol,4 univs,etc;printing and engraving;world's first weather ctr 1965;p 746,958 Washington,st;coal,iron,minerals,forests,agr;cap Olympia;ch ts Seattle and Tacoma;a 68,192 sq mi;p 2,853,214 Washington,t,Penn;coal,petroleum,steel,glass,chemicals;p 23,540 Washita,R,Ark and La;trib of Red R;l 400 mi Waterbury,c,Conn;on Naugatuck R;watches,pins,brass gds,elec and photographic gds,chemicals;p 107,130 Waterloo,c,Iowa;on Cedar R;agr produce and tools;p 71,755 Waterloo,t,NY;on L Seneca;p 5098 Watertown,c,NY;on Black R;carriage wks,steam-engines,silk,agr tools;p 33,306 Watertown,c,Wis;on Rock R;univ;mnfs;p 13,943 Watertown,t,Conn;plastics,textiles,hardware,wire prods;p 14,812 Watertown,t,Mass;on Charles R;arsenal;p 39,092 Watertown,t,SD;machin,meat-pkg;p 14,077 Watervilet,c,NY;on Hudson R;arsenal;iron gds,woollens,asbestos gds; p 13,917 Waterville,c,Me;on Kennebec R;univ;cotton mnfs,rly wks;p 18,695 Waukegan,c,Ill;on L Michigan;summer resort;steel,brass,motors,sugar refining;livestock,agr ctr;p 55,719 Waukesha,t,Wis;health resort;p 30,004 Wausau,c,Wis;on Wis R;timber,paper,machin,leather,silver-fox farms;p 31,943 Wauwatosa,c,Wis;sub of Milwaukee;p 56,923 Waverly,t,NY;dairying,tr ctr;p 5,950 Waxahachie,t,Texas;rly ctr;p 12,749 Waycross,t,Ga;rly wks,timber,naval stores,machin,agr prods;p 20,944 Waynesboro,t,Penn;industl;p 10,427 Webb City,c,Mo;lead,zinc mng;p 6740 Webster Grove,t,Mo;p 28,990 Webster,t,Mass;on French R;textiles,footwear;p 12,072 Weehawken,t,NJ;coal depot,rly ctr,mnfs;p 13,504 Wellesley,t,Mass;resdtl;p 26,071 Wellston,c,Ohio;rly ctr;furniture;p 5728 Wellsville,c,Ohio;on Ohio R;coal-mng,agr;7117 Wenatchee,t,Wash;fruit (apple) ctr and inds;p 16,726 West Allis,t,Wis;iron and steel gds;p 68,157 West Chester,bor,Penn;resdtl sub Philadelphia;mkt gardening,dairying,agr tools;p 15,705 West Hardtford,t,Conn;resdtl sub of Hartford;metal gds,ctr for dairying, tobacco-growing dist;p 62210 West Haven,bor,Conn;sub of New Haven;p 42,567 West New York,t,NJ;on Hudson R;grain elevators,silks,rubber gds,cottonseed oil;p 35547 West Orange,t,NJ;industl;p 39895 West Point,military sta,NY;on Hudson R;Military Acadamy;p 1350 West Springfield,t,Mass;industl;p 25385 West Virginia,st;coal,salt,petroleum,agr (cereals,tobacco),pastoral;cap Charleston;a 24,181 sq mi;p 1,860,421 West Warwick,t,RI;p 21,414 Westbrook,c,Me;paper,cotton,silks;p 13,820 Westfield,c,Mass;cigars,paper,machin,bicycles,radiators;p 26,302 Westfield,t,NJ;31,447 Westport,t,Conn;resdtl;woollens,twine,soap,disinfectants;p 11,667 Wethersfield,t,Conn;oldest regular settlement in C;large st prison;agr imps, seeds;p 20,526 Wewoka,t,Okla;oil wells;agr,bricks,petrol;p 5954 Weymouth,t,Mass;footwear mnf;p 48,177 Wheeling,W Va,c;on Ohio R;rly and comm ctr,iron and steel,pottery;p 53,400 White Mtns,part of the Appalachian system,NH;highest summit Mt Washington 6288 ft White Plains,t,NY;on Bronx R;resdtl;battle 1776;p 50,485 White,R,Ark;trib of Miss R;l 350 mi White,R,Ark,Mo;trib of Miss R;300 mi navigable;l 800 mi White,R,Ind;trib of Wabash R;l 330 mi Whitehall,t,NY;at head of L Champlain;timber tr;p 4016 Wichita Falls,c,Texas;oil-refining;p 101,724 Wichita,R,Texas;trib of Red R;l 225 mi Wichita,c,Kan;in Ark valley;rly wks;oil refineries and equip;meat-pkg ctr in agr and stock-raising ctr;p 254,698 Wilkes-Barre,c,Penn;on Susquehanna R;anthracite-mng,machin,locomotives, iron and steel,textiles;p 63,551 Wilkinsburg,bor,Penn;Pittsburgh sub;resdtl;timber wks;p 30066 Willamette,R,Ore;rises in Cascade Mtns,flows N into Columbia R below Portland;valley gives rich agr land,wheat,rootcrops,dairy produce, hard and soft fruits,ch ts Portland,Salem;l c. 300 mi Williamsburg,c,Va;oldest incorporated c in America;p 6832 Williamsport,c,Penn;on Susquehanna R;rly ctr,timber,machin,silks; summer resort;p 41,967 Willimantic,c,Conn;on Willimantic R;textiles,thread;p 13,881 Wilmette,t,Ill;resdtl sub Chicago;p 28,268 Wilmington,c,spt,Del;on Del R;shipbldg,gunpowder,machin,iron- and steelwks;chemicals,leather,cork,rubber gds;p 95,827 Wilmington,spt,NC;exp cotton,tobacco,timber,fertilizers;shipbldg,textiles, chemicals;p 45,043 Wilson,t,NC;tobacco,cotton,timber;p 23,010 Winchester,c,Va;in Shenandoah valley;p 15,110 Winchester,t,Ky;agr,livestock;p 10,187 Winchester,t,Mass;sub of Boston;p 19,376 Wind River Mtns,Wyo;range of Rockies;Fremont's Peak 13576 ft Windsor,c,pt,Ontario,Canada;linked to Detroit,USA,by tunnel bridge and ferry;cars,tyres,paint,drugs,salt;p 193,365 Windsor,t,Conn;on Conn R;p 19,346 Winfield,c,Kan;on Walnut R;educ and comm ctr,agr;p 11,117 Winnebago,L,Wis;27 mi long Winnispesaukee,L,NH;24 mi long Winona,c,Minn;on R Miss;rly ctr,timber,grain tr,medicines,shoes,furs;p 24,895 Winooski (or Onion) R,Vt;l 90 mi Winston-Salem,c,NC;tobacco and cotton mnfs;p 111,135 Winthrop,cst t,Mass;resdtl sub of Boston;summer resort;p 20,302 Wisconsin,R,Wis;trib of Miss R;l 600 mi Wisconsin,st;leading dairy st of Union;timber,iron ore,lead,zinc,stone, sand and gravel;agr machin,cars,engin;cap Madison;ch t Milwaukee; a 56154 sq mi;p 3,951,777 Woburn,c,Mass;chemicals,footwear;p 31,214 Woodbridge,t,NJ;tiles,bricks,terracotta;p 78846 Woodbury,t,NJ;nr Philadelphia;12,453 Woonsocket,c,RI;on Blackstone R;textiles,rubber gds;p 47,080 Wooster,c,Ohio;univ;agr ctr;p 17,046 Worcester,c,Mass;univ;iron,footwear,tools;p 186,587 Wrangel,t,Alaska;p 1315 Wrangell,mtn,Alaska;17,500 ft Wyandotte,c,Mich;on Detroit R;chemicals;p 43,519 Wyoming,st;livestock,agr,coal-mng,minerals,petroleum;cap Cheyenne; a 97,914 sq mi;p 330,066 Wyoming,valley,NE Penn;on Susquehanna R;coal;l 30 mi Xenia,c,Ohio;in Miami valley;twine,footwear,agr ctr;p 20,445 Yakima,R,Wash;trib of Columbia R;l 280 mi Yakima,t,Wash;agr,livestock;p 43284 Yap,I,Carolines,Pac Oc;trusteeship of USA;a 79 sq mi;cable sta;p 5459 Yazoo,R,Miss;trib of Miss;l 280 mi Yazoo,c,Miss;on Yazoo R;agr tr;p 11236 Yazoo,dist,Miss;very flat,low-lying flood plain of R Miss and R Yazoo, extends 220 mi along R from Memphis to Vicksburg;very fertile alluvial soil,but subject to disastrous floods;one of ch cotton- growing dists of USA Yellowstone,L,Wyo;20 mi long,15 mi wide;alt 7740 ft;in Y National Park Yonkers,c,NY;on Hudson;light inds;p 190,634 York,c,Neb;rly ctr;p 6173 York,c,Penn;agr tools,confectionery,tobacco;p 54504 Yosemite Falls,3 cateracts,of Yosemite Creek,Cal Youngstown,industl c,Ohio;on Beaver R,60 mi NW Pittsburg;iron- and steel-mkg, heavy engin;p 166,689 Ypsilanti,c,Mich;on Huron R;agr mkt,mnfs;p 20,957 Yuba,R,Cal;trib of Feather-Sacramento R Yuma,Ariz,t;at confluence of Rs Gila and Colorado nr Mexican-US bdy;ctr of irrigated agr,obtaining water from Laguna and Imperial Dams;cotton,citrus fruits,alfalfa;p 23,974 Zanesville,t,Ohio;textiles,pottery,machin;p 39,077