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Dahlgren, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
Population (2000): 514
Housing Units (2000): 245
Land area (2000): 1.003725 sq. miles (2.599636 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.003725 sq. miles (2.599636 sq. km)
FIPS code: 18303
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 38.199117 N, 88.685737 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 62828
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Headwords:
Dahlgren, IL
Dahlgren
Dahlgren, VA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Virginia
Population (2000): 997
Housing Units (2000): 510
Land area (2000): 1.126338 sq. miles (2.917201 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.126338 sq. miles (2.917201 sq. km)
FIPS code: 21008
Located within: Virginia (VA), FIPS 51
Location: 38.336189 N, 77.050868 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 22448
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Dahlgren, VA
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Dahlgren

Dahlgren may refer to:

Dahlgren (surname)

Dahlgren is a Swedish surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Anders Dahlgren (1925–1986), Swedish politician who was a member of the Centre Party
  • Charles G. Dahlgren (1811–1888), Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War
  • Cornelia Dahlgren, Swedish singer and songwriter
  • Dagmar Dahlgren, American singer and silent film era motion picture actress
  • Babe Dahlgren (1912–1996), American baseball player
  • Edward C. Dahlgren (1916–2006), United States Army soldier
  • Eva Dahlgren, Swedish singer
  • Fredrik August Dahlgren (1816–1895) Swedish writer, playwright and songwriter
  • George Dahlgren, player in the National Football League
  • Jay Dahlgren, Canadian javelin thrower
  • Jeff Dahlgren, American guitarist and producer
  • Jennifer Dahlgren, Argentinian athlete
  • John A. Dahlgren (1809–1870), Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy officer
  • John Olof Dahlgren (1872–1963), American Medal of Honor recipient
  • Karl Fredrik Dahlgren (1791–1844), Swedish poet
  • Kristen Dahlgren, American NBC reporter
  • Leif Dahlgren (1906–1998), Swedish decathlete
  • Mathias Dahlgren, Swedish chef, who won the culinary championship Bocuse d'Or in 1997
  • Mikael Dahlgren, Swedish footballer who currently plays for Ängelholms FF
  • Robert Dahlgren, Swedish auto racing driver
  • Rolf Dahlgren (1932–1987), Swedish-Danish botanist
  • Tom Dahlgren, American actor
  • Ulric Dahlgren (1842–1864), Colonel, U.S. Army officer
  • Sara Dahlgren, Swedish singer and actress

Usage examples of "dahlgren".

Colonel Dahlgren distinguished himself at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg.

Now, since Dahlgren failed to carry out his orders, the Yankees disown them, disavowing all.

He says General Chesnut originated the plan and organized the corps of clerks which saved Richmond in the Dahlgren raid.

She mounted two ten-inch Dahlgren pivot guns fore and aft, twenty-two nine-inch new-model Dahlgrens on her broadside batteries, and one of the mightiest cannons built, a seventy-pound rifled gun.

The little Union ironclad made straight for the Confederate behemoth and fired her two big eleven-inch Dahlgren guns.

Admiral John Dahlgren, Union commander of the South Atlantic Blockading Fleet, was kept well informed of the Hunley's progress by Confederate deserters.

They were 11-inch smoothbore Dahlgren cannon capable of firing a solid shot weighing 166 pounds.

I want to see what a ball from an 11-inch Dahlgren will do against this citadel—with its vertical sides.

The Union dual-turreted monitor, Onondaga, 11 inches of armor on her turrets, 51/2 inches on her hull, and mounting two powerful 15-inch Dahlgren smoothbores and two 150-pounder Parrott rifles, lay anchored near the western bank, her stern aimed downstream.

But the two 15-inch Dahlgrens inside the Onondaga's rear turret spat flame and smoke.

One of the Blakely's 100-pounder shells crashed through an open port and exploded against a Dahlgren, causing a gush of smoke and flame and terrible carnage inside the turret.

A 100-pound bolt from a Dahlgren mounted high above an embankment at Fort Hudson bashed into the pilothouse, stunning Chief Pilot Hunt from the concussion and leaving him bloodied from fragments that flew through the viewing slits.

The single-turreted monitor Saugus opened up with her twin 15-inch Dahlgrens while the Texas was bearing down.

The plan was to take Interstate 295 over to Highway 301 and then up to Dahlgren on the Potomac River.

There was no way they could make it all the way to Dahlgren without being caught.