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Whitesburg may refer to a place in the United States: * Whitesburg, Georgia * Whitesburg, Kentucky * Whitesburg, Tennessee {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitesburg, Georgia
Whitesburg is a town in Carroll County, Georgia, United States. The population was 588 at the 2010 census. The McIntosh Reserve here is the former plantation of Chief William McIntosh, a prominent leader of the Lower Towns of the Creek Confederacy. He was executed at his home in 1825 on order of the National Council of the Creek Nation for having negotiated and signed the Treaty of Indian Springs that year, which ceded most of the Creek territory in Georgia and Alabama to the United States. The Creek National Council negotiated a new treaty with the United States the next year to gain a more favorable settlement, but most of the Creek were removed to Indian Territory in the 1820s and 1830s. In the 21st century federally recognized tribes of the Creek include the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, Kialegee Tribal Town, and Thlopthlocco Tribal Town of Oklahoma, the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, and the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas. Acorn Creek, a trib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitesburg, Kentucky
Whitesburg is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Letcher County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 2,139 at the 2010 census and an estimated 1,875 in 2018. It was named for C. White, a state politician. Geography Whitesburg is located in central Letcher County at (37.117867, -82.821068) in the valley of the North Fork of the Kentucky River, west of the border of Kentucky and Virginia. Kentucky Route 15 passes through the city, leading northwest to Hazard. It has its eastern terminus in the east part of Whitesburg at U.S. Route 119. US 119 leads northeast to U.S. Route 23 at Jenkins and southwest over Pine Mountain to Cumberland. According to the United States Census Bureau, Whitesburg has a total area of , of which are land and , or 2.23%, are water. Climate Whitesburg is located within a climatic transition zone between the humid subtropical climate and the humid continental climate zones. Summers are hot, humid and wet. July is the warmest mont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitesburg, Tennessee
Whitesburg is an unincorporated community in eastern Hamblen County, Tennessee. The small, rural community is located along U.S. Route 11E. Whitesburg is bordered by Russellville on the west and Bulls Gap on the east. A U.S. post office and two schools, both parts of the Hamblen County school system, are located in Whitesburg. Education Whitesburg is home to two schools: * Whitesburg Elementary * East Ridge Middle School Notable people *Reece Shipley Reece Dodson Shipley (April 19, 1921 – May 8, 1998) was an American country singer and guitarist, noted for his 1952 singles "Hillbilly Jive with a Boogie Beat" and "Milk Bucket Boogie". Biography Born in Whitesburg, Tennessee, Shipley wa ... (1921–1998), American country musician References Unincorporated communities in Hamblen County, Tennessee Unincorporated communities in Tennessee {{HamblenCountyTN-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
