North America has numerous places named after biblical towns and places. While most of them are in the eastern
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, very few are in the west and in
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Antioch
Antioch
Antioch on the Orontes (; grc-gre, Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου, ''Antiókheia hē epì Oróntou'', Learned ; also Syrian Antioch) grc-koi, Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου; or Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπ ...
on the Orontes (Greek Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου ''Antiocheia hē epi Orontou'') was a city on the eastern side of the Orontes River. It was visited by
Saint Peter
) (Simeon, Simon)
, birth_date =
, birth_place = Bethsaida, Gaulanitis, Syria, Roman Empire
, death_date = Between AD 64–68
, death_place = probably Vatican Hill, Rome, Italia, Roman Empire
, parents = John (or Jonah; Jona)
, occupat ...
and
Saint Paul
Paul; grc, Παῦλος, translit=Paulos; cop, ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ; hbo, פאולוס השליח (previously called Saul of Tarsus;; ar, بولس الطرسوسي; grc, Σαῦλος Ταρσεύς, Saũlos Tarseús; tr, Tarsuslu Pavlus; ...
Antioch, California
Antioch is the third-largest city in Contra Costa County, California, United States. Located in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area along the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta. The city's population was 115,291 at the 2020 cen ...
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Antioch, Illinois
Antioch is a village in the U.S. state of Illinois. Antioch is part of the larger Antioch Township within Lake County. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,622. The village is nestled into the Chain O'Lakes waterway system and borders ...
Antioch, Tennessee
Antioch is a neighborhood of Nashville located approximately 12 miles southeast of Downtown Nashville. It is served by the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County.
History
The community known as Antioch began at the converge ...
Athens
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Athens, Alabama
Athens is a city in and the county seat of Limestone County, in the U.S. state of Alabama; it is included in the Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville, AL Combined Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city is 21,897.
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Athens, Arkansas Athens is an unincorporated community in the northeastern corner of Howard County, Arkansas, Arkansas, United States. It is located at the junction of Arkansas Highways 84 and 246.
Historic sites
Athens includes (or is the nearest community to) a ...
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Athens, Georgia
Athens, officially Athens–Clarke County, is a consolidated city-county and college town in the U.S. state of Georgia. Athens lies about northeast of downtown Atlanta, and is a satellite city of the capital. The University of Georgia, the sta ...
Athens, Tennessee
Athens is the county seat of McMinn County, Tennessee, United States and the principal city of the Athens Micropolitan Statistical Area has a population of 53,569. The city is located almost equidistantly between the major cities of Knoxville an ...
Bethany
Bethany ( grc-gre, Βηθανία,Murphy-O'Connor, 2008, p152/ref> Syriac: ܒܝܬ ܥܢܝܐ ''Bēṯ ʿAnyā'') or what is locally known as Al-Eizariya or al-Azariya ( ar, العيزرية, " laceof Lazarus"), is a Palestinian town in the West B ...
(
Aramaic
The Aramaic languages, short Aramaic ( syc, ܐܪܡܝܐ, Arāmāyā; oar, 𐤀𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤀; arc, 𐡀𐡓𐡌𐡉𐡀; tmr, אֲרָמִית), are a language family containing many varieties (languages and dialects) that originated in ...
: בית עניא, ''Beth Anya'', "house of the figs") was a village near
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
and residence of the siblings
Martha
Martha (Hebrew: מָרְתָא) is a biblical figure described in the Gospels of Luke and John. Together with her siblings Lazarus and Mary of Bethany, she is described as living in the village of Bethany near Jerusalem. She was witness ...
,
Mary
Mary may refer to:
People
* Mary (name), a feminine given name (includes a list of people with the name)
Religious contexts
* New Testament people named Mary, overview article linking to many of those below
* Mary, mother of Jesus, also calle ...
Simon the Leper
Simon the Leper (Greek: Σίμων ὁ λεπρός, ''Símōn ho leprós'') is a biblical figure who lived in Bethany, a village in Judaea on the southeastern slope of the Mount of Olives. He is mentioned in the Gospels according to Matthew an ...
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Bethany, Connecticut
Bethany is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 5,297 at the 2020 census.
History
Bethany was first settled in 1717, but it was not until May 1832 that Bethany separated from Woodbridge to become incorporate ...
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Bethany Beach, Delaware
Bethany Beach is an incorporated town in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. According to the 2010 Census Bureau figures, the population of the town is 1,060; however, during the summer months some 15,000 more populate the town as vacationer ...
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Bethany, Parke County, Indiana
Bethany is an unincorporated community in Washington Township, Parke County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
History
A post office was established at Bethany in 1852, and remained in operation until 1873. The community's name commemorates the bi ...
Bethany, Ohio
Bethany is an unincorporated community in southeastern Liberty Township, Butler County, Ohio, United States, located in the southwestern part of Ohio. It lies about three miles south of Monroe.
Bethany was laid out in 1822 on what would become ...
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Bethany, Oklahoma
Bethany is a city in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States, and a part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. The community was founded in 1909 by followers of the Church of the Nazarene from Oklahoma City.
History
Bethany was founded July 2 ...
Bethany, Pennsylvania
Bethany is a borough in Wayne County, Pennsylvania. The borough's population was 246 at the time of the 2010 United States Census.
History
The borough was named after Bethany, a place mentioned in the Bible.
The Wilmot House and Wilmot Mansi ...
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Bethany, West Virginia
Bethany is a town in southern Brooke County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 756 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Weirton–Steubenville metropolitan area. It is best known as the home of Bethany College, a private liberal ...
Hebrew
Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...
Bethel, Alaska
Bethel ( esu, Mamterilleq) is a city in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. It is the largest community on the Kuskokwim River, located approximately upriver from where the river flows into Kuskokwim Bay. It ...
Bethel, Connecticut
Bethel () is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. Its population was 11,988 in 2022 according to World Population Review. The town includes the Bethel Census Designated Place.
Interstate 84 passes through Bethel, and it has ...
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Bethel, Maine
Bethel is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,504 at the 2020 census. It includes the villages of Bethel and West Bethel. The town is home to Gould Academy, a private preparatory school, and is near the Sun ...
East Bethel, Minnesota
East Bethel is a city in Anoka County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 11,786 at the 2020 census.
Minnesota State Highway 65 and Anoka County Road 22 are the main routes in the city. Highway 65 runs north–south, and County Road ...
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Bethel, Missouri
Bethel is a village in Shelby County, Missouri, Shelby County, Missouri, United States. The population was 135 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census.
History
Bethel was founded as a Bible utopian colony in 1844 by Dr William Keil (1811– ...
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Bethel, Ohio
Bethel is a village in Tate Township, Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,711 at the 2010 census. Bethel was founded in 1798 by Obed Denham as Denham Town, in what was then the Northwest Territory. Bethel is the home of th ...
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Bethel, Vermont
Bethel is a town in Windsor County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,942 at the 2020 census. The town includes the locations of Bethel village, Bethel-Gilead, East Bethel, Lilliesville, Lympus (formerly Olympus), and West Bethel. ...
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Bethel Heights, Arkansas
Bethel Heights was a city in Benton County, Arkansas, United States. Always a small, sparsely populated community, the region coalesced around a school named Bethel in the late 19th century but did not incorporate until 1967 to avoid annexation b ...
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Bethel Island, California
Bethel ( he, בֵּית אֵל, translit=Bēṯ 'Ēl, "House of El (deity), El" or "House of God",Bleeker and Widegren, 1988, p. 257. also transliteration, transliterated ''Beth El'', ''Beth-El'', ''Beit El''; el, Βαιθήλ; la, Bethel) wa ...
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Bethel Springs, Tennessee
Bethel Springs is a town in McNairy County, Tennessee. The population was 998 at the 2020 census.
History
Bethel Springs was platted in 1860, when the railroad was extended to that point. A post office called Bethel Springs has been in operation ...
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Bethel Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Bethel Township is a township in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Lebanon, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 5,007 at the 2010 census. Fredericksburg is a census-designated place with ...
Bethesda
The
Pool of Bethesda
The Pool of Bethesda is a pool in Jerusalem known from the New Testament account of Jesus miraculously healing a paralysed man, from the fifth chapter of the Gospel of John, where it is described as being near the Sheep Gate, surrounded by f ...
(Aramaic בית חסדא ''Beth ḥesda'' "House of Mercy") is a healing pool in Jerusalem.
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Bethesda, Maryland
Bethesda () is an unincorporated, census-designated place in southern Montgomery County, Maryland. It is located just northwest of Washington, D.C. It takes its name from a local church, the Bethesda Meeting House (1820, rebuilt 1849), which in ...
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Bethesda Fountain
Bethesda Terrace and Fountain are two architectural features overlooking the southern shore of the Lake in New York City's Central Park. The fountain, with its ''Angel of the Waters'' statue, is located in the center of the terrace.
Bethesda T ...
Bethlehem
Bethlehem (; ar, بيت لحم ; he, בֵּית לֶחֶם '' '') is a city in the central West Bank, Palestine, about south of Jerusalem. Its population is approximately 25,000,Amara, 1999p. 18.Brynen, 2000p. 202. and it is the capital o ...
(בֵית לֶחֶם ''Beit Lehem'', Literally: "House of the bread'") was a town in the hill country of Judah and the birthplace of
Jesus
Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label= Hebrew/ Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religiou ...
(according to
Mark
Mark may refer to:
Currency
* Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark, the currency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
* East German mark, the currency of the German Democratic Republic
* Estonian mark, the currency of Estonia between 1918 and 1927
* F ...
David
David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...
, as well as the place of death of
Rachel
Rachel () was a Biblical figure, the favorite of Jacob's two wives, and the mother of Joseph and Benjamin, two of the twelve progenitors of the tribes of Israel. Rachel's father was Laban. Her older sister was Leah, Jacob's first wife. Her aun ...
Bethlehem, Connecticut
Bethlehem is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 3,385 at the 2020 census, down from 3,607 at the 2010 census. The town center is a historic district and a census-designated place (CDP).
The town's name h ...
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Bethlehem, Georgia
Bethlehem is a town in Barrow County in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 715. The major employer in town is Harrison Poultry, which is the largest non-government employer in Barrow County.
The town was ...
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Bethlehem, New Hampshire
Bethlehem is a hillside town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,484 at the 2020 census. It is home to Cushman and Strawberry Hill state forests. The eastern half of the town is within the White Mountain National ...
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Bethlehem is a city in Northampton and Lehigh Counties in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, Bethlehem had a total population of 75,781. Of this, 55,639 were in Northampton County and 19, ...
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Bethlehem, West Virginia
Bethlehem is a village in Ohio County, West Virginia, United States. It is part of the Wheeling, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,499 at the 2010 census.
Geography
Bethlehem is located at (40.048761, -80.693601 ...
Bethpage
Bethpage or
Bethphage
Bethphage ( grc, Βηθφαγή, Bēthpagḗ; arc, בֵּית פַּגִּי, Bêt̲ Paggî, lit=house of unripe figs) or Bethsphage, is a Christian religious site on the Mount of Olives east of historical Jerusalem.
Bethphage is mentioned in t ...
(Aramaic בית פגי "House of unripe figs") is a town where Jesus asked the disciples to find a donkey and colt for his
Entry into Jerusalem
In the accounts of the four canonical Gospels, Jesus Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem took place in the days before the Last Supper, marking the beginning of his Passion, his time of suffering, death, and resurrection celebrated during ...
Canaan
Canaan (; Phoenician: 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍 – ; he, כְּנַעַן – , in pausa – ; grc-bib, Χανααν – ;The current scholarly edition of the Greek Old Testament spells the word without any accents, cf. Septuaginta : id est Vetus T ...
( Phoenician: ''Kanaʻn''; Hebrew: כְּנָעַן ''Kənáʻan'') was a region conquered by the Israelites as the
Promised Land
The Promised Land ( he, הארץ המובטחת, translit.: ''ha'aretz hamuvtakhat''; ar, أرض الميعاد, translit.: ''ard al-mi'ad; also known as "The Land of Milk and Honey"'') is the land which, according to the Tanakh (the Hebrew ...
Canaan, Connecticut
Canaan is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 1,080 at the 2020 census, down from 1,234 at the 2010 census. The town of Canaan is often referred to locally by the name of its principal settlement, Falls V ...
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Canaan, New Hampshire
Canaan is a town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 3,794 at the 2020 census. It is the location of Mascoma State Forest. Canaan is home to the Cardigan Mountain School, the town's largest employer.
The main v ...
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Canaan Valley, West Virginia
Canaan Valley () is a large bathtub-shaped upland valley in northeastern Tucker County, West Virginia, USA. Within it are extensive wetlands and the headwaters of the Blackwater River which spills out of the valley at Blackwater Falls. It is a we ...
Carmel
Mount Carmel (Hebrew הַר הַכַּרְמֶל, ''Har HaKarmel'', "God's vineyard") was a sacred mountain where
Elijah
Elijah ( ; he, אֵלִיָּהוּ, ʾĒlīyyāhū, meaning "My El (deity), God is Yahweh/YHWH"; Greek form: Elias, ''Elías''; syr, ܐܸܠܝܼܵܐ, ''Elyāe''; Arabic language, Arabic: إلياس or إليا, ''Ilyās'' or ''Ilyā''. ) w ...
defeated the prophets of a
Ba'al
Baal (), or Baal,; phn, , baʿl; hbo, , baʿal, ). ( ''baʿal'') was a title and honorific meaning "owner", "lord" in the Northwest Semitic languages spoken in the Levant during antiquity. From its use among people, it came to be applied t ...
Judea
Judea or Judaea ( or ; from he, יהודה, Standard ''Yəhūda'', Tiberian ''Yehūḏā''; el, Ἰουδαία, ; la, Iūdaea) is an ancient, historic, Biblical Hebrew, contemporaneous Latin, and the modern-day name of the mountainous sou ...
mentioned as the residence of
Nabal
According to the 1st Book of Samuel Chapter 25, Nabal ( ''Nāḇāl'', "fool")
was a rich Calebite, described as harsh and surly. He is featured in a story in which he is threatened by David over an insult, and ultimately killed by God.
Biblica ...
and
Abigail
Abigail () was an Israelite woman in the Hebrew Bible married to Nabal; she married the future King David after Nabal's death ( 1 Samuel ). Abigail was David's second wife, after Saul and Ahinoam's daughter, Michal, whom Saul later marri ...
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Carmel, Maine
Carmel is a town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. It is part of the Bangor Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,867 at the 2020 census.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area ...
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Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania
Mount Carmel is a borough in Northumberland County, located in the Coal Heritage Region of Central Pennsylvania's Susquehanna River Valley, United States. The population was 5,725 at the 2020 census. It is located 88 miles (141 km) north ...
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Carmel, Indiana
Carmel is a suburban city in Indiana immediately north of Indianapolis. With a population of 100,777, the city spans across Clay Township in Hamilton County, Indiana, and is bordered by the White River to the east; the Hamilton-Boone county l ...
Corinth
Corinth (
Greek
Greek may refer to:
Greece
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group.
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family.
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
Paul of Tarsus
Paul; grc, Παῦλος, translit=Paulos; cop, ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ; hbo, פאולוס השליח (previously called Saul of Tarsus;; ar, بولس الطرسوسي; grc, Σαῦλος Ταρσεύς, Saũlos Tarseús; tr, Tarsuslu Pavlus; ...
lived there for 18 months, and also wrote two epistles to the Corinthians.
* Corinth, Arkansas
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Corinth (town), New York
Corinth is a town in Saratoga County, New York, United States. The population was 6,531 at the 2010 census. The town contains a village also named Corinth. The town is on the northeastern border of the county, north of Saratoga Springs. The to ...
Damascus, Arkansas
Damascus is a town in Faulkner and Van Buren counties of central Arkansas, United States. The population of Damascus was 382 at the 2010 census.
History
Damascus is a town located in the Oark foothills on a platea surrounded by clear streams al ...
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Damascus, Georgia
Damascus is a city in Early County, Georgia, United States. The population was 254 at the 2010 census.
History
An early variant name was Kestler. An act of Georgia General Assembly officially changed the name to Damascus in 1914. The present ...
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Damascus, Maryland
Damascus is a census-designated place and an unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. In the early 20th century, there existed an incorporated municipality lasting a quarter century. It had a population of 17,224 as of t ...
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Damascus, Ohio
Damascus is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in southern Mahoning and northern Columbiana counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 418. The community lies at the intersection of ...
*Damascus, Township in, Pennsylvania
Emmaus
Emmaus
Emmaus (; Greek: Ἐμμαούς, ''Emmaous''; la, Emmaus; , ''Emmaom''; ar, عمواس, ''ʻImwas'') is a town mentioned in the Gospel of Luke of the New Testament. Luke reports that Jesus appeared, after his death and resurrection, before tw ...
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Greek
Greek may refer to:
Greece
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group.
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family.
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
: Ἐμμαούς, ''Emmaous''; Hebrew: חמת ''Hammat'', "warm spring") was a town near Jerusalem.
Jesus
Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label= Hebrew/ Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religiou ...
appeared to two of the Apostles on the road between Jerusalem and Emmaus.
* Emmaus, Pennsylvania
Ephesus
Ephesus (Greek: Ἔφεσος ''Ephesos'') was a Greek city on the west coast of
Anatolia
Anatolia, tr, Anadolu Yarımadası), and the Anatolian plateau, also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula in Western Asia and the westernmost protrusion of the Asian continent. It constitutes the major part of modern-day Turkey. The ...
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Paul of Tarsus
Paul; grc, Παῦλος, translit=Paulos; cop, ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ; hbo, פאולוס השליח (previously called Saul of Tarsus;; ar, بولس الطرسوسي; grc, Σαῦλος Ταρσεύς, Saũlos Tarseús; tr, Tarsuslu Pavlus; ...
Seven churches of Asia
The Seven Churches of Revelation, also known as the Seven Churches of the Apocalypse and the Seven Churches of Asia, are seven major Churches of Early Christianity, as mentioned in the New Testament Book of Revelation. All of them are located in ...
to whom the first part of the
Book of Revelation
The Book of Revelation is the final book of the New Testament (and consequently the final book of the Christian Bible). Its title is derived from the first word of the Koine Greek text: , meaning "unveiling" or "revelation". The Book of ...
is addressed (). The author praises the Ephesians for their perseverance and discernment, but admonishes them for backsliding from a more praiseworthy condition.
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Ephesus, Georgia
Ephesus is a city in Heard County, Georgia, United States. The city was founded as "Loftin", and was incorporated as "Ephesus" in 1964, after the local church and school, which had been named for the biblical city of Ephesus in present-day Turkey ...
Land of Goshen
The land of Goshen ( he, אֶרֶץ גֹּשֶׁן, Modern: ''ʾEreẓ Gōšen'', Tiberian: ''ʾEreṣ Gōšen'') is named in the Hebrew Bible as the place in Egypt given to the Hebrews by the pharaoh of Joseph (Book of Genesis, ), and the ...
(Hebrew גֹּשֶׁן ''Gōšen'') was a place settled by the sons of
Jacob
Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. J ...
Goshen, Connecticut
Goshen is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 3,150 at the 2020 census.
Geography
Goshen is in central Litchfield County and is bordered to the east by the city of Torrington. According to the United State ...
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Goshen, Indiana
Goshen ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Elkhart County, Indiana, United States. It is the smaller of the two principal cities of the Elkhart-Goshen Metropolitan Statistical Area, which in turn is part of the South Bend-Elkhart-Mishawaka ...
Goshen, Massachusetts
Goshen is a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 960 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town has a rural atmosphere, with one general store, ...
Goshen (town), New York
Goshen is a town in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 13,687 at the 2010 census. The town is named after the Biblical Land of Goshen. It contains a village also called Goshen, which is the county seat of Orange Count ...
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Goshen (village), New York
Goshen is a village in and the county seat of Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 5,777 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown metropolitan area as well as the larger New York metropo ...
Goshen County, Wyoming
Goshen County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Wyoming. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 12,498. Its county seat is Torrington, Wyoming, Torrington. The eastern boundary of the County borders the Ne ...
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Goshen Township, Hardin County, Ohio
Goshen Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 529.
Geography
Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
* Jackson Townsh ...
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Goshen Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
Goshen Township is one of the twenty-two civil township, townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The United States Census, 2000, 2000 census found 5,285 people in the township, 4,225 of whom lived in the uninc ...
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Goshen Settlement The Goshen Settlement was an early American pioneer settlement in what is now Illinois, USA, located to the east of St. Louis, Missouri. The settlement was located about one mile (1.6 km) southwest of modern Glen Carbon, Illinois, at the point ...
, a historical area in Illinois
Hebron
Hebron
Hebron ( ar, الخليل or ; he, חֶבְרוֹן ) is a Palestinian. city in the southern West Bank, south of Jerusalem. Nestled in the Judaean Mountains, it lies above sea level. The second-largest city in the West Bank (after Eas ...
(Hebrew חֶבְרוֹן ''Ḥeḇrôn'', "friend") was a city in
Canaan
Canaan (; Phoenician: 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍 – ; he, כְּנַעַן – , in pausa – ; grc-bib, Χανααν – ;The current scholarly edition of the Greek Old Testament spells the word without any accents, cf. Septuaginta : id est Vetus T ...
mentioned in several parts of the Old Testament.
* Hebron, Arkansas
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Hebron, Connecticut
Hebron is a town in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 9,098 at the 2020 census. Hebron was incorporated May 26, 1708. In 2010, Hebron was rated #6 in Top Towns in Connecticut with population between 6,500 and 10,000, ...
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Hebron, Indiana
Hebron is a town in Boone Township, Porter County, Indiana, United States. The population was 3,724 at the 2010 census.
History
The first settler to Hebron was Judge Jesse Johnson (1st Judge of the Porter County Probate Court. The area of Hebron ...
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Hebron, Maryland
Hebron is a town in Wicomico County, Maryland, United States. The population was 1,084 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area.
It is the hometown of pro-wrestler Mark Hildreth and ...
Hebron, New Hampshire
Hebron is a town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 632 at the 2020 census. Settlements include the town center and the village of East Hebron.
History
First settled in 1765, Hebron was incorporated in 1792 fro ...
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Hebron, New York
Hebron is a town in Washington County, New York, United States. It is part of the Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town population was 1,773 at the 2000 census. The town is named after the same-named community in Connecticut.
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Hebron, North Dakota
Hebron ( ) is a city in Morton County, North Dakota, United States. It is part of the " Bismarck, ND Metropolitan Statistical Area" or " Bismarck-Mandan". The population was 794 at the 2020 census.
Hebron was founded in 1885 and named after th ...
Hebron, Ohio
Hebron is a village in Licking County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,336 at the 2010 census.
Geography
Hebron is located at (39.963125, -82.492235).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , a ...
King James Version
The King James Version (KJV), also the King James Bible (KJB) and the Authorized Version, is an Bible translations into English, English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England, which was commissioned in 1604 and publis ...
Jericho (Hebrew יְרִיחוֹ ''Yəriḥo'', "fragrant" or "Moon") was a city conquered in the
battle of Jericho
The Battle of Jericho, as described in the Biblical Book of Joshua, was the first battle fought by the Israelites in the course of the conquest of Canaan. According to , the walls of Jericho fell after the Israelites marched around the city walls ...
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Joshua
Joshua () or Yehoshua ( ''Yəhōšuaʿ'', Tiberian: ''Yŏhōšuaʿ,'' lit. 'Yahweh is salvation') ''Yēšūaʿ''; syr, ܝܫܘܥ ܒܪ ܢܘܢ ''Yəšūʿ bar Nōn''; el, Ἰησοῦς, ar , يُوشَعُ ٱبْنُ نُونٍ '' Yūšaʿ ...
Jericho, New York
Jericho is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Nassau County, New York, United States, on the North Shore of Long Island, approximately 29 miles (47 km) east of Midtown Manhattan. Its population was 13,567 as of the U.S. 2010 Cen ...
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
(Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ''Yerushaláyim'', "Abode of Peace" or "Abode of Shalim") was the traditional capital city of the Israelites and site of the
Temple
A temple (from the Latin ) is a building reserved for spiritual rituals and activities such as prayer and sacrifice. Religions which erect temples include Christianity (whose temples are typically called churches), Hinduism (whose temples ...
Jerusalem, New York
Jerusalem is a town in Yates County, New York, United States. The population was 4,469 at the 2010 census. The town is named after the ancient city of Jerusalem.
The Town of Jerusalem is on the south border of the county and is southwest of ...
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Jerusalem, Ohio
Jerusalem is a village in Monroe County, Ohio, United States. The population was 121 at the 2020 census.
Geography
Jerusalem is located at (39.852261, -81.095146).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of ...
The Jordan River (Hebrew: נהר הירדן ''Nehar Hayarden'') forms the eastern border of Palestine and was the site of the
baptism of Jesus
The baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist is a major event in the life of Jesus which is described in the three synoptic Gospels of the New Testament (Matthew, Mark and Luke). It is considered to have taken place at Al-Maghtas (also called Bet ...
Jordan, Iowa
Jordan is an unincorporated community in Boone County, Iowa, United States.
History
Jordan was historically called Midway and Harmon's Switch. The present name is after the Jordan River. Jordan was not officially platted. Jordan's population was ...
West Jordan, Utah
West Jordan is a city in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. It is a suburb of Salt Lake City and has a mixed economy. According to the 2020 Census, the city had a population of 116,961, placing it as the third most populous in the state. T ...
Rivers
* Ohio River, called the "River Jordan" by slaves escaping to freedom in the North before and during the
American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states ...
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Jordan River (Utah)
The Jordan River, in the state of Utah, United States, is a river about long. Regulated by pumps at its headwaters at Utah Lake, it flows northward through the Salt Lake Valley and empties into the Great Salt Lake. Four of Utah's six largest cit ...
Judea
*Where most of the Bible stories took place in what is today Israel
* Mt. Judea, Arkansas
Lebanon
Lebanon
Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to Lebanon–Syria border, the north and east and Israel to Blue ...
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Semitic root
The roots of verbs and most nouns in the Semitic languages are characterized as a sequence of consonants or "radicals" (hence the term consonantal root). Such abstract consonantal roots are used in the formation of actual words by adding the vowels ...
''L-B-N'', "white") is a land to the north of the current state of Israel (Biblically; Canaan) and is mentioned 70 times in the Bible.
* Lebanon, Arkansas
* Lebanon, Connecticut
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Lebanon, Indiana
Lebanon (/ˈlɛbnən/) is a city in and the county seat of Boone County, Indiana, United States. The population was 15,792 at the 2010 census. Lebanon is located in central Indiana, approximately northwest of downtown Indianapolis and south ...
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Lebanon, Kentucky
Lebanon is a list of Kentucky cities, home rule-class city and the county seat of Marion County, Kentucky, Marion County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 5,539 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. Lebanon is located in ...
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Lebanon, Maine
Lebanon is a town in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 6,469 at the 2020 census. Lebanon includes the villages of Center Lebanon, West Lebanon, North Lebanon, South Lebanon and East Lebanon. It is the westernmost town in Ma ...
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Lebanon, New Hampshire
Lebanon is a city in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 14,282 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, up from 13,151 at the 2010 census. Lebanon is in western New Hampshire, south of Hanover, New Hampshire, H ...
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Lebanon, New Jersey
Lebanon is a borough in Hunterdon County,in the U.S. stateof New Jersey. As of the 2010 United States census, the borough's population was 1,358,Lebanon, Ohio
Lebanon is a city in and the county seat of Warren County, Ohio, United States. The population was 20,841 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Cincinnati metropolitan area.
History
Lebanon is in the Symmes Purchase. The first European settler ...
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Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Lebanon () is a city in and the county seat of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 26,814 at the 2020 census. Lebanon is located in the central part of the Lebanon Valley, east of Harrisburg and west of Reading.
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Mount Hermon
Mount Hermon ( ar, جبل الشيخ or جبل حرمون / ALA-LC: ''Jabal al-Shaykh'' ("Mountain of the Sheikh") or ''Jabal Haramun''; he, הַר חֶרְמוֹן, ''Har Hermon'') is a mountain cluster constituting the southern end of th ...
(Hebrew הר חרמון ''Har Hermon'') was the northern limit of the
Promised Land
The Promised Land ( he, הארץ המובטחת, translit.: ''ha'aretz hamuvtakhat''; ar, أرض الميعاد, translit.: ''ard al-mi'ad; also known as "The Land of Milk and Honey"'') is the land which, according to the Tanakh (the Hebrew ...
Mount Hermon, California
Mount Hermon is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Cruz County, California.
History
In 1841, California's first water-powered sawmill was built at the junction of Bean Creek and Zayante Creek by Peter Lasse ...
Moab
Moab (Hebrew: מוֹאָב ''Môʼāḇ'', "seed of father") was a strip of land on the eastern shore of the Dead Sea. It was founded by a son of Lot.
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Moab, Utah
Moab () is the largest city and county seat of Grand County in eastern Utah in the western United States, known for its dramatic scenery. The population was 5,366 at the 2020 census. Moab attracts many tourists annually, mostly visitors to ...
Mount Olivet
The
Mount of Olives
The Mount of Olives or Mount Olivet ( he, הַר הַזֵּיתִים, Har ha-Zeitim; ar, جبل الزيتون, Jabal az-Zaytūn; both lit. 'Mount of Olives'; in Arabic also , , 'the Mountain') is a mountain ridge east of and adjacent to Jeru ...
or Mount Olivet (Hebrew: הַר הַזֵּיתִים ''Har HaZeitim'') is a mountain east of Jerusalem, most notable as the site of the Olivet discourse and the
Ascension of Jesus
The Ascension of Jesus (anglicized from the Vulgate la, ascensio Iesu, lit=ascent of Jesus) is the Christian teaching that Christ physically departed from Earth by rising to Heaven, in the presence of eleven of his apostles. According to th ...
Nebo, North Carolina
Nebo is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in the Nebo Township of eastern McDowell County, North Carolina, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 United States census, 2020 census ...
Nazareth
Nazareth (Hebrew נָצְרַת ''Natzrat'' / ''Natzeret'') was a village in Galilee which was the childhood home of
Jesus
Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label= Hebrew/ Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religiou ...
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Nazareth, Pennsylvania
Nazareth is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. The borough's population was 6,053 at the 2020 census. Nazareth is part of the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th most populous metropoli ...
Nimrod, Minnesota
Nimrod is a city in Wadena County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 69 at the 2010 census, making it one of the smallest incorporated towns in Minnesota, though it is included on most major maps. Nimrod was incorporated as a city in ...
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Nimrod, Oregon
Nimrod is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States, on the McKenzie River. It is located along Oregon Route 126, between Vida and Blue River, east of Eugene, in the Willamette National Forest. As of 2003, its popula ...
Assyria
Assyria ( Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: , romanized: ''māt Aššur''; syc, ܐܬܘܪ, ʾāthor) was a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization which existed as a city-state at times controlling regional territories in the indigenous lands of the ...
n city on the eastern bank of the
Tigris
The Tigris () is the easternmost of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, the other being the Euphrates. The river flows south from the mountains of the Armenian Highlands through the Syrian and Arabian Deserts, and empties into the ...
. It is mentioned in several parts of the Bible.
* Nineveh, New York
Ophir
Ophir
Ophir (; ) is a port or region mentioned in the Bible, famous for its wealth. King Solomon received a shipment from Ophir every three years (1 Kings 10:22) which consisted of gold, silver, sandalwood, pearls, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
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(Hebrew אוֹפִיר ''ʼÔp̄îr'') is mentioned in the Bible as a source of King Solomon's wealth.
* Ophir, California
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Ophir, Colorado
The historic mining town of Ophir is a home rule municipality governed by a general assembly and is located in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States. Ophir is located two miles from the Ames Hydroelectric Generating Plant, the world's firs ...
Palestine is a narrow region along the Mediterranean Sea from Northern Sinai until Caesarea.
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Palestine, Arkansas
Palestine is a town in St. Francis County, Arkansas, United States, along the L'Anguille River. The population was 681 at the 2010 census, a decline from 741 in 2000.
Geography
Palestine is located at (34.973480, -90.905994).
According to th ...
Palestine, Kosciusko County, Indiana
Palestine or Palestine Lake is an unincorporated community in Harrison Township, Kosciusko County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
History
Palestine was laid out in 1837. It was named for the ancient area of Palestine. A post office was establish ...
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East Palestine, Ohio
East Palestine ( ) is a village in northeastern Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. The population was 4,761 at the 2020 census. Located on the state's border with Pennsylvania, East Palestine is 20 miles (31 km) south of Youngstown and ...
Patmos
Patmos ( el, Πάτμος, ) is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea. It is famous as the location where John of Patmos received the visions found in the Book of Revelation of the New Testament, and where the book was written.
One of the northern ...
(Greek: Πάτμος) was the residence of
John of Patmos
John of Patmos (also called John the Revelator, John the Divine, John the Theologian) is the name traditionally given to the author of the Book of Revelation. The text of Revelation states that John was on Patmos, a Greek island where, accordin ...
, author of the
Book of Revelation
The Book of Revelation is the final book of the New Testament (and consequently the final book of the Christian Bible). Its title is derived from the first word of the Koine Greek text: , meaning "unveiling" or "revelation". The Book of ...
Rehoboth (Hebrew רְחוֹבוֹת ''Reḥovot'', "broad place") is the name of three places in the Bible. In , It signifies vacant land in the Land of Canaan where
Isaac
Isaac; grc, Ἰσαάκ, Isaák; ar, إسحٰق/إسحاق, Isḥāq; am, ይስሐቅ is one of the three patriarchs of the Israelites and an important figure in the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He was th ...
is permitted to dig a well without being ousted by the Philistines.
* Rehoboth,
Rehoboth Beach
Rehoboth Beach ( ) is a city on the Atlantic Ocean along the Delaware Beaches in eastern Sussex County, Delaware. As of the 2010 U.S. census, the population was 1,327, reflecting a decline of 161 (11.2%) from the 1,488 counted in the 2000 ce ...
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Delaware
Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent Del ...
New Mexico
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, population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano)
, seat = Santa Fe
, LargestCity = Albuquerque
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Rehoboth, Perry County, Ohio
Rehoboth is an unincorporated community in southern Clayton Township, Perry County, Ohio, United States. Rehoboth is located along State Route 345, a short distance north (2 miles) of the county seat of New Lexington, and its ZIP code of 437 ...
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Rehoboth, Seneca County, Ohio Rehoboth is an unincorporated community in Seneca County, in the U.S. state of Ohio
Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 1 ...
Melchizedek
In the Bible, Melchizedek (, hbo, , malkī-ṣeḏeq, "king of righteousness" or "my king is righteousness"), also transliterated Melchisedech or Malki Tzedek, was the king of Salem and priest of (often translated as "most high God"). He is f ...
and traditionally identified with
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
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Salem, Alabama
Salem is an unincorporated community east-centrally located in Lee County, Alabama, United States. It lies along U.S. Routes 280 and 431 between Opelika and Phenix City. It is part of the Auburn Metropolitan Area.
History
Salem was first set ...
* Salem, Arkansas
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Salem, Fulton County, Arkansas
Salem is the county seat of Fulton County, Arkansas, United States. Salem was first incorporated in 1900. As of the 2010 census the population stood at 1,635.
Geography
Salem is located near the center of Fulton County at the intersection of ...
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Salem, Saline County, Arkansas
Salem is a census-designated place (CDP) in Saline County, Arkansas, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 2,544. It is part of the Little Rock–North Little Rock– Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
Salem ...
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Salem, Connecticut
Salem is a town in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 4,213 at the 2020 census.
History
Pre-incorporation
The area was originally inhabited by the Mohegan people. The first settlement of European origin in pr ...
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Salem, Florida
Salem is an unincorporated community in Taylor County, Florida, United States. The community is located on U.S. Route 19, southeast of Perry. Salem has a post office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail se ...
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Salem, Georgia
Salem is a census-designated place (CDP) in Upson County, Georgia, United States. The population was 310 at the 2010 census.
Geography
Salem is located in southern Upson County at (32.748609, -84.198816).
The community is located along U.S. R ...
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Salem, Illinois
Salem is a city in and the county seat of Marion County, Illinois, United States. The population was 7,485 at the 2010 census.
Geography
Salem is located at (38.6282, -88.9482).
According to the 2010 census, Salem has a total area of , of w ...
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Salem, Indiana
Salem is a city in and the county seat of Washington Township, Washington County, Indiana, Washington Township, Washington County, Indiana, Washington County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 6,319 at the 2010 United States Census ...
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Salem, Indiana
Salem is a city in and the county seat of Washington Township, Washington County, Indiana, Washington Township, Washington County, Indiana, Washington County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 6,319 at the 2010 United States Census ...
Salem, Massachusetts
Salem ( ) is a historic coastal city in Essex County, Massachusetts, located on the North Shore of Greater Boston. Continuous settlement by Europeans began in 1626 with English colonists. Salem would become one of the most significant seaports tr ...
Salem Township, Washtenaw County, Michigan
Salem Township is a civil township of Washtenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 5,627 at the 2010 census.
Communities
* Brookeville is an unincorporated community located within the township at .
* Salem is an unincorp ...
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Salem, Missouri
Salem is the county seat of Dent County, Missouri, United States. The population was 4,608 at the 2020 census, which allows Salem to become a Class 3 city in Missouri; however, the city has chosen to remain a Class 4 city under Missouri Revise ...
Salem, New Hampshire
Salem is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 30,089 at the 2020 census. Being located on Interstate 93 as the first town in New Hampshire, which lacks any state sales tax, Salem has grown into a commer ...
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Salem, New Jersey
Salem is a city in Salem County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the city's population was 5,146,
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Salem Nuclear Power Plant
The Salem Nuclear Power Plant is a two unit pressurized water reactor nuclear power plant located in Lower Alloways Creek Township, in Salem County, New Jersey, in the United States. It is owned by PSEG Nuclear LLC and Constellation Energy.
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Salem River
The Salem River is a tributary of the Delaware River in southwestern New Jersey in the United States.
The course and watershed of the Salem River are entirely within Salem County. Tributaries of the Salem include Game Creek, Mannington Creek ...
, a tributary of the Delaware River
* Salem, New Mexico
* Salem, New York
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Salem (town), New York
Salem is a town in eastern Washington County, New York, United States. It is part of the Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town population was 2,702 at the 2000 census. The town of Salem contains a hamlet also named Salem, formerly ...
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Salem (village), New York
Salem is a hamlet (and census-designated place) located in the town of Salem in Washington County, New York, United States. It is part of the Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 946 at the 2010 census.
The hamlet is lo ...
** Salem, an earlier name of
Brocton, New York
Brocton is a village in Chautauqua County, New York, United States. The name was derived by combining the names "Brockway" and "Minton", two prominent local families. The population was 1,335 at the 2020 census. Brocton is within the town of Por ...
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Salem, North Carolina
Salem is a census-designated place (CDP) in Burke County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 2,218 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Hickory–Lenoir– Morganton Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
The town of Sale ...
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Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Winston-Salem is a city and the county seat of Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States. In the 2020 census, the population was 249,545, making it the second-largest municipality in the Piedmont Triad region, the 5th most populous city in ...
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Old Salem
Old Salem is a historic district of Winston-Salem, North Carolina that was originally settled by the Moravian community in 1766. This small city features a living history museum (operated by the non-profit Old Salem Museums & Gardens, organize ...
, a history museum in Winston-Salem
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Salem, Ohio
Salem is the largest city in Columbiana County, Ohio, with a small district in southern Mahoning County. At the 2020 census, the city's population was 11,915. It is the principal city of the Salem micropolitan area in Northeast Ohio. It is 18 ...
Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area
The Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is a Metropolitan Statistical Area consisting of two counties in western Oregon, Marion and Polk. The principal city is Salem, the state capital, which h ...
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Salem (Amtrak station)
Salem station is an Amtrak train station in Salem, Oregon, United States. It is served by ''Amtrak Cascades'' corridor trains going to and from Portland, Oregon, as well as the long-distance ''Coast Starlight.'' Greyhound Lines and some regiona ...
, a railroad station
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Salem, South Carolina
Salem is a U.S. town in Oconee County, South Carolina. The population was 135 at the 2010 United States Census.See http://factfinder.census.gov for population numbers and for municipality and CDP lists in the 2010 Census.
Geography
Salem is locate ...
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Salem, South Dakota
Salem is a city in and the county seat of McCook County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 1,325 at the 2020 census. The current mayor is Shawn English.
History
Salem was founded in 1880 and named after the postmaster's hometown o ...
Salem, Utah
Salem is a city in Utah County, Utah. It is part of the Provo–Orem metropolitan area. The population was 9,298 at the time of the 2020 U.S. census. Landmark locations in Salem include the Dream Mine of John Hyrum Koyle and the Salem Pond. ...
Salem, West Virginia
Salem is a city in Harrison County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 1,485 at the 2020 census. It is located at the junction of U.S. Route 50 and West Virginia Route 23; the North Bend Rail Trail passes through the city.DeLorme ...
Salem (community), Kenosha County, Wisconsin
Salem (also Brooklyn) is a community in the village of Salem Lakes, Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States. The community is located on Wisconsin Highway 83 south of Paddock Lake. Salem has a post office
A post office is a public facil ...
Shiloh (Hebrew שילו ''Šîlô'' / שלו ''Šīlô'' / שלה ''Šīlōh'') was an assembly place for the people of Israel where there was a sanctuary containing the Ark of the Covenant.
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Shiloh, Arkansas (disambiguation) Shiloh, Arkansas may refer to:
* Shiloh, Columbia County, Arkansas
* Shiloh, Howard County, Arkansas
* Shiloh, Lafayette County, Arkansas
* Shiloh, Pope County, Arkansas
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Shiloh, Georgia
Shiloh is a city on the northeastern edge of Harris County, Georgia, United States. It is part of the Columbus, Georgia–Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 402.
History
A post office called Sh ...
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Shiloh, Indiana
Shiloh is an unincorporated community in southern Cass Township, Sullivan County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
The community is part of the Terre Haute Metropolitan Statistical Area
In the United States, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) ...
Shiloh, Hampshire County, West Virginia
Shiloh is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Shiloh is located on Gore Road (West Virginia Secondary Route 23/11) near the Virginia line. Shiloh was once a stop on the old Winchester and Western Ra ...
Seven churches of Asia
The Seven Churches of Revelation, also known as the Seven Churches of the Apocalypse and the Seven Churches of Asia, are seven major Churches of Early Christianity, as mentioned in the New Testament Book of Revelation. All of them are located in ...
to whom the first part of the
Book of Revelation
The Book of Revelation is the final book of the New Testament (and consequently the final book of the Christian Bible). Its title is derived from the first word of the Koine Greek text: , meaning "unveiling" or "revelation". The Book of ...
Smyrna, Delaware
Smyrna is a town in Kent and New Castle counties in the U.S. state of Delaware. It is part of the Dover, Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. According to the Census Bureau, as of 2010, the population of the town is 10,023.
The international ...
Smyrna, Georgia
Smyrna is a city in Cobb County, Georgia, United States. It is located northwest of Atlanta, and is in the inner ring of the Atlanta Metropolitan Area. It is included in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs–Alpharetta MSA, which is included in the Atlant ...
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Smyrna, Decatur County, Indiana
Smyrna is an unincorporated community in Salt Creek Township, Decatur County, Indiana.
History
The first post office at Smyrna was established in 1846. It was named after the ancient city of Smyrna
Smyrna ( ; grc, Σμύρνη, Smýrnē, ...
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Smyrna, Jefferson County, Indiana Smyrna is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Indiana, in the 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 Continental United States, prim ...
Smyrna, Maine
Smyrna is a town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. The population was 439 at the 2020 census.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and is water.
Demographics
2010 c ...
Smyrna, Tennessee
Smyrna is a town in Rutherford County, Tennessee. Smyrna's population was 53,070 at the 2020 census. In 2007, '' U.S. News & World Report'' listed Smyrna as one of the best places in the United States to retire. Smyrna is part of the Nashville ...
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Smyrna, Washington Smyrna is an unincorporated community in Grant County, in the U.S. state of Washington.
History
A post office called Smyrna was established in 1911, and remained in operation until 1964. The community was named after the ancient city of Smyrna
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Tyre
Tyre (Hebrew צור ''Ṣōr'') is a city in the Lebanon mentioned many times in the Old Testament.
* Tyre, New York
Mount Zion
Mount Zion (Hebrew הר צִיּוֹן ''Har Tsion'') is an elevation west of the
Mount of Olives
The Mount of Olives or Mount Olivet ( he, הַר הַזֵּיתִים, Har ha-Zeitim; ar, جبل الزيتون, Jabal az-Zaytūn; both lit. 'Mount of Olives'; in Arabic also , , 'the Mountain') is a mountain ridge east of and adjacent to Jeru ...
outside
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
and was used as a name for the
Temple Mount
The Temple Mount ( hbo, הַר הַבַּיִת, translit=Har haBayīt, label=Hebrew, lit=Mount of the House f the Holy}), also known as al-Ḥaram al-Sharīf (Arabic: الحرم الشريف, lit. 'The Noble Sanctuary'), al-Aqsa Mosque compou ...
Zion, Illinois
Zion is a city in Lake County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 24,655.
History
The city was founded in July 1901 by John Alexander Dowie (1847-1907), a Scots-Australian evangelical minister and faith healer who ...
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Zion National Park
Zion National Park is an American national park located in southwestern Utah near the town of Springdale. Located at the junction of the Colorado Plateau, Great Basin, and Mojave Desert regions, the park has a unique geography and a variety of ...
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Place Names
Toponymy, toponymics, or toponomastics is the study of ''toponyms'' (proper names of places, also known as place names and geographic names), including their origins, meanings, usage and types. Toponym is the general term for a proper name of ...