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Housing Units (2000): 194
Land area (2000): 0.599390 sq. miles (1.552413 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.599390 sq. miles (1.552413 sq. km)
FIPS code: 03124
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 46.820935 N, 94.516726 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 56435
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Backus
Wikipedia
Backus is a surname deriving from the German family name Backhaus. Notable people with the surname include:
- A.E. Backus (1909–1990), American artist
- Azel Backus (1765-1816), first President of Hamilton College in New York
- Billy Backus (born 1943), former world boxing champion
- Edward Burdette Backus (1888–1955), American Unitarian minister and humanist
- Edward Wellington Backus (1861–1934), American timber baron
- Frederick F. Backus (1794–1858), American physician and member of the New York State Senate
- George Edward Backus (born 1930), American geophysicist
- Gus Backus (born 1937), American singer
- Henny Backus (1911–2004), Broadway showgirl and wife of Jim Backus
- Henry T. Backus (1809–1877), American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Michigan and judge in Arizona Territory
- Isaac Backus (1724–1806), American Baptist preacher and politician
- Jan Backus (20th century), Vermont state senator
- Jeff Backus (born 1977), American professional football player
- Jim Backus (1913–1989), American actor
- John Backus (1924–2007), American computer scientist
- Sharron Backus (born 1946), American former softball player and coach
- Winston Backus (born 1920), Canadian politician
Backus is a surname.
Backus may also refer to:
Usage examples of "backus".
John Backus, I guessed, from his clothes and his looks, that he was a grazier or farmer from the backwoods of some western State-- doubtless Ohio--and afterward when he dropped into his personal history and I discovered that he WAS a cattle-raiser from interior Ohio, I was so pleased with my own penetration that I warmed toward him for verifying my instinct.
All the passengers were on deck to look--even the gamblers-- and Backus knew them all, and had afflicted them all with his pet topic.
Acapulco to San Francisco I several times saw the gamblers talking earnestly with Backus, and once I threw out a gentle warning to him.
Surreptitious smiles, at this, passed from one rascal to another, and they filled all the glasses, and whilst Backus honestly drained his to the bottom they pretended to do the same, but threw the wine over their shoulders.
I saw Backus drinking his wine-- fairly and squarely, and the others throwing theirs away.
The idea came to the attention of Western scientists in 1966, thanks to John Isaacs, Hugh Bradner, and George Backus.