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  • Melrose, MA

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  • Deal Beach, New Jersey

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    A group from Rhode Island settled in the area of Middletown Township and Shrewsbury Township in the mid-1660s, after having purchased what was known as the Monmouth Patent.

  • Oberlin, OH

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  • Simsbury, Connecticut

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  • Paris, KY

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  • London, Ontario, Canada

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  • Janesville, WI

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  • Hamilton, OH

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  • Delaware, OH

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  • Brockville, Ontario, Canada

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    From: Loyalist Trails UELAC Newsletter, 2010 Archive  http://www.uelac.org/Loyalist-Trails/2010/Loyalist-Trails-2010.php?issue=201048#Railroads

    Conference 2011: When Railroads Were King in Brockville - by Roy Lewis

    For approximately a century, from the mid-1800s until the mid-1900s, railroads were king in Brockville since they were the community's largest employer.

  • Adams, Massachusetts

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    Nathan Jones purchased the township of East Hoosac at auction in 1762 from the state for £3,200. In 1778, the town was officially incorporated as Adams, named in honor of Samuel Adams, a revolutionary leader and signer of the Declaration of Independence. Much of the land had been subdivided into 100-acre (0.40 km2) and 200-acre (0.81 km2) lots.

  • Fort Erie, Ontario

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  • Newburgh, NY

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    November 20, 1884   I have not seen anything to document it but I believe Sam would have taken the Newburgh to Beacon Ferry to access the Hudson River train to New York.

  • Canisteo, NY

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    Canisteo is a town in Steuben County, New York, United States. The population was 3,391 at the 2010 census.[1] The name was taken from a former Indian village located here. The Senecas had a major village here called "Kah-ni-sti-oh." The first settlers arrived around 1788, making Canisteo one of the earliest locations occupied in the county. The town was formed in 1796 at the same time as the creation of the county.

  • Hamilton, Bermuda

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  • Snohomish, WA

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    Snohomish was founded around 1858 by Emory C. Ferguson, E. F. Cady and others. It was originally known as Cadyville, but changed its name to Snohomish City in 1871. The name Snohomish comes from the name of the dominant local Native American tribe, whose meaning is widely disputed. One of the first inland cities in the Puget Sound region, Snohomish was built where a planned military road connecting Fort Steilacoom and Fort Bellingham was set to cross the Snohomish River.

  • Wenatchee, WA

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    The Great Northern Railway and the Wenatchee Development Company Build a New Town. Although located as a mid-point between Spokane and Seattle, the Wenatchee Valley was largely inaccessible because it is surrounded by mountains. Despite topographical limitations, the City's great potential as a productive agricultural region and business center did not go unnoticed. With this vision in mind, a group of Seattle businessman formed the Wenatchee Improvement Company in December 1890 to acquire property and build a town.

  • Rock Island, WA

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    The Rock Island Railroad Bridge is BNSF Railway's bridge across the Columbia River, at Rock Island, Washington. The structure consists of one through truss, one deck truss, and an approach trestle. The bridge was originally built in 1892 for the Great Northern Railway and was the first bridge to span the Columbia River. The site was chosen at Rock Island, Washington for being the shortest distance between the banks of the Columbia River in Washington State.

  • Clancy, MT

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  • Montana City, MT

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  • Leicester, NY

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  • Perkinsville, NY

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    Perkinsville, from 1882 to 1963, Perkinsville was on the New York (Hoboken) to Buffalo Main Line of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad (1882–1960) and Erie Lackawanna Railroad (1960–1963). Tracks were removed through Perkinsville in 1963 by order of the United States Interstate Commerce Commission to promote highway transportation. As of 2008, Perkinsville has no rail service.

  • Minot, ND

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  • Rugby Junction, ND

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    Rugby was founded in 1886 at a junction on the Great Northern Railway, where a branch line to Bottineau met the main line. The railroad promoters initially platted the town as Rugby Junction, getting the name Rugby from the town of Rugby in Warwickshire, England.[6] It was one of several sites along the Great Northern's transcontinental route between Devils Lake and Minot that were named after places in England (the others were Berwick, Leeds, Knox, Norwich, Penn, Surrey, Churches Ferry, Tunbridge, and York). When the community became a city, the Junction was dropped from the name.

  • Mapes, ND

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