Wiktionary
alt. The lodge of a beaver, in the form of a river dam, with an underwater entrance n. The lodge of a beaver, in the form of a river dam, with an underwater entrance
Gazetteer
Housing Units (2000): 1411
Land area (2000): 2.525593 sq. miles (6.541255 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.525593 sq. miles (6.541255 sq. km)
FIPS code: 04654
Located within: Kentucky (KY), FIPS 21
Location: 37.407143 N, 86.877752 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 42320
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Headwords:
Beaver Dam
Housing Units (2000): 6685
Land area (2000): 5.222427 sq. miles (13.526022 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.338242 sq. miles (3.466030 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 6.560669 sq. miles (16.992052 sq. km)
FIPS code: 05900
Located within: Wisconsin (WI), FIPS 55
Location: 43.459967 N, 88.836066 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 53916
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Beaver Dam
Wikipedia
Beaver dams are structures built by beavers.
Beaver Dam or Beaverdam may also refer to:
Beaver dams are dams built by beavers to provide ponds as protection against predators such as coyotes, wolves, and bears, and to provide easy access to food during winter. These structures modify the natural environment in such a way that the overall ecosystem builds upon the change, making beavers a keystone species. Beavers work at night and are prolific builders, carrying mud and stones with their fore-paws and timber between their teeth. Beavers can rebuild primary dams overnight, though they may not defend secondary dams as vigorously.
Beaver Dam is an antebellum plantation house located on the northern edge of present-day Knightdale, wake County, North Carolina. The house was built circa 1810 by Col. William Hinton, brother of Charles Lewis Hinton who built the nearby Midway Plantation. At its height, Beaver Dam plantation encompassed around and was home to about 50 slaves.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
In 2005, the house was purchased by Hinton Land, LLC and underwent a 6-month restoration by Lambeth Restoration, HagerSmith Architects, Williams Realty and Building Company, John Stein Painting, Western Cedar Supply, and others.
Usage examples of "beaver dam".
Walking down one of the tunnels, I turn a corner and am looking out on the beaver dam and the agents car.
He's to have them corralled at Wessels Farm the other side of Beaver Dam Lake in three days' time - that's the 8th August.
The beaver dam evolved by natural selection, and therefore what happened cannot be very different, except in practical details, from the story I have told.
But I would like to observe the beaver dam before I draw my final conclusions.
And over the beaver dam was clambering the hunchbacked figure of the rat carrier.
Proceeded on past a small river 25 yards wide called Rampart or Beaver Dam River.
I sat down beside the old beaver dam to gather courage to tell my father.
When he passed some dead water, which he noted was held by a beaver dam, there was a current in the stream, and it flowed west.
The sound of splashing came back as they crossed the little creek down below the beaver dam.