Americus may refer to:

Places in the United States

Americus, Georgia Americus is the county seat of Sumter County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 16,230. It is the principal city of the Americus Micropolitan Statistical Area, a micropolitan area that covers Schley an ...

, a city with a population of around 17,000 *

Americus, Indiana Americus is a small census-designated place in Washington Township, Tippecanoe County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The community is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area. History A post office was established at Americus ...

, a small town in Washington Township *

Americus, Kansas Americus is a city in Lyon County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 776. It is located northwest of the city of Emporia. Americus is often a waypoint in some Unbound Gravel bike races. History Ame ...

, a city with a population of around 900 * Americus, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Americus Township, Lyon County, Kansas

People

Americus Backers Americus Backers (died 1778), sometimes described as the father of the English grand pianoforte style, brought the hammer striking action for keyboard instruments from his master Gottfried Silbermann's workshop in Freiburg to England in the mid-18 ...

(died 1778), described as the father of the English grand pianoforte style * Americus Vespucius Rice (1835–1904), American politician, banker, and businessman * Amerigo Vespucci (1454–1512) Italian merchant, explorer and cartographer whose first name was ''Americus'' in Latin *

Saint Emeric of Hungary Emeric ( hu, Szent Imre herceg), also ''Emericus,'' ''Emerick, Emery, Emory'', and venerated as Saint Emeric (c. 1007 – 2 September 1031) was the son of King Stephen I of Hungary and Giselle of Bavaria. Life Family Emeric is assumedSause ...

(died 1031), also known as ''Saint Americus'' or ''Emeric'', a Hungarian prince * Americus Symmes (1811–1896), son of John Cleves Symmes Jr.

Other uses

* Americus (baseball team), a minor league club that represented the city of Americus, Georgia *

Americus Hotel The Americus Hotel is an historic hotel, which is located in Allentown, Pennsylvania. It was built between 1926 and 1927, and is a thirteen-story yellow brick building. ''Note:'' This includes It was listed on the National Register of Historic ...

, historic building in Allentown, Pennsylvania * Americus, Preston and Lumpkin Railroad, historic railroad that operated in the states of Georgia and Alabama * Americus (horse) (died 1910), an American Thoroughbred racehorse * ''Americus'', a 2011 graphic novel by M. K. Reed, published by

First Second Books First Second Books is an American publisher of graphic novels. An imprint of Roaring Brook Press, part of Holtzbrinck Publishers, First Second publishes fiction, biographies, personal memoirs, history, visual essays, and comics journalism. It al ...

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