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Four Corners (other)
The Four Corners is a region in the southwestern United States where the corners of Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona meet. Four Corners or 4 Corners may also refer to: Places Canada * Four corners (Canada), the point where Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut theoretically meet * Four Corners, in Malton, Mississauga, Ontario * Four Corners, Sudbury, Ontario United States ''Listed alphabetically by state'' * Four Corners Monument, a marker at the Four Corners intersection of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah * Four Corners, California (other) ** Four Corners, Contra Costa County, California * Four Corners, Florida * Four Presidents Corners, Indiana * Four Corners, Maryland, a neighborhood in Silver Spring * Four Corners, Dorchester, Boston, a residential area within Boston, Massachusetts ** Four Corners/Geneva station, a commuter rail station in Boston, Massachusetts * Four Corners, Minnesota, an unincorporated community in nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Four Corners
The Four Corners is a region of the Southwestern United States consisting of the southwestern corner of Colorado, southeastern corner of Utah, northeastern corner of Arizona, and northwestern corner of New Mexico. The Four Corners area is named after the quadripoint at the intersection of approximately 37° north latitude with 109° 03' west longitude, where the boundaries of the four states meet, and are marked by the Four Corners Monument. It is the only location in the United States where four states meet. Most of the Four Corners region belongs to semi-autonomous Native American nations, the largest of which is the Navajo Nation, followed by Hopi, Ute, and Zuni tribal reserves and nations. The Four Corners region is part of a larger region known as the Colorado Plateau and is mostly rural, rugged, and arid. In addition to the monument, commonly visited areas within Four Corners include Monument Valley, Mesa Verde National Park, Chaco Canyon, Canyons of the Ancie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vestal, New York
Vestal is a Town (New York), town within Broome County, New York, Broome County in the Southern Tier of New York (state), New York, United States, and lies between the Susquehanna River and the Pennsylvania border. As of the 2020 census, the population was 29,110. Vestal is on the southern border of the county and is west and southwest of Binghamton, New York, Binghamton. Vestal is home to Binghamton University which draws visitors to the town through its entertainment and sporting events. The university adds thousands of students to the town and employs more than 3,000 faculty and staff. History The first European settlers arrived in Vestal around 1785. The central area of Vestal, near Route 26 at Choconut Creek, was the site of an indigenous village of the Ochugnut tribe of the Tuscarora people. During the American Revolution, a squad of soldiers from the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment, under the command of Lt. William McKendry were sent to engage the tribes, when possible, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozambique to the east. The capital and largest city is Harare. The second largest city is Bulawayo. A country of roughly 15 million people, Zimbabwe has 16 official languages, with English, Shona language, Shona, and Northern Ndebele language, Ndebele the most common. Beginning in the 9th century, during its late Iron Age, the Bantu peoples, Bantu people (who would become the ethnic Shona people, Shona) built the city-state of Great Zimbabwe which became one of the major African trade centres by the 11th century, controlling the gold, ivory and copper trades with the Swahili coast, which were connected to Arab and Indian states. By the mid 15th century, the city-state had been abandoned. From there, the Kingdom of Zimbabwe was established, fol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zambia
Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most central point. Its neighbours are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the northeast, Malawi to the east, Mozambique to the southeast, Zimbabwe and Botswana to the south, Namibia to the southwest, and Angola to the west. The capital city of Zambia is Lusaka, located in the south-central part of Zambia. The nation's population of around 19.5 million is concentrated mainly around Lusaka in the south and the Copperbelt Province to the north, the core economic hubs of the country. Originally inhabited by Khoisan peoples, the region was affected by the Bantu expansion of the thirteenth century. Following the arrival of European exploration of Africa, European explorers in the eighteenth century, the British colonised the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Namibia
Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. Although Kazungula, it does not border Zimbabwe, less than 200 metres (660 feet) of the Botswanan right bank of the Zambezi, Zambezi River separates the two countries. Namibia gained independence from South Africa on 21 March 1990, following the Namibian War of Independence. Its capital and largest city is Windhoek. Namibia is a member state of the United Nations (UN), the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the African Union (AU) and the Commonwealth of Nations. The driest country in sub-Saharan Africa, Namibia has been inhabited since pre-historic times by the San people, San, Damara people, Damara and Nama people. Around the 14th century, immigration, immigrating Bantu peoples arrived as part of the Bantu expansion. Since ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Botswana
Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label=Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalahari Desert. It is bordered by South Africa to the south and southeast, Namibia to the west and north, and Zimbabwe to the northeast. It is connected to Zambia across the short Zambezi River border by the Kazungula Bridge. A country of slightly over 2.3 million people, Botswana is one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world. About 11.6 percent of the population lives in the capital and largest city, Gaborone. Formerly one of the world's poorest countries—with a GDP per capita of about US$70 per year in the late 1960s—it has since transformed itself into an upper-middle-income country, with one of the world's fastest-growing economies. Modern-day humans first inhabited the country over 200,000 years ago. The Tswana ethnic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Four Corners Of The World (other)
Four corners of the world is a portrayal of the four compass points in several cosmological and mythological systems. Four corners of the world may also refer to: * Four continents, a 16th-century European view of the globe * 4 Corners of the World, label on the logo of Four Corners Records * '' The Four Corners of the World'', a 1917 short-story collection by A. E. W. Mason * ''Ad quattuor cardines mundi'' ("to the four corners of the earth"), motto of St Cross College, Oxford * ''Four Corners of the World'', a 1958 album by Juan García Esquivel * ''Four Corners Of The World'', Chapter 098 of DJ Screw's official Screwtape mixtape series * ''The Four Corners of the World'', a musical work for brass ensembles by Ronald Hanmer * "The Four Corners Of The Earth", a song on the 1992 album '' Difficult Loves'' by Weddings Parties Anything * "At the Four Corners of the Earth", a track on the 1997 album ''The Divine Wings of Tragedy'' by Symphony X See also * Four Corners (disambiguat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Four Corners, Wyoming
Four Corners is a place in Weston County, Wyoming, Weston County, Wyoming, United States. It is located in northeastern Wyoming near the Bear Lodge Mountains, part of the Black Hills, at the intersection of U.S. Route 85#Wyoming, U.S. Route 85 and Wyoming Highway 585. It is located north of Newcastle, Wyoming, Newcastle, southeast of Sundance, Wyoming, and southwest of Lead, South Dakota. Originally a stage station on the famous stagecoach road Cheyenne-Black Hills Stage Route and Rawhide Buttes and Running Water Stage Stations, Cheyenne Black Hills Stage Route connecting Cheyenne, Wyoming, Cheyenne and the Union Pacific Railroad with the gold fields of Deadwood, South Dakota, Deadwood, it is today the site of a small store, bed-and-breakfast ranches, vacation homes, and tourist camps. References {{Wyoming-geo-stub Weston County, Wyoming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Four Corners, Wisconsin (other)
Four Corners, Wisconsin may refer to: * Four Corners, Burnett County, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community in Burnett County *Four Corners, Douglas County, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community in Douglas County *Four Corners, Langlade County, Wisconsin Evergreen is a town in Langlade County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 495 as of the 2010 census. The unincorporated communities of Elton and Four Corners are located in the town. Geography Evergreen is in southeastern Langlade Cou ..., an unincorporated community in Langlade County * Four Corners, Monroe County, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community in Monroe County {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Four Corners, Texas
Four Corners is a census-designated place (CDP) within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of Houston in Fort Bend County, Texas, Fort Bend County, Texas, United States. The population was 12,103 at the 2020 census, up from 2,954 at the 2000 census. History Four Corners began as a community of extended families. By 2011 it had become a rapidly suburbanizing area.Kever, Jeannie.FACING A CROSSROADS" ''Houston Chronicle''. June 1, 2011. Retrieved on June 3, 2011. Geography Four Corners is located near the northeastern border of Fort Bend County at (29.669366, -95.659147). It is bordered to the north by the Mission Bend, Texas, Mission Bend CDP and to the east, south, and west by small units of the city of Houston. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.12%, is water. The original community was centered on the four-way intersection of Boss Gaston, Old Richmond, and Richmond Gaines roads. The census-designated place as of 2011 inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Four Corners Of Law
The Four Corners of Law is a term commonly used to refer to the intersection of Meeting and Broad Streets in Charleston, South Carolina. It was coined in the 1930s by Robert Ripley, creator of ''Ripley's Believe it or Not!'' and refers to the buildings occupying the four corners of the intersection: # St. Michael's Episcopal Church (Charleston, South Carolina), constructed between 1752 and 1761, stands on the southeast corner of the intersection. # On the northeast corner of the Four Corners is Charleston City Hall, constructed in the Adamesque style between 1800 and 1804. # Across the street, on the northwest corner, stands the Charleston County Courthouse. Originally constructed in 1753 as South Carolina )''Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no) , anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind" , Former = Province of South Carolina , seat = Columbia , LargestCity = Charleston , LargestMetro = ...'s provincial capital, the bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Four Corners, Jackson County, Oregon
Four Corners is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. It is northeast of Central Point and north of Medford in the Rogue Valley The Rogue Valley is a valley region in southwestern Oregon in the United States. Located along the middle Rogue River (Oregon), Rogue River and its tributaries in Josephine County, Oregon, Josephine and Jackson County, Oregon, Jackson counties, t .... It is slightly north of Rogue Valley International–Medford Airport. References Unincorporated communities in Jackson County, Oregon Unincorporated communities in Oregon {{JacksonCountyOR-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
