I had a need to look up one of our members home town for some demographics and took a peek at Wikipedia in hopes of getting right to some info and something other than what the local chamber of commerce would give me to dig through. It worked well, ....... then I thought I'd see what they had to say about my town.

Other than the omissions and minutia from my personal view, it did give a reasonable insight to my town.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland,_Ohio

Now show us some of your.

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well here is the one for my current home

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quad-Cities

the Mississippi River flows from east to west in my town.
an interesting fact

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I knew there was a good reason I started this. Very interesting indeed. Among other things you have the Rock Island Arsenal and I see bridges seemed to be a major points of contention in your town too. LOL

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For our little town of Morton, Illinois ...

Morton is a village in Tazewell County, Illinois, USA, known for its pumpkins and annual Pumpkin Festival. The population was 15,198 at the 2000 census. Morton, the home of a Caterpillar facility and a Libby's Pumpkin plant, is part of the Peoria, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. It holds its annual Pumpkin Festival in the second week of September. The population of Morton in 2007 was 16,700.

As of the census[2] of 2000, there were 15,198 people, 6,021 households, and 4,244 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,247.6 people per square mile (481.8/km²). There were 6,299 housing units at an average density of 517.1/sq mi (199.7/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 97.87% White, 0.13% African American, 0.18% Native American, 1.16% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.26% from other races, and 0.40% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.80% of the population.

There were 6,021 households out of which 31.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.6% were married couples living together, 5.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.5% were non-families. 26.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.96.

In the village the population was spread out with 23.8% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 25.6% from 25 to 44, 24.7% from 45 to 64, and 18.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 92.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.4 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $53,869, and the median income for a family was $62,935. Males had a median income of $51,845 versus $30,973 for females. The per capita income for the village was $26,531. About 2.8% of families and 5.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.9% of those under age 18 and 3.9% of those age 65 or over.

Did someone by the name of Peter ever live there?



Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater,
had a wife and couldn't keep her.
So he put her in a pumpkin shell,
and there he kept her very well.

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Here's mine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beachwood,_New_Jersey

Home town Currently Live

I miss Tolland. Even the town square is nice and quiet.

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The entry for mine is probably longer than some others...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niagara_Falls,_New_York

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Si à travers nos veines coule encore le sang...
Si dans les jeux d'enfants on entend encore l'accent...
Si nous sentons encore l'espoir de nos grands-parents...
Si dans les voiles du large souffle encore le vent...
Y'a jamais eu de Grand Dérangement.

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Or maybe on top?

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Not to rain on your parade of fun facts here but just to point out the disclaimer, which is why you note 'omissions and minutia from my personal view'. I've always found it to be an informative, interesting site. Although my daughters were not allowed to use it for any research in any college class.


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As far as where I live......

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exeter,_Rhode_Island

Its a quick read. Not much to write about it. My town has the least population but the greatest amount of land.... ahhhhh, the boonies! Our claim to fame is Mercy Brown, vampire. She is mentioned in the book Dracula and is buried apx 4 miles from my house.
If you ever make it to Exeter I would recomend stopping by 'The Middle of No Where Diner' for breakfast. It's served all day and is the best you'll ever have!!!! On weekends the line is out the door!

Thanks PF. Fun thread!