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Seward
Seward is the name of: People Surname * Seward (surname) Middle name * William Seward Burroughs I (1857–1898), inventor of adding machine *William S. Burroughs (1914–1997), American novelist, poet, essayist and spoken word performer * John Seward Johnson II (1930–2020), American sculptor * William S. Burroughs, Jr. (1947–1981), author and son of the above First name * Seward Collins (1899–1952), publisher of ''The American Review'', prominent pre–World War II proponent of fascism * Seward Smith, American politician, associate justice of the Dakota Territory Supreme Court Places United States Counties * Seward County, Kansas * Seward County, Nebraska Cities and towns * Seward, Alaska * Seward, Illinois * Seward Township, Kendall County, Illinois * Seward Township, Winnebago County, Illinois * Seward, Kansas * Seward Township, Minnesota * Seward, Nebraska * Seward, New York * Seward, North Carolina * Seward, Pennsylvania Others * Seward Highway, Alaska * S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seward, Nebraska
Seward is a city in and the county seat of Seward County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 7,643 at the 2020 census. Seward is part of the Lincoln, Nebraska metropolitan area. History Seward was platted in 1868. It was named from Seward County. The railroad was built through Seward in 1873. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water. Climate Demographics 2020 census The 2020 United States census counted 7,643 people, 2,672 households, and 1,705 families in Seward. The population density was 1,713.7 per square mile (662.3/km). There were 2,824 housing units at an average density of 633.2 per square mile (244.7/km). The racial makeup was 93.31% (7,132) white, 0.94% (72) black or African-American, 0.3% (23) Native American, 0.39% (30) Asian, 0.04% (3) Pacific Islander, 1.06% (81) from other races, and 3.95% (302) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.0% (213) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Seward Johnson II
John Seward Johnson II (April 16, 1930 – March 10, 2020), also known as J. Seward Johnson Jr. and Seward Johnson, was an American artist known for ''trompe-l'œil'' painted bronze statues. He was a grandson of Robert Wood Johnson I, the co-founder of Johnson & Johnson, and of Colonel Thomas Melville Dill of Bermuda. He designed life-size bronze statues that were castings of living people, depicting them engaged in day-to-day activities. A large staff of technicians did the fabrication of the works he designed. Computers and digital technology often were used in the manufacturing process. Sometimes the manufacture was contracted in China. He was the founder of Grounds For Sculpture, a sculpture park and museum located in Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey. Early life and education Johnson was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, on April 16, 1930. His father was John Seward Johnson I, and his mother was Ruth Dill, the sister of actress Diana Douglas, Diana Dill, making h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seward County, Nebraska
Seward County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 17,609. Its county seat is Seward. The county was formed in 1855, and was organized in 1867. It was originally called Greene County, and in 1862 it was renamed for William H. Seward, Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. Seward County is part of the Lincoln, NE Metropolitan Statistical Area. In the Nebraska license plate system, Seward County is represented by the prefix 16 (it had the sixteenth-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922). Geography The Seward County terrain consists of low rolling hills, largely dedicated to agriculture including center pivot irrigation. The Big Blue River flows south-southeasterly through the central part of the county. The county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.8%) is water. Protected areas * Bur Oak State W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seward, Alaska
Seward (Alutiiq language, Alutiiq: ; Denaʼina language, Dena'ina: ''Tl'ubugh'') is an incorporated home rule city in Alaska, United States. Located on Resurrection Bay, a fjord of the Gulf of Alaska on the Kenai Peninsula, Seward is situated on Alaska's southern coast, approximately by road from Alaska's largest city, Anchorage, Alaska, Anchorage. With a population of 2,717 people as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, Seward is the fourth-largest city in the Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, Kenai Peninsula Borough, behind Kenai, Alaska, Kenai, Homer, Alaska, Homer, and the borough seat of Soldotna, Alaska, Soldotna. The city is named for former United States Secretary of State William H. Seward, who orchestrated the United States' Alaska Purchase, purchase of Alaska from the Russian Empire in 1867 while serving in this position as part of President Andrew Johnson's administration. Seward is the southern terminus of the Alaska Railroad and the historic starting p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seward, Kansas
Seward is a city in Stafford County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 41. Located in Seward are a large granary, and a bar and grill as well as numerous homes. History Seward was named for William H. Seward. A post office was opened in Seward in 1878, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1995. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 64 people, 31 households, and 16 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 37 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 100.0% White. There were 31 households, of which 16.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.7% were married couples living together, 6.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 6.5% had a male householder with no wife present, and 48.4% were non-families. 45 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seward, Pennsylvania
Seward is a borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was four hundred and ninety-five at the time of the 2010 census. It is also one of three communities within the county to utilize the 814 area code, along with St. Clair and New Florence. History In June 1902, three men were killed instantly, two were fatally hurt and five others were injured, including one man who later died, following an explosion at the Cambria powder plant's coining mill in Seward. According to news coverage, "The explosion occurred as the men were loading a pot of powder on a wagon driven by" one of the victims, thirty-eight-year-old John Rhoads, who reportedly left a large family. The others who were killed were: Seward resident J. B. Smith, aged forty, who was also the head of a large family; Charles Drover, a thirty-five-year-old, unmarried resident of Wapwallopen in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; and Seward resident W. F. Bracken, who was married with three childr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sewards End
Sewards End is a village and civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. Its area is 1211 acres. It is set in the rolling countryside of north west Essex. The village's village hall is two miles east of the centre of Saffron Walden and one and a third miles from Tesco's store. The population was 511 in 2011 with 124 children under the age of 18 and 87 people aged over 64. The median age was 47. There are about 210 houses in the village (2020). There are 23 listed buildings. The village became a civil parish on 1 April 2004. Location Sewards End is in the county of Essex, in south eastern England, 43 miles from London, 17 miles from Cambridge, 14 miles from Bishops Stortford and one mile from Saffron Walden. History In the 11th century Sewards End did not exist as a defined community. At that time there were four smaller communities around what would eventually become Sewards End. Probably the most influential at that time was Wills Ayley where Monks from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seward Mountains (other)
Seward Mountains may refer to: * Seward Mountains (Antarctica) * Seward Mountains (Alaska) * Seward Mountain (New York) Seward Mountain is a mountain in the Seward Range of the Adirondacks in the U.S. state of New York. It is the 24th-highest of the Adirondack High Peaks, with an elevation of . The mountain is located in the town of Harrietstown in Franklin ... * Seward Mountains (New York) {{Geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seward Plantation
The Seward Plantation is a historic site built in 1855, a Southern plantation-turned-ranch located in Independence, Texas. The Seward Plantation has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since January 29, 2013. It was documented as part of the Historical American Buildings Survey. It has a Texas Centennial Marker.thc.texas.gov/preserve/projects-and-programs/state-historical-markers/1936-texas-centennial-markers Location The plantation is located east of Independence near Brenham in Washington County, Texas. It is off Farm to Market Road 390, also known as La Bahía Road (later Old Washington Road). The La Bahia Road was originally an east-west Indian trail also used by Spanish explorers in the 17th century. One can still see remnants of the La Bahia Road on the Seward Plantation. History Between 1832 and 1833, Samuel Seward (1794–1870) moved from Illinois to Mexican Texas with Stephen F. Austin. Seward purchased of land, then more. In the 1850s, after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seward High School (other)
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Seward High School can refer to: * Seward High School (Alaska) in Seward, Alaska *Seward High School (Nebraska) in Seward, Nebraska Seward is a city in and the county seat of Seward County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 7,643 at the 2020 census. Seward is part of the Lincoln, Nebraska metropolitan area. History Seward was platted in 1868. It was named from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seward Park (other)
Seward Park may refer to: * Seward Park (Chicago) * Seward Park (Manhattan) Seward Park is a public park and playground on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City. Located north of East Broadway and east of Essex Street, it is in size and is the first municipally built playground in the United States. Histor ..., a park on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, named after William H. Seward * Seward Park (Seattle), a park in Seattle, Washington * Seward Park, Seattle, the surrounding neighborhood {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seward Mountain (New York)
Seward Mountain is a mountain in the Seward Range of the Adirondacks in the U.S. state of New York. It is the 24th-highest of the Adirondack High Peaks, with an elevation of . The mountain is located in the town of Harrietstown in Franklin County. It is named for New York governor William Seward. History The mountain had the Mohawk name Ou-kor-lah, translated into English as "Great Eye", for a white spot on its side when viewed from Long Lake. The name Mount Seward was first used in print in a 1841 report to the New York State Legislature prepared by state geologist Ebenezer Emmons. The first recorded ascent of the mountain was made by surveyor Verplanck Colvin and mountain guide Alvah Dunning on October 15, 1870. Ascent routes The summit of Seward can be accessed on unmarked trails. The easiest access to the Seward Range is on the Ward Brook Truck Trail, which begins at a parking lot on Coreys Road south of the village of Saranac Lake. Between an intersection with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
