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Wilkes, Portland, Oregon Wilkes is the northeasternmost neighborhood in Portland, Oregon, bordered on the north by the Columbia River and on the east by the city of Gresham. It adjoins the neighborhoods of Argay, Russell, and Hazelwood on the west, and Glenfair on t ...
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Wilkes County, Georgia Wilkes County is a county located in the east central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 10,593. The county seat is the city of Washington. Referred to as "Washington-Wilkes", the county seat and co ...
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Wilkes County, North Carolina Wilkes County is a county located in the US state of North Carolina. It is a part of the state's western mountain region. As of the 2020 census the population was 65,969, in 2010 the census listed the population at 69,340. Its county seat is ...
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Wilkes Basin The Wilkes Basin is a large subglacial basin situated generally southward of George V Coast and westward of Prince Albert Mountains in East Antarctica. The feature is approximately 1400 km long and 400 km wide. The Wilkes Basin is conside ...
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Wilkes Station Wilkes Station was an Antarctic research station established 29 January 1957 by the United States as one of seven U.S. stations established for the International Geophysical Year (IGY) program in Antarctica. It was taken over by Australia on ...
, Antarctica, a research station * Battery Wilkes, a historic artillery battery in West Ashley, Charleston, South Carolina * Wilkes Power Plant, Jefferson, Texas, an electrical power station


Schools in the United States

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Wilkes University Wilkes University is a private university in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. It has over 2,200 undergraduates and over 2,200 graduate students (both full and part-time). Wilkes was founded in 1933 as a satellite campus of Bucknell University, and bec ...
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Wilkes Community College Wilkes Community College (WCC) is a public community college in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. It is part of the North Carolina Community College System and serves the people of Wilkes, Ashe and Alleghany counties, and beyond. The college is best k ...
, Wilkesboro, North Carolina * Wilkes Honors College, Florida


People

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Wilkes (surname) Wilkes is a surname of English origin. Its origin is as a variant of the name William. At the time of the British Census of 188Wilkes Surname at Forebears its relative frequency was highest in Staffordshire (9.5 times the British average), followe ...
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Wilkes Angel Wilkes Angel (February 26, 1817 Exeter, Otsego County, New York - February 1889) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. Life He was the son of William G. Angel and Emily P. (English) Angel (1790–1822). In 1833, he removed with h ...
(1817–1889), New York lawyer and politician * Wilkes C. Robinson (1925–2015), judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims from 1987 to 1997


Other uses

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Wilkes (horse) Wilkes was a French Thoroughbred racehorse who became a leading sire in Australia. He had two victories, over 1,500 metres in the Prix Sans Souci at Maisons-Laffitte and the 2,000 metres Prix Edgard de la Charm at Saint-Cloud, for 1,446,200 fr ...
(born 1952), Australian thoroughbred


See also

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Wilk Wilk is a surname of English and Polish-language origin. In Poland, the surname means wolf and is pronounced . It has 35,000 bearers in Poland and ranks about 60th on the list of the most popular Polish surnames (fifth in Podkarpackie Voivodeship ...
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Wilken Wilken is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Aud Wilken (born 1965), Danish singer * Charles Wilken (1866–1956), Danish actor * Claudia Ann Wilken (born 1949), United States federal judge * Dorothy Wilken, American politici ...
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Wilkens Wilkens is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Andrea Wilkens (born 1984), German footballer * Carl Wilkens (born c. 1957), American involved in genocide rescue efforts * Elmer Wilkens (1901–1967), American football player * H ...
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Wilkes Land Wilkes Land is a large district of land in eastern Antarctica, formally claimed by Australia as part of the Australian Antarctic Territory, though the validity of this claim has been placed for the period of the operation of the Antarctic Treaty, ...
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Clarie Coast Clarie Coast, called Wilkes Coast by Australia, () is that portion of the coast of Wilkes Land lying between Cape Morse, at 130°10′E, and Pourquoi Pas Point, at 136°11′E. It was discovered in January 1840 by Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, wh ...
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Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Wilkes-Barre ( or ) is a city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Luzerne County. Located at the center of the Wyoming Valley in Northeastern Pennsylvania, it had a population of 44,328 in th ...
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Wilkes-Barre Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Wilkes-Barre Township is a township with home rule status in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. It is adjacent to the city of Wilkes-Barre. The population of the township was 3,219 at the 2020 census. History Founding In 1753, the Susquehanna Comp ...
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Wilkes-Barre Variation Wilkes-Barre ( or ) is a city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Luzerne County. Located at the center of the Wyoming Valley in Northeastern Pennsylvania, it had a population of 44,328 in the 2020 census. It is the secon ...
, a chess opening * Wilks (disambiguation) {{disambiguation, geo Surnames from given names