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Bethune, CO -- U.S. town in Colorado
Population (2000): 225
Housing Units (2000): 81
Land area (2000): 0.152352 sq. miles (0.394589 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.152352 sq. miles (0.394589 sq. km)
FIPS code: 06530
Located within: Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
Location: 39.304471 N, 102.423362 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 80805
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Bethune, SC -- U.S. town in South Carolina
Population (2000): 352
Housing Units (2000): 193
Land area (2000): 1.137758 sq. miles (2.946780 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.137758 sq. miles (2.946780 sq. km)
FIPS code: 06040
Located within: South Carolina (SC), FIPS 45
Location: 34.414881 N, 80.347414 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 29009
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Wikipedia
Béthune

Béthune ( ; archaic ) is a city in northern France, sub-prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department.

Bethune (disambiguation)

Bethune is a town in northern France.

Bethune may also refer to

Bethune (surname)

Bethune, or Béthune, is a French and Scottish surname. It originates from the name of the town of Béthune in Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. The name of the town was first recorded in the 8th century, in the Latin form Bitunia. The surname is first recorded in Scotland during the reign of King Alexander II (4 December 1214 to 8 July 1249) when charters of the abbeys of St Andrews and Arbroath name Robert de Betunia, probably a knight , Sir David de Betun, definitely a knight, and John de Betun, probably a cleric.

Béthune (river)

The Béthune is a river of Normandy, France, in length, flowing through the department of Seine-Maritime and it is a tributary of the Arques River. The French Sandre regulators however, consider the Béthune as the Arques for all its length.

Usage examples of "bethune".

In this uneasy peace, Adam Bolitho is fortunate to be offered the seventy-four gun Athena, and as flag captain to Vice-Admiral Sir Graham Bethune once more follows his destiny to the Caribbean.

To place yourself at the convenience and service of Sir Graham Bethune, Knight of the Bath, Vice-Admiral of the Blue, and to await further instructions.

Vice-Admiral Sir Graham Bethune moved some papers on his broad desk and stared at the ornate clock on the opposite wall, with its wind indicator and simpering cherubs.

At ease with the senior officers they had met, always ready to remind Bethune of any small detail some one else had overlooked.

George Tolan, personal servant to Vice-Admiral Sir Graham Bethune, stood in one corner of the inn’s courtyard as the carriage was being moved nearer to the vaulted entrance.

If Bethune had decided to prolong his stay at the Royal George, things might have been very different.

Another time when he had quit the sea to accompany Bethune on some mission or other he had met a man by the Thames in London, the same river which ran within half a mile of where he had been born.

It was only then that Tolan realized Bethune, always so buoyant and confident, was unwilling to leave.

Sir Graham Bethune was to dine with the port admiral at his residence ashore.

He had seen the port admiral stagger as he had waited on the stone stairs, while Bethune stepped almost casually into the waiting barge.

He had been through the muster book and ship’s records and had discovered one man who had actually served with Bethune when he had been a captain.

Vice-Admiral Sir Graham Bethune leaned back in his chair, his fingers interlocked behind his head while he surveyed the broad expanse of his day cabin.

He thought of the admiral: it was hard to imagine Bethune ever having been other than what he was now.

Vice-Admiral Bethune had sent a message requesting that the musketry cease forthwith.

He had no idea what Bethune did for most of the day, but he rarely appeared on deck.