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Falk
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Falk may refer to: * Falk (name), including origin and list of people with this name * Falk, California, a ghost town * Falk Township, Minnesota * Postal abbreviation of Falkirk, an area of Scotland See also *Falx (other) *Faulk (other) * Falck (other) Falck may refer to: * Falck (surname) * Falck (emergency services company), Danish emergency service corporation * Falck Group, Italian steel mill company * Falck Renewables, Italian renewable energy project developer * Falck USA, American emergen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falkirk
Falkirk ( gd, An Eaglais Bhreac, sco, Fawkirk) is a large town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow. Falkirk had a resident population of 32,422 at the United Kingdom Census 2001, 2001 UK Census. The population of the town had risen to 34,570 according to a 2008 estimate, making it the List of towns and cities in Scotland by population, 20th most populous settlement in Scotland. Falkirk is the main town and administrative centre of the Falkirk (council area), Falkirk council area, which has an overall population of 156,800 and inholds the nearby towns of Grangemouth, Bo'ness, Denny, Falkirk, Denny, Camelon, Larbert and Stenhousemuir, and the cluster of Falkirk Braes, Braes villages. The town is at the junction of the Forth and Clyde Canal, Forth and Clyde and Union Canal (Scotland), Union Canals, a location which proved key to its growth as a centre o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falk (name)
Falk is a given name and surname cognate with the word falcon. Surname * Adalbert Falk (1827–1900), Prussian minister of culture * Adam Falk (born 1965), Physicist * Alexander A. Falk (1900–1975), New York politician * Armin Falk (born 1968), German economist * Bayla Falk, Talmudist * Bernard Falk (1943–1990), UK television reporter * Bibb Falk (1899–1989), American baseball player and coach * David Falk (born 1950), American sports agent * Gertrude Falk (1925–2008), American physiologist * Hayyim Samuel Jacob Falk (1708–1782), better known as Baal Shem of London, British rabbi * Jacob Joshua Falk (Jacob Joshua ben Tzebi Hirsch Falk; 1680–1756), Talmudist and author of Pene Yehoshua * James Falk (born 1954), American inventor * Jim Falk (born 1946), Physicist and academic researcher * Johan Peter Falk (sometimes spelled Falck; 1733–1774), Swedish botanist * Johannes Daniel Falk (1768–1826), German writer * Joshua Falk (Joshua ben Alexander ha-Kohen Falk; 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falk, California
Falk is a logging company town that was included in the Headwaters Forest Reserve in Northern California. The town was founded by Noah and Elijah Falk. Noah Falk came to California in 1854 and formed the Elk River Mill and Lumber Company with two partners. Falk was built around the Falk sawmill in 1884 to house the families of immigrant lumberjacks from Sweden, Norway, Ireland and Nova Scotia. The town of 400 with a cookhouse, a dance hall, a general store, a post office and a school thrived until 1937 when the great depression closed the lumber mill and the town was soon abandoned. Among the last residents were Charlie Webb and his wife who acted as property caretaker A property caretaker is a person, group, or organization that cares for real estate for trade or financial compensation, and sometimes as a barter for rent-free living accommodations.Dunn, Gary"Property Caretaking Rent Free"Escape Artist Magazin ...s for the lumber company. After Charlie died, the lumber company ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falk Township, Minnesota
Falk Township is a township in Clearwater County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 261 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (0.74%) is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 261 people, 87 households, and 70 families residing in the township. The population density was 7.2 people per square mile (2.8/km2). There were 95 housing units at an average density of 2.6/sq mi (1.0/km2). The racial makeup of the township was 70.88% White, 23.37% Native American, and 5.75% from two or more races. There were 87 households, out of which 42.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.1% were married couples living together, 14.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.4% were non-families. 17.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average hou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faulk (other)
Faulk may refer to: People *Andrew Jackson Faulk (1814–1898), 3rd Governor of Dakota Territory * Clarence Faulk (1909–2010), American journalist and broadcaster *John Henry Faulk (1913–1990), American radio show host * Justin Faulk (born 1992), American ice hockey player *Kevin Faulk (born 1976), American football player *Larry Faulk ( Abdul Salaam (football player)), NFL football player * Marshall Faulk (born 1973), NFL American football player * Mary Lena Faulk (1926–1995), American professional golfer * Mike Faulk, American politician from Tennessee * Trev Faulk (born 1981), American footballer Places *Faulk County, South Dakota Faulk County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,125. Its county seat is Faulkton. The county was founded in 1873 and organized in 1883. It is named for Andrew Jackson Faulk, the third G ... ** Faulkton, South Dakota See also * Faulks * Falk (other) {{Falcon-surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falx (other)
Falx may refer to: *Falciform ligament, a ligament of the liver *Falx, a sickle, scythe or sickle-like weapon used by Dacians *Falx cerebelli and falx cerebri, two parts of the dura mater of the brain *Foramen ovale (heart), a fetal cardiac shunt, also called the falx septi * Nu Persei *Conjoint tendon, a sickle-shaped tendon of the transversus abdominis muscle, also called the inguinal aponeurotic falx [Baidu] |
