Comstock may refer to:
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Comstock Northwest, Michigan
Comstock Northwest is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kalamazoo County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 5,455 at the 2010 census, up from 4,472 at the 2000 census.
Geography
The CDP is in the northwest portion of Comstock Ch ...
, a census-designated place
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Comstock Park, Michigan
Comstock Park is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 10,088 at the 2010 census. The community is located within Alpine Township to the west and Plain ...
, a census-designated place and unincorporated community
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Comstock Township, Michigan
Comstock Charter Township is a charter township of Kalamazoo County in the U.S. state of Michigan, located east of the city of Kalamazoo and is part of the Kalamazoo–Portage Metropolitan Area. The 2010 census recorded the population within the ...
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Comstock, Minnesota
Comstock is a city in Clay County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 100 at the 2020 census.
History
A post office called Comstock has been in operation since 1890. The city was named for Solomon Comstock, a U.S. Representative fro ...
, a city
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Comstock Township, Marshall County, Minnesota
Comstock Township is a township in Marshall County, Minnesota. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 135.
History
Comstock Township was organized in 1881, and named for Solomon Comstock, a U.S. representative from Minnesota.
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Comstock, Nebraska
Comstock is a village in Custer County, Nebraska, Custer County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 93 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census.
History
Comstock was established in 1899 as a water stop on a new railroad line. It was ...
, a village
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Comstock Township, Custer County, Nebraska
Comstock Township is one of thirty-one townships in Custer County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 129 at the 2020 census. A 2021 estimate placed the township's population at 127.
The Village of Comstock lies within the Township.
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Comstock, North Dakota
Comstock is an unincorporated community in Benson County, North Dakota, Benson County, North Dakota, United States.
References
Unincorporated communities in North Dakota
Populated places in Benson County, North Dakota
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, an unincorporated community
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Comstock, Texas
Comstock is an unincorporated community located in Val Verde County, Texas, United States, about 20 miles northwest of Del Rio on U.S. 90. It is the town nearest to Seminole Canyon, which has been a site of human habitation for 9,000 years. In ...
, an unincorporated community
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Comstock, Wisconsin
Comstock is an unincorporated community located in Barron County, Wisconsin, United States. Comstock is located on U.S. Route 63 southwest of Cumberland, in the town of Crystal Lake. Comstock has a post office
A post office is a public faci ...
, an unincorporated community
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Comstock (crater)
Comstock is a Lunar craters, lunar impact crater that is located on the Far side (Moon), far side of the Moon. It lies to the northeast of the walled plain Fersman (crater), Fersman, and north of the crater Weyl (crater), Weyl.
This is an eroded c ...
, a lunar crater
Ships
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USS ''Comstock'' (LSD-19), a dock landing ship of the United States Navy
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USS ''Comstock'' (LSD-45), a dock landing ship of the United States Navy
Other uses
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Comstock (surname) Comstock is a surname of English origin. Notable people with the surname include:
* A. B. Comstock (1857–1937), American politician
*Ada Comstock (1876–1973), U.S. women's education pioneer
* Adam Comstock (1740–1819), Revolutionary War veter ...
, including a list of people with the name
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Comstock Hall (Ithaca, New York)
Comstock Hall is a building of Cornell University, located in Ithaca, in the U.S. state of New York. It was built in 1985 in the modern style.
The "old" Comstock Hall was built by New York State for the Entomology Department, but in the 1980s, ...
, a building of Cornell University
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Comstock High School
Comstock High School is a secondary school within the Comstock Public School District located in Comstock Charter Township near the city of Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. Comstock High School primarily serves the western half of Comstock ...
, near Kalamazoo, Michigan
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Comstock Lode
The Comstock Lode is a lode of silver ore located under the eastern slope of Mount Davidson, a peak in the Virginia Range in Virginia City, Nevada (then western Utah Territory), which was the first major discovery of silver ore in the United ...
and mines in Virginia City, Nevada
*Comstock canned pie filling, line of products sold by the Duncan Hines brand; see
Pinnacle Foods
Pinnacle Foods, Inc., is a packaged foods company headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey, that specializes in shelf-stable and frozen foods. The company became a subsidiary of Conagra Brands on October 26, 2018.
History
The company was foun ...
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Comstock Music Festivals
The Comstock Music Festivals are held on the 2nd Wind Ranch, north of the small community of Comstock, Nebraska. The annual music festivals, include Comstock Rock (Classic Rock), Comstock Windmill Festival (Country), and Godstock (Christian). The ...
, a series of music festivals near Comstock, Nebraska
*Comstock Prison, the former name of
Great Meadow Correctional Facility
Great Meadow Correctional Facility is a maximum security prison in New York State in the United States. The prison is in Comstock, a hamlet right outside of Fort Ann, in Washington County, New York. As of September 3, 2008 it was home to 1,663 in ...
in New York State
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Comstock Prize in Physics
The Comstock Prize in Physics is awarded by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences "for recent innovative discovery or investigation in electricity, magnetism, or radiant energy, broadly interpreted."
Honorees must be residents of North America. ...
, awarded by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences
*Comstock Scoring, the scoring method used in
International Practical Shooting Confederation
The International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) is the world's largest shooting sport association, and the largest and oldest within practical shooting. Founded in 1976, the IPSC nowadays affiliates over 100 regions from Africa, America ...
(IPSC) shooting competitions
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Comstock Tram
Comstock Tram refers to three different tramways in the West Coast Tasmania, Australia
Zeehan
The Zeehan ''Comstock Tram'' - at Zeehan
Zeehan is a town on the west coast of Tasmania, Australia south-west of Burnie. It is part of the West ...
, at two locations in West Coast, Tasmania
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Comstock laws
The Comstock laws were a set of federal acts passed by the United States Congress under the Grant administration along with related state laws.Dennett p.9 The "parent" act (Sect. 211) was passed on March 3, 1873, as the Act for the Suppression of ...
, anti-obscenity laws in the United States
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United States v. Comstock
United may refer to:
Places
* United, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community
* United, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
Arts and entertainment Films
* United (2003 film), ''United'' (2003 film), a Norwegian film
* United (2011 film) ...
'', a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States
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