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Wilson
Wilson may refer to: People *Wilson (name) ** List of people with given name Wilson ** List of people with surname Wilson * Wilson (footballer, 1927–1998), Brazilian manager and defender *Wilson (footballer, born 1984), full name Wilson Rodrigues de Moura Júnior, Brazilian goalkeeper *Wilson (footballer, born 1985), full name Wilson Rodrigues Fonseca, Brazilian forward *Wilson (footballer, born 1975), full name Wilson Roberto dos Santos, Brazilian centre-back Places Australia * Wilson, South Australia * Wilson, Western Australia * Wilson Inlet, Western Australia * Wilson Reef, Queensland * Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, Australia, and hence: :*Wilsons Promontory Islands Important Bird Area :*Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse :*Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park :*Wilsons Promontory National Park Canada * Wilson Avenue (Toronto), Ontario ** Wilson (TTC) subway station ** Wilson Subway Yard Poland * Wilson Square (''Plac Wilsona''), in Warsaw United Kingdom * Wils ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilson (TTC)
Wilson is a List of Toronto subway stations, subway station on Line 1 Yonge–University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the median of Allen Road at Wilson Avenue. Wi-Fi service is available at this station. History Wilson Station was opened in what was then the North York, Borough of North York as the last station in the 1978 subway line extension north from St. George Station. According to historian Mike Filey, Wilson Avenue is a misspelling of Arthur L. Willson, who was a clerk and treasurer of York Township for over twelve years around 1875. Among Arthur Willson's accomplishments were writing a "municipal manual", "which has been found of practical value as a guide to those requiring a knowledge of municipal law", according to a history of the County of York. Wilson was the northwestern terminus of the Yonge–University line for eighteen years and a major hub for TTC bus service, but with the extension to (then named ''Downsview'') in 1996, many of the bus rou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilson, Kansas
Wilson is a city in Ellsworth County, Kansas, United States. The community promotes itself as the "Czech Capital of Kansas" due to the role of Czech immigrant settlers in its early history. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 859. History The Butterfield Overland Despatch built a stagecoach station one-half mile south of present-day Wilson in 1865. Three years later, the Kansas Pacific Railway built Wilson Station, named after the surrounding township, at the modern town site. In 1871, The National Land Company surveyed and planned the first town there, naming it Bosland in the hopes of attracting the cattle trade. Settlers from Pennsylvania, including some Pennsylvania Dutch, arrived over the following year. The settlement never became a center of the cattle trade, however, and continued to be known as Wilson, a name the U.S. Post Office officially codified in 1873. Beginning in 1874, Czech immigrants from Bohemia came to Wilson to work on the railroad, e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilson Inlet
Wilson Inlet is a shallow, seasonally open estuary located on the coast of the Great Southern (Western Australia), Great Southern region of Western Australia. Description The inlet receives water from the two main rivers: the Denmark River and the Hay River (Western Australia), Hay River and some smaller rivers and streams such as the Sleeman River, Little River and Cuppup Creek. It is located south east of the town of Denmark, Western Australia, Denmark. The inlet is a wave dominated estuary with an opening mouth that has a width of with a bar blocking it from late January to August. The inlet is separated into two basins, the eastern and western basin. The estuary is situated on a narrow coastal plain between granite hills to the north and the west and the coastal dunes to the south. The area of the inlet is and it has an average depth of ; its deepest point is . The inlet is long from east to west and has a width of The inlet has a total catchment area of covering ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilson Subway Yard
Wilson Yard (also known as the Wilson Complex) is the largest of the Toronto Transit Commission's subway yards and bus garages. The subway yard services subway trains on Line 1 Yonge–University. The facility is located on Transit Road north of Wilson Avenue, in the former city of North York (now part of Toronto), between Wilson and Sheppard West stations. The site is on a large parcel of land first was once part of Downsview Airport, built in 1936. During World War II the airport was turned into a military facility, most often known as Canadian Forces Base Downsview. The site became available to the TTC around the 1970s, after the federal government sold off part of the base lands as surplus. In 1974 the TTC considered interim expedients for storage of subway vehicles, until the Wilson Yard became available. The yard was completed in 1976 and began operations in 1977. The facility also houses a bus barn and maintenance facilities for subway cars. When Downsview (the or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilson (name)
Wilson is an English, Scottish, and Northern Irish surname, common in the English-speaking world, with several distinct origins. The name is derived from a patronymic form of ''Will'', a popular medieval name. The medieval ''Will'' is derived from any of several names containing Old Norse or the first Germanic element ''wil'', meaning "desire". Possibly the most common of these names was ''William'', derived from elements ''wil'' and ''helm'', meaning "desire" and "helmet", "protection". The surname ''Wilson'' is first recorded in England as ''Willeson'' in 1324 and in Scotland as ''Wulson'' in 1405. It is the seventh most common surname in England, and tenth most common in the United States, occurring 783,051 times as of 2000. Wilson is also now quite common as a surname in many other countries with a large English-speaking population such as Canada, Australia, South Africa, and New Zealand. Wilson is the third most common surname in Scotland. In the 16th and 17th century the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilson, Ohio
Wilson is a village in Belmont and Monroe counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. It is part of the Wheeling, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 125 at the 2010 census. Geography Wilson is located at (39.862506, -81.070815). According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which is land and is water. Demographics 2010 census At the 2010 census there were 125 people, 56 households, and 37 families living in the village. The population density was . There were 68 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 96.0% White and 4.0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.4%. Of the 56 households 21.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.1% were married couples living together, 3.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.4% had a male householder with no wife present, and 33.9% were non-families. 32.1% of households were one person and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilson, North Carolina
Wilson is a city in and the county seat of Wilson County, North Carolina, United States. Located approximately east of the capital city of Raleigh, it is served by the interchange of Interstate 95 and U.S. Route 264. Wilson had an estimated population of 49,459 in 2019, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, and is also an anchor city of the Rocky Mount-Wilson-Roanoke Rapids CSA, with a total population of 297,726 as of 2018. In the early 21st century, Wilson was ranked as 18th in size among North Carolina's 500-plus municipalities. From 1990 to 2010, the city population increased by more than 40 percent, primarily due to construction of new subdivisions that attracted many new residents. This has been accompanied by new retail and shopping construction, primarily in the northwestern parts of the city. Wilson is a diverse community; in 2012, the US Census estimated that 48% of the population identified as African American, and 43% as Whites; the remaining 9% includes Latinos and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilson (village), New York
Wilson is a village in Niagara County, New York, United States. The population was 1,264 at the 2010 census. The village is said to be named after Luther Wilson. It is part of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Village of Wilson is within the Town of Wilson in the northern part of the county. It was incorporated on May 11, 1858. The village has a small boat harbor for Lake Ontario that includes several marinas and boat launching facilities. Wilson Harbor and its surrounding area boasts some of the best bass, trout, and salmon fishing in Western New York. History The Village of Wilson was incorporated in 1858. It was named for Luther Wilson, the son of Reuben Wilson, who was the founder of the town of Wilson. Luther Wilson's first claim to ingenuity may have occurred during the War of 1812 when he was only 14 years of age. According to early accounts, George Ash, who lived west of the Wilson settlement, warned the settlers that the British were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilson (town), New York
Wilson is a town in Niagara County, New York, United States. The population was 5,993 at the 2010 census. The town was named after an early settler, Reuben Wilson, who built and dwelt in a log cabin on the shore of Lake Ontario at the site of what would become the Village of Wilson. The Town of Wilson is on the northern border of the county and contains a village, also called Wilson. History The Town of Wilson was established in 1818 from the town of Porter. The origin of the town name is Reuben Wilson, one of the earliest pioneers of the town. The Morse Cobblestone Farmhouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 51.5 square miles (133.3 km2), of which 49.5 square miles (128.3 km2) is land and 1.9 square miles (5.0 km2) (3.75%) is water. The Town of Wilson is on the south shore of Lake Ontario. North-south highway New York State Rou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilson, Louisiana
Wilson is a village in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 595 at the 2010 census, down from 668 in 2000. It is part of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Wilson is located in northwestern East Feliciana Parish at . Louisiana Highway 19 passes through the village, leading north to Norwood and south to Baton Rouge. Clinton, the East Feliciana Parish seat, is to the southeast. According to the United States Census Bureau, Wilson has a total area of , of which , or 0.42%, is water. Demographics As of the 2020 United States census The United States census of 2020 was the twenty-fourth decennial United States census. Census Day, the reference day used for the census, was April 1, 2020. Other than a pilot study during the 2000 census, this was the first U.S. census to of ..., there were 348 people, 202 households, and 120 families residing in the village. References {{authority control Villages in Louisiana Vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wilson (Indianapolis, Indiana)
The Wilson is a historic Renaissance Revival apartment building located at 643 Fort Wayne Avenue in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. It was built in 1905 amid an apartment-building boom; more than fifty such apartment buildings were completed in what is now central Indianapolis in 1905 alone. (Note: online document includes 28 pages of a 92-page document, plus 4 pages of signatures) In 1983, the Wilson was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the "Apartments and Flats of Downtown Indianapolis" multiple property submission The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of Historic districts in the United States, districts, sites, buildings, struc .... The apartments in this group were added to the Register for their architecture and for their place in the development of commerce and real estate development in Indianapolis. Its N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilson, Indiana
Wilson is an unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Carr Township, Clark County, Indiana, Carr Township, Clark County, Indiana, Clark County, Indiana, United States. Geography Wilson is located at . References Unincorporated communities in Clark County, Indiana Unincorporated communities in Indiana Louisville metropolitan area {{LouisvilleMSA-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
