Denton County’s status as a metropolitan city is interesting due it’s socioeconomic patterns. The county is in the state of Texas‚ where a large percentage of the population is not classified as urban‚ yet a large proportion of the land area is classified as urban. The opposite‚ however‚ is true for Denton County‚ whose urban population percentage is even higher than that of the United States and while its urban area is significantly lower‚ than that of Texas‚ it still exceeds the urban area percentage
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In Chelsea Stallings’ “Removing the Danger in a Business Way‚” she “analyzes a strain of the white supremacist vision in Denton‚ Texas‚” focusing on Quakertown. She uses a variety of sources‚ but two main primary sources are from the Denton Record-Chronicle and Dallas Express newspapers. While Stallings is excellent at summarizing the sources’ ideas‚ at points in her argument she forgoes the more interesting details that illuminate the white supremacist vision she is trying to display to the reader
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County Wexford Ireland is a place of great natural beauty and rich historical wonder. It is a place that has seen war‚ famine‚ prosperity‚ and poverty which is part of the almost mystical intrigue surrounding the island they call Eire. Ireland is home to about six million people and they are spread about its four provinces: Connacht‚ Leinster‚ Munster‚ and Ulster. The capital of Ireland‚ and its biggest city‚ is Dublin which is located in County Dublin and is home to a half a million people
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subdivisions of counties‚ or county equivalents in the case of Alaska and Louisiana. The amount of counties in a state depends on how much land there is in the state. Some have well over 200‚ like Texa‚ and some have five or less like Delaware. California‚ which only had 27 counties when it was first gaining statehood‚ now has a total of 58. One of the 58 counties is named Shasta‚ a medium sized county in the northern California area at the top of the Sacramento Valley. Shasta county was originally
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Physical and Location Description Clinton County is located in the geographic center of Michigan just 10 miles north of Lansing‚ the state capital. The County is named after a former Governor of New York‚ De Witt Clinton‚ and DeWitt is another city in Clinton County. Clinton County has a total area of 575 square miles‚ of which 572 square miles is land and 3 square miles is water. The southern portion of the county includes the cities of DeWitt‚ parts of Lansing‚ Grand Ledge and East Lansing
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representing the 32nd district of Spartanburg County. The 32nd district encompasses Spartanburg county and the cities of Spartanburg‚ Valley Falls‚ Mayo‚ and Converse‚ South Carolina (usboundary.com). Spartanburg County’s population is a total of 301‚463 residents (census.gov). The large population is all too much for a single legislator to represent‚ so districts are divided among different legislators. Since its founding in 1790‚ Spartanburg County has grown to be a massive cultural center in South
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William Faulkner William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County‚ with Jefferson as its county seat‚ is both a mythical and actual place. Yoknapatawpha county is 2400 square miles in area and has a population of 15‚611 persons. Jefferson has an actual jail‚ town square‚ old houses‚ and Old Frenchman’s Place‚ even a railroad. Faulkner’s "Yoknapatawpha County" is in reality Lafayette County‚ and "Jefferson" is actually Oxford. The Faulkner family lived there since before the Civil War. This is
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3/5/13 Response Paper 2 Everyone has their own opinion about environmentalism. Some support it all the way‚ some people absolutely can’t stand it‚ and then there are those like me that fall in between. A Sand County Almanac and Silent Springs are two of the most influential pieces of environmental literature ever written. Parts of them didn’t exactly convince me and parts of them shocked me so much I think twice on certain aspects of my life. In this short response paper I will talk about what
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The Lincoln County War is one of the most prominent and profound pieces of New Mexico’s history‚ yet it is also one of the bloodiest encounters the region ever experienced. Passed down through stories and the set of countless old western movies‚ the War featured some of New Mexico’s most recognizable and historic characters and events. The most intriguing parts of the War include the cause of the dispute‚ the fighting which occurred during the War‚ and the lasting effects the War has on New Mexico
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A Sand County Almanac A Book Investigation Section I: The Almanac 1) Which is the birth year of mercy for all things natural‚ wild‚ and free? Why does Leopold give it that name? * The year 1865 is the birth year of all things natural‚ wild‚ and free. Leopold gives it this name because in that year‚ John Muir offered to buy from his brother‚ who then owned a farm 30 miles East of Leopold’s oak‚ a sanctuary for wildflowers that had gladdened his youth. His brother declined but could not
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