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Falmouth may refer to: Places Antigua * Falmouth, Antigua and Barbuda *Falmouth Harbour, Antigua Australia *Falmouth, Tasmania, a locality in North-east Tasmania Canada *Falmouth, Nova Scotia, a community in Hants County * Upper Falmouth, Nova Scotia Jamaica *Falmouth, Jamaica, the capital of Trelawny Parish United Kingdom *Falmouth, Cornwall, the original Falmouth from which most of the others are named **Falmouth Docks railway station **Falmouth Town railway station United States * Falmouth, Florida *Falmouth, Indiana *Falmouth, Kentucky *Falmouth, Maine, a New England town **Falmouth (CDP), Maine, a village in the town * Falmouth, Massachusetts, a New England town **Falmouth (CDP), Massachusetts, a village in the town *Falmouth, Michigan *Falmouth, Pennsylvania *Falmouth, Virginia Falmouth is a census-designated place (CDP) in Stafford County, Virginia, United States. Situated on the north bank of the Rappahannock River at the falls, the community is north of and op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falmouth, Antigua And Barbuda
Falmouth is a coastal port town located in Saint Paul Parish on the island of Antigua, in Antigua and Barbuda. The town is located in the south of the island, at the end of Falmouth Harbour. A road links Falmouth with the nearby larger town of Liberta inland to the north. In 2018, a proposal was made for squatters Squatting is the action of occupying an abandoned or unoccupied area of land or a building, usually residential, that the squatter does not own, rent or otherwise have lawful permission to use. The United Nations estimated in 2003 that there ... who had lived on their land for ten years or more to buy their plots for $1 per foot². Demographics Falmouth has one enumeration district, ED 71600''.'' Census Data (2011) See also English Harbour References Populated places in Antigua and Barbuda Saint Paul Parish, Antigua and Barbuda {{Antigua-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falmouth, Kentucky
Falmouth is a home rule-class city in, and the county seat of, Pendleton County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 2,169 according to the 2010 census. It lies at the confluence of the South and Main forks of the Licking River and is home to Kincaid Regional Theatre. Geography Falmouth is located at (38.673860, -84.334213). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. History Possibly settled as early as 1780, Falmouth was laid out by John Waller (1758–1823) and formally established by the state assembly in 1793. Waller named the new settlement after his native Falmouth, Virginia. It was incorporated as a city in 1856. The town is perhaps best remembered for natural disasters that have devastated the town over the last half of the 20th century. In 1964, the Licking River reached 47 feet (19 feet above flood stage) and left much of the town under water. On April 23, 1968 an F4 (possibly F5) tornado leveled many ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Falmouth
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Falmouth'', after the town of Falmouth: * was a 30-gun ship, formerly the Dutch ''Rotterdam''. She was captured in 1652 and sold in 1658. * was a 58-gun fourth rate launched in 1693 and captured by French privateers in the Mediterranean in 1704. * was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1708. She was reconstructed in 1729 and broken up in 1747. * was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1752. She was beached and abandoned at Batavia on 16 January 1765 after suffering serious battle damage off Manila. * was a schooner launched in 1807. She was used as a dockyard vessel until 1824 when she was converted to a mortar vessel. She reverted to a dockyard lighter in 1846 and was renamed ''YC1''. She was renamed ''YC46'' in 1870, reverting to ''Falmouth'' in 1870, and was sold in 1883. * was a 22-gun sixth rate launched in 1814 and sold in 1825. * HMS ''Falmouth'' was to have been a wooden screw sloop, ordered from Deptford Dockyard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falmouth, Virginia
Falmouth is a census-designated place (CDP) in Stafford County, Virginia, United States. Situated on the north bank of the Rappahannock River at the falls, the community is north of and opposite the city of Fredericksburg. Recognized by the U.S. Census Bureau as a census-designated place (CDP), Falmouth's population was 4,274 as of the 2010 census. History Founded in 1728 by the same act of the Virginia General Assembly that established neighboring Fredericksburg, Falmouth was created as a port town on the Rappahannock to serve inhabitants living north of the river within the vast Northern Neck holdings of Lord Fairfax. His agent, Robert "King" Carter, promoted the establishment of the town, and the Carter family played a dominant role in the town's development throughout much of the colonial period. Hunter's Ironworks, also known as Rappahannock Forge, was an iron furnace located near Falmouth. Thomas Jefferson made special provision to protect the ironworks during the Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falmouth, Pennsylvania
Falmouth is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Conoy Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 420, but the 2020 census shows that the population has decreased to 397. Geography Falmouth is in the northwest corner of Lancaster County, at the confluence of Conewago Creek with the Susquehanna River. It is bordered to the northwest, across Conewago Creek, by Londonderry Township in Dauphin County. To the southwest, across the Susquehanna River, is the borough of York Haven in York County. Falmouth is south of the closed Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station. Pennsylvania Route 441 (River Road) passes through Falmouth, leading north (up the Susquehanna) to Middletown and southeast (downriver) to Bainbridge and to Columbia. Lancaster, the county seat, is southeast of Falmouth. According to the U.S. Census Bureau The United States Census Bureau (USCB), officially the Bureau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falmouth, Michigan
Falmouth is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Missaukee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The community is located within Clam Union Township. History It began as a lumbering settlement and was first known as "Pinhook". A post office named Falmouth was established on December 18, 1871, with Eugene W. Watson as the first postmaster. In 1873, Falmouth nearly became the county seat, losing to Reeder (now Lake City) by one vote. John Koopman built a store in 1879, and in 1881 bought the village plat In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. United States General Land Office surveyors drafted township plats of Public Lands Surveys to show the distance and bear ..., along with its saw, shingle and grist mill. Geography The Falmouth post office, with ZIP code 49632, also serves portions of northern and eastern Clam Union Township, as well as all of Holland Towns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falmouth (CDP), Massachusetts
Falmouth is a census-designated place (CDP) consisting of the primary settlement in the town of Falmouth in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The population of the CDP was 3,799 at the 2010 census, out of 31,532 in the town as a whole. It was named after Falmouth, Cornwall, England. Geography Falmouth CDP is located in the southern part of Falmouth town at (41.548504, -70.604842). It is bordered to the east by the Teaticket CDP and to the south by Vineyard Sound. Woods Hole is to the southwest, and West Falmouth is to the northwest. Massachusetts Route 28 (Palmer Avenue and Main Street) is the main road through the community. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of . of it is land, and of it (7.50%) is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 4,115 people, 2,125 households, and 988 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 767.5/km2 (1,992.5/mi2). There were 3,088 housing units at an average ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falmouth, Massachusetts
Falmouth ( ) is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 32,517 at the 2020 census, making Falmouth the second-largest municipality on Cape Cod after Barnstable. The terminal for the Steamship Authority ferries to Martha's Vineyard is located in the village of Woods Hole in Falmouth. Woods Hole also contains several scientific organizations such as the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), the Woodwell Climate Research Center, NOAA's Woods Hole Science Aquarium, and the scientific institutions' various museums. For geographic and demographic information on specific parts of the town of Falmouth, please see the articles on East Falmouth, Falmouth Village, North Falmouth, Teaticket, West Falmouth, and Woods Hole. Falmouth also encompasses the villages of Hatchville and Waquoit, which are not census-designated places and fall within the village of East Falmouth based on postal service. History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falmouth (CDP), Maine
Falmouth is a census-designated place (CDP) within the town of Falmouth in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,855 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Portland– South Portland–Biddeford, Maine Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Falmouth is located at . According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 25.02%, is water. The Falmouth CDP is centered along U.S. Route 1 in the southeastern part of the town of Falmouth, and is bordered to the north by the CDP of Falmouth Foreside, to the east by Casco Bay, to the south by the city of Portland, and to the west by the tidal arm of the Presumpscot River The Presumpscot River () is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed June 30, 2011 river located in Cumberland County, Maine. It is the main outlet of Sebago Lake. The rive ... and by Interstate 295. Demographi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falmouth, Maine
Falmouth is a New England town, town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 12,444 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. It is part of the Portland, Maine, Portland–South Portland, Maine, South Portland–Biddeford, Maine Portland-South Portland-Biddeford metropolitan area, metropolitan statistical area. This northern suburb of Portland borders Casco Bay and offers one of the largest anchorages in Maine. The town is home to three private golf clubs and the Portland Yacht Club. History Native Americans Native Americans followed receding glaciers into Maine around 11,000 Common Era, BCE. At the time of European contact in the sixteenth century, people speaking a western dialect of the Abenaki, Wabanaki language inhabited present-day Falmouth. Captain John Smith (explorer), John Smith observed a semi-autonomous Band society, band known as the Aucocisco living in Casco Bay. English explorer Christopher Levett met with the Aucocisco Sac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falmouth, Indiana
Falmouth is an unincorporated community in Fayette and Rush counties in the U.S. state of Indiana. Located at the northeastern corner of Union Township and the southeastern corner of Washington Township in Rush County and along the northwestern edge of Fairview Township in Fayette County, it lies at the intersection of CR800E (Rush County) with CR600N (Rush County)/CR400N(Fayette County). Falmouth sits northwest of Connersville and northeast of Rushville, the county seats of Fayette and Rush counties respectively. Its elevation is 1,070 feet (326 m), and it is located at (39.7008798, -85.3010781). Although Falmouth is unincorporated, it has a post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post offices may offer additional ser ... (located in Rush County), with the ZIP code of 46127. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falmouth Harbour
Falmouth Harbour is a horseshoe-shaped bay and natural harbour on the far southern coast of the island of Antigua in Antigua and Barbuda. It is located within Saint Paul Parish. Geography The small township and port of Falmouth lies close to its northern shore. English Harbour is located close to its eastern shore. Its geographic coordinates The geographic coordinate system (GCS) is a spherical or ellipsoidal coordinate system for measuring and communicating positions directly on the Earth as latitude and longitude. It is the simplest, oldest and most widely used of the various ... are . The harbour lies close to the eastern end of the Shekerley Mountains, a range of hills along Antigua's southern coast. Monk's Hill, the easternmost peak in the range, lies immediately to the north of the bay. See also * References *Miller, D. (ed.) (2005) ''Caribbean Islands. (4th edition)''. Footscray, VIC: Lonely Planet. *Scott, C. R. (ed.) (2005) ''Insight guide: Caribbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
