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Housing Units (2000): 7053
Land area (2000): 10.481667 sq. miles (27.147392 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.203185 sq. miles (0.526247 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 10.684852 sq. miles (27.673639 sq. km)
FIPS code: 02116
Located within: Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location: 32.075221 N, 84.226602 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Headwords:
Americus
Housing Units (2000): 383
Land area (2000): 1.078010 sq. miles (2.792033 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.078010 sq. miles (2.792033 sq. km)
FIPS code: 01675
Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location: 38.506448 N, 96.259598 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 66835
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Headwords:
Americus
Wikipedia
Americus may mean:
Places in the United States- Americus, Georgia, a city with a population of around 17,000
- Americus, Indiana, a small town in Washington Township
- Americus, Kansas, a city with a population of around 900
- Americus Township, Lyon County, Kansas
- Americus Backers (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 (died 1031), also known as Saint Americus or Emeric, a Hungarian prince
- Americus (baseball team), a minor league club that represented the city of Americus, Georgia
- Americus Hotel, historic building located at Allentown, Pennsylvania
- Americus, Preston and Lumpkin Railroad, historic railroad that operated in the states of Georgia and Alabama
- Americus Club, organization with chapters in various cities
Americus, originally named Rey del Caredes and raced occasionally as Rey del Carreres (foaled 1892, died 1910), was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who was exported to England. He had some success as a racehorse, but was more notable for his influence at stud. He was bred in California and won the 1895 Culver Stakes prior to his export. He continued to race in England, until he was nine years old, while also standing as a breeding stallion. He stood at stud in Italy, Ireland, Germany, and Belgium before dying in Germany in 1910. Americus' most famous descendant was his great-granddaughter Mumtaz Mahal.
There have been eight Minor leagues teams that have represented the city of Americus, Georgia. Since classification of the minors began, seven of them have been labeled as class D loops and one played in an independent league.
Usage examples of "americus".
In 1503 Americus Vespucius discovered the Bay of All Saints, and took home a cargo of Brazil-wood, monkeys, and parrots.
For this reason, the author recites, "quarta orbis pars, quam quis Americus invenit, Amerigen quasi Americi terram, sivi Americam nuncupare licit.
The road upon which Andersonville is situated was about one hundred and twenty miles long, reaching from Macon to Americus, Andersonville being about midway between these two.
He is a Portuguese by birth, and was so desirous of seeing the world that he divided his estate among his brothers, ran the same hazard as Americus Vespucius, and bore a share in three of his four voyages, that are now published.
He is a Portuguese by birth, and was so desirous of seeing the world, that he divided his estate among his brothers, ran the same hazard as Americus Vesputius, and bore a share in three of his four voyages that are now published.
Reichardt, "it is apparently unfair that Americus Vespucius should obtain an honour which Christopher Columbus alone had deserved.