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Dogtown Site
Dogtown or Dog Town may refer to: Entertainment * ''Dogtown'' (film), a 1997 film * "Dogtown" (''The Simpsons''), a 2017 season episode * '' DogTown'', a National Geographic Channel series * ''Dogtown'', a 2006 television show, starring Geraldine McNulty * "Dogtown", a song by Harry Chapin from the album '' Heads & Tales'' (1972) * "Dogtown", a song by Yoko Ono from the album ''A Story'' (1974) * "Dogtown", a song by The Fratellis from the album '' Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied'' (2015) * '' Dogtown and Z-Boys'' (2001), a 2001 documentary film about skateboarding * '' Lords of Dogtown'' (2005), a 2005 film based on ''Dogtown and Z-Boys'' * Dogtown Records, a record label established by musician Byard Lancaster, active in the 1970s Places * Dogtown, California (other), the name or nickname of several places in California * Dog Town, California * Dogtown, El Dorado County, California * Dogtown, Marin County, California * Dogtown, Mariposa County, California * Dogtown, San Joa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dogtown (film)
''Dogtown'' is a 1997 American drama film by George Hickenlooper about life in the small town of Cuba, Missouri starring Mary Stuart Masterson, Jon Favreau, Rory Cochrane, Harold Russell, and Natasha Gregson Wagner. Plot A failed actor returns to his small hometown, unaware that he has become a local celebrity. Taking advantage of his newfound fame, he attempts to impress an old unrequited crush who has fallen on hard times. Cast * Trevor St. John as Phillip Van Horn, failed actor who returns to his hometown, had crush on Dorothy in high school * Mary Stuart Masterson as Dorothy Sternen, former beauty queen, now an alcoholic and depressed hairdresser in off/on relationship with Ezra * Jon Favreau as Ezra Good, racist bully from Phillip's past; off/on relationship with Dorothy * Karen Black as Rose Van Horn, Phillip's mother who sings in a local band * Harold Russell as Blessed William, a war veteran who runs the cigar store; Russell's final role before his death * Natasha Gregs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dogtown, Marin County, California
Dogtown (originally named Woodville) is an unincorporated community in the rural West MarinEMS Program, Annual Report 2000 Prehospital Care Information System, Marin County, Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Health Services, April 2001, retrieved September 12, 2007 region of coastal , in the 's [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dogtown, Mississippi
Dogtown is a ghost town in Lafayette County, Mississippi, United States, located on Highway 334, southeast of Oxford Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the .... At one time it was the location of Dogtown School. All that remains of Dogtown is the abandoned White's Grocery. References Former populated places in Lafayette County, Mississippi Ghost towns in Mississippi {{LafayetteCountyMS-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dogtown, Massachusetts
Dogtown (also Dogtown Commons or Dogtown Common or Dogtown Village) is an abandoned inland settlement on Cape Ann in Massachusetts. History Early history Once known as the ''Common Settlement'', the area later known as Dogtown is divided between the city of Gloucester and the town of Rockport. Dogtown was first settled in 1693, and according to legend the name of the settlement came from dogs that women kept while their husbands were fighting in the American Revolution. The community grew to be 5 square miles, and was an ideal location as it provided protection from pirates, and enemy natives. By the early 1700s, the land was opened up to individual settlement as previously it had been used as common land for wood and pasturing cattle and sheep. It is estimated that at one point 60 to 80 homes stood in Dogtown at its peak population. In the mid-1700s as many as 100 families inhabited Dogtown which was stable until after the American Revolution. Decline Various factors led t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dogtown, Florida
Dogtown is an unincorporated community in Gadsden County, Florida, United States. It is located south of the Florida-Georgia state line, along County Road 159. A portion of a geologic clay formation found in North Florida called the Torreya Formation is exposed near Dogtown, and two mines were located there. The Douglas Owens Mine, as well as the La Camelia Mine, owned by Engelhard Minerals and Chemicals Corporation, mined resources from an outcrop of the Torreya Formation known as the "Dogtown Member". Fossils of ''Carcharodon hastalis'', a shark which existed from the early Miocene through early-late Pliocene The Pliocene ( ; also Pleiocene) is the epoch in the geologic time scale that extends from 5.333 million to 2.58 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dogtown, Walker County, Alabama
Dogtown is an unincorporated community in Walker County, Alabama, United States. History United States federal judge Frank Minis Johnson Frank Minis Johnson Jr. (October 30, 1918 – July 23, 1999) was a United States federal judge, United States district judge and United States Circuit Judge serving 1955 to 1999 on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alaba ...'s father, Frank M. Johnson, Sr., formerly taught at a school in Dogtown. The area is home to several abandoned coal mines. References Unincorporated communities in Walker County, Alabama Unincorporated communities in Alabama {{WalkerCountyAL-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dogtown, DeKalb County, Alabama
Dogtown, also known as Cagle's Crossroads, Dog Town, and Ruhama, is an unincorporated community in DeKalb County, Alabama DeKalb County is a county located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the population was 71,608. Its county seat is Fort Payne, and it is named after Major General Baron Johan DeKalb. DeKalb County is ..., United States. History First called Cagle's Crossroads after a local family, the community was then called Dogtown due to the large number of hunters and their dogs that frequented the area. It is also referred to as Ruhama, in reference to a local Baptist church that was organized in 1900. References Unincorporated communities in DeKalb County, Alabama Unincorporated communities in Alabama {{DeKalbCountyAL-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dogtown, Tulare County, California
White River is a little unincorporated community in Tulare County, ten miles east of Delano, California, United States. It was founded as a gold camp in 1856, during the Kern River Gold Rush. It was first located on the Coarse Gold Gulch two miles west of the present site and was called Dogtown. When the first road was built to Linn's Valley, Dogtown was moved a mile and a half west to the road. Its name was changed to Tailholt after one of the first stagecoaches to stop in town provided the new name, due to a humorous incident. It involved a lady passenger on the stagecoach who grabbed the tail of her dog as it jumped out the window in pursuit of a cat. She hung on screaming for help until the owner of the local restaurant, Mother Cummings, came to her rescue. While she was lifting the dog through the window of the coach she said, "Well Ma'am, a tail-holt is better than a no holt at all". The coach driver, Yank, on his return to Visalia told the postmaster and keeper of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dogtown, San Joaquin County, California
Dogtown is a census-designated place in San Joaquin County, California. Dogtown sits at an elevation of . The 2020 United States census reported Dogtown's population was 2,643, which is up from 2,506 in the 2010 United States census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 13.0 square miles (33.6 km2), 99.83% of it land and 0.17% of it water. Demographics The 2010 United States Census reported that Dogtown had a population of 2,506. The population density was . The racial makeup of Dogtown was 2,040 (81.4%) White, 15 (0.6%) African American, 23 (0.9%) Native American, 57 (2.3%) Asian, 2 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 253 (10.1%) from other races, and 116 (4.6%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 638 persons (25.5%). The Census reported that 2,506 people (100% of the population) lived in households, 0 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized. There were 849 househo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dogtown, Mariposa County, California
Dogtown is an unincorporated community in Mariposa County, California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ..., United States. It is located on Maxwell Creek east of Coulterville, at an elevation of 2582 feet (787 m). References Unincorporated communities in California Unincorporated communities in Mariposa County, California {{MariposaCountyCA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |