Wilkes may refer to:
Places
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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 ...
, a US neighborhood
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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 ...
, George V Land, Antarctica
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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
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Battery Wilkes, a historic artillery battery in West Ashley, Charleston, South Carolina
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Wilkes Power Plant
Frank M. Wilkes Power Plant is an 879 megawatt ( MW), natural gas power plant located northwest of Jefferson, Texas in Marion County, Texas. The plant began operations in 1964.
All three units use natural gas shipped via pipeline. The power plan ...
, 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 ...
, Pennsylvania
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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
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Wilkes Honors College
The Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College is an academic, residential college of Florida Atlantic University at the John D. MacArthur campus in Jupiter, Florida. The college opened in 1999 and offers a liberal arts education through the platform of a ...
, 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 ...
, people with the surname
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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
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Wilkes C. Robinson
Wilkes Coleman Robinson (September 30, 1925 – May 11, 2015) was a judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims from 1987 to 1997.
Biography
Early life, military service, and education
Born in Anniston, Alabama, Robinson was a U.S. Naval ...
(1925–2015), judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims from 1987 to 1997
Other uses
* , several US Navy vessels
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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
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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
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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, ...
, Antarctica
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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 ...
, called Wilkes Coast in Australia
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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
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Wilks (disambiguation) Wilks is a surname.
Wilks may also refer to:
*another name for Cittarium pica, the Caribbean sea snail
*Wilks Broadcasting, an American media company
*Wilks Memorial Award, awarded by the American Statistical Association
See also
*Wilkes (disambig ...
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