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Bernice may refer to: Places In the United States * Bernice, Arkansas, an unincorporated community * Bernice, Louisiana, a town * Bernice, Nevada, a ghost town * Bernice, Oklahoma, a town * Bernice Coalfield, a coalfield in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania Elsewhere * Bernice, Manitoba, Canada, a community * Bernice, an Old English name for Bernicia, an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in the 6th and 7th centuries Other uses * Bernice (given name), including a list of persons and characters with the name * Hurricane Bernice (other), tropical cyclones in the eastern Pacific Ocean * USS ''Mary Alice'' (SP-397), a patrol vessel originally a private steam yacht named ''Bernice'' See also * Berenice (other) Berenice is a feminine name. Berenice may also refer to: Places * Berenice, ancient Greek name for Benghazi (in Libya); still a Catholic titular episcopal see * Berenike (Epirus), ancient Greek city in Epirus * Berenice Troglodytica,also kno ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bernice, Arkansas
Bernice is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Illinois Township, Pope County, Arkansas, Illinois Township, Pope County, Arkansas, Pope County, Arkansas, United States. The area, located on Arkansas Highway 7 Truck, is now part of Russellville, Arkansas, Russellville."Feature Detail Report for: Bernice, Arkansas." USGS]Profile.Retrieved June 22, 2010. References Unincorporated communities in Pope County, Arkansas Unincorporated communities in Arkansas {{PopeCountyAR-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bernice, Louisiana
Bernice is a town in Union Parish, Louisiana, Union Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 1,689 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, a decrease from 1,809 in 2000 United States Census, 2000. It is part of the Monroe, Louisiana, Monroe Monroe, Louisiana metropolitan area, Metropolitan Statistical Area. History The area was part of the Louisiana frontier and pine forests, but early houses survive from the mid-nineteenth century: among the oldest homes are the R.T. Moore/Gresham/Stenzel House, known as the "Sweet Onion", and McCuller Log Cabin, both circa 1865. Bernice was established in 1899 as a sawmill town after Captain C.C. Henderson built the Arkansas Southern Railroad, the first railway in Union Parish. Also an agricultural trade center, Bernice is the youngest European-American town to be founded in the parish. The area was known as the "big woods" because of its large stands of huge virgin pine. Henderson built the railroad to enable harvesting of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bernice, Nevada
Bernice is a ghost town in Churchill County, in the U.S. state of Nevada. It was approximately northeast of Dixie Valley The Dixie Valley is an endorheic basin which had plentiful ground water (free-flowing artesian wells) around which ranches were built. Prior to the US Navy TOPGUN school moving from California to Nevada, the valley was purchased in 1995 for $10 .... History Variant names were "Casket" and "Caskett". A post office called Casket was established in 1882, the name was changed to Bernice in 1883, and the post office closed in 1894. Different dates are given in Gamett & Paher, as cited by the GNIS, which states that the post office was called Casket from June 1882 until January 1883 and then Bernice from July 1883 to June 1884. According to tradition, "Bernice" was the name of a miner's love interest. External links Bernice(forgottennevada.com) - includes a number of newspaper articles. References Ghost towns in Churchill County, Nevada Ghost towns in Ne ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bernice, Oklahoma
Bernice is a town in Delaware County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 562 at the 2010 census, an increase of 11.5 percent over the figure of 504 recorded in 2000. The town is now primarily a vacation and retirement area. It claims to be the "Crappie Fishing Capital of the World."Sharon Koons, "Bernice." ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''. Accessed July 19, 2012. History Bernice was founded in 1912, after Rose Mode and his partner, Charles Lee, bought of land in the Horse Creek Basin of northwestern Delaware County. The town was named for Mode's daughter, Bernice. A post office was established on February 12, 1913, and the town soon become a local agricultural center. By 1918, Bernice had an estimated ...[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bernice Coalfield
The Bernice Coalfield is in Cherry and Colley Townships of Sullivan County, Pennsylvania Sullivan County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,840, making it the second-least populous county in Pennsylvania. Its county seat is Laporte .... The villages of Mildred, Lopez, Murraytown and Bernice surround the Coalfields. Primarily semi-anthracite coal was mined here. Both strip mining and deep mining was done. References * Anthracite Coal Region of Pennsylvania Coal mining regions in the United States Geography of Sullivan County, Pennsylvania Mining in Pennsylvania {{mining-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bernice, Manitoba
Bernice is an unincorporated place in the Municipality of Two Borders, south-west of Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. History A school was organized in 1888 named Gould School on SW22-5-26W. It was relocated to SE23-5-26 and renamed Bernice School No. 547. The school operated in that location until 1965 when the students were transferred to Napinka Consolidated School No. 2369. In 1906, the locality was a station on the CP Rail Alida subdivision linking Alida, Saskatchewan and Lauder, Manitoba. The station was closed in 1952. The line was abandoned in 1978 after a flood in 1976 washed out the Bernice bridge. A post office was established in 1910 and closed in 1916. Geography The community is located on Highway 345 between the communities of Bede and Lauder. It is north-east of the Town of Melita. The area surrounding the community was greatly affected by wind erosion during the drought years of the 1930's Some farmland abandoned at that time has been brought back into cu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bernicia
Bernicia ( ang, Bernice, Bryneich, Beornice; la, Bernicia) was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom established by Anglian settlers of the 6th century in what is now southeastern Scotland and North East England. The Anglian territory of Bernicia was approximately equivalent to the modern English counties of Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, and Durham, as well as the Scottish counties of Berwickshire and East Lothian, stretching from the Forth to the Tees. In the early 7th century, it merged with its southern neighbour, Deira, to form the kingdom of Northumbria, and its borders subsequently expanded considerably. Brittonic ''Bryneich'' Etymologies Bernicia occurs in Old Welsh poetry as ''Bryneich'' or ''Brynaich'' and in the 9th-century ''Historia Brittonum'', (§ 61) as ''Berneich'' or ''Birneich''. This was most likely the name of the native Brittonic kingdom , whose name was then adopted by the Anglian settlers who rendered it in Old English as ''Bernice'' or ''Beornice'' . The coun ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bernice (given Name)
Bernice is a given name. People Some notable individuals with the name include: * Berenice (daughter of Herod Agrippa I) (28 AD-?), spelled "Bernice" in the New Testament * Bernice Pauahi Bishop (1831-1884), a Hawaiian princess * Bernice Coppieters (born 1970), Belgian ballet dancer * Bernice Gera (1931-1992), the first female umpire in professional baseball * Bernice Gottlieb (born 1931), early leader in the trans-racial adoption movement *Bernice Kentner (1929-2018), American cosmetologist and author * Bernice King (born 1963), Baptist minister and daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King * Bernice Neugarten (1916-2001), professor and researcher in the field of aging * Bernice Petkere (1901–2000), American songwriter dubbed the "Queen of Tin Pan Alley" by Irving Berlin * Bernice Rubens (1928–2004), Booker Prize-winning Welsh novelist * Bernice F. Sisk (1910-1995), American Democratic Congressman from California Fictional characters * Bernice, Bert's pet pigeon from the children ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hurricane Bernice (other)
The name Bernice has been used for five tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. * Tropical Storm Bernice (1962), landfall in Baja California * Tropical Storm Bernice (1965), formed south of Puerto Angel, Mexico; no landfall * Hurricane Bernice (1969), no landfall * Tropical Storm Bernice (1973), landfall southwest of Zihuatanejo * Tropical Storm Bernice (1977) The 1977 Pacific hurricane season stands alongside 2010 as the least active Pacific hurricane season since reliable records began in 1971. Only eight tropical storms formed throughout the year; four further intensified into hurricanes, yet none s ..., formed southeast of Acapulco; no landfall {{DEFAULTSORT:Bernice Pacific hurricane set index articles ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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USS Mary Alice (SP-397)
USS ''Mary Alice'' (SP-397) was a United States Navy patrol vessel commissioned in 1917 and sunk in 1918. ''Mary Alice'' was built as the fast, private steam yacht ''Bernice'' in 1897 in Brooklyn, New York. She was renamed ''Oneta'' in 1907 and ''Mary Alice'' in 1910. On 10 August 1917, the U.S. Navy purchased ''Mary Alice'' from William J. Conners of Buffalo, New York, for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned as USS ''Mary Alice'' (SP-397) the same day. As a unit of the Naval Coast Defense Reserve, ''Mary Alice'' was assigned to the 3rd Naval District. She patrolled Long Island Sound and the approaches to New York Harbor. In early October 1918, ''Mary Alice'', with Captain William A. Gill, President of the U.S. Navys Board of Inspection and Survey, embarked, served as an escort for the new submarine USS ''O-13'' (Submarine No. 74) in Long Island Sound during ''O-13''s pre-commissioning acceptance trials. On 5 October 1918 while conductin ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |