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Roosevelt

the family in America originally bore the name Van Roosevelt, "of the field of roses," descriptive of their estates in Holland. Claes Martenszen Van Rosenvelt, born August 1649, emigrated to New Amsterdam. His son (1653) and all his descendants dropped the "Van." Related: Rooseveltian.

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Roosevelt, NJ -- U.S. borough in New Jersey
Population (2000): 933
Housing Units (2000): 351
Land area (2000): 1.956128 sq. miles (5.066348 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.002426 sq. miles (0.006283 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.958554 sq. miles (5.072631 sq. km)
FIPS code: 64410
Located within: New Jersey (NJ), FIPS 34
Location: 40.218296 N, 74.470786 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Roosevelt, NY -- U.S. Census Designated Place in New York
Population (2000): 15854
Housing Units (2000): 4234
Land area (2000): 1.777995 sq. miles (4.604985 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.012709 sq. miles (0.032916 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.790704 sq. miles (4.637901 sq. km)
FIPS code: 63506
Located within: New York (NY), FIPS 36
Location: 40.679172 N, 73.585471 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 11575
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Roosevelt, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma
Population (2000): 280
Housing Units (2000): 179
Land area (2000): 0.476927 sq. miles (1.235235 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.476927 sq. miles (1.235235 sq. km)
FIPS code: 63900
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 34.850457 N, 99.022302 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 73564
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Roosevelt, UT -- U.S. city in Utah
Population (2000): 4299
Housing Units (2000): 1566
Land area (2000): 5.251362 sq. miles (13.600964 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 5.251362 sq. miles (13.600964 sq. km)
FIPS code: 64670
Located within: Utah (UT), FIPS 49
Location: 40.298721 N, 109.994035 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 84066
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Roosevelt, WA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Washington
Population (2000): 79
Housing Units (2000): 46
Land area (2000): 3.855390 sq. miles (9.985415 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.855390 sq. miles (9.985415 sq. km)
FIPS code: 59705
Located within: Washington (WA), FIPS 53
Location: 45.744773 N, 120.210395 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 99356
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Roosevelt, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
Population (2000): 166
Housing Units (2000): 67
Land area (2000): 1.032758 sq. miles (2.674830 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.032758 sq. miles (2.674830 sq. km)
FIPS code: 55438
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 48.803499 N, 95.097520 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 56673
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Roosevelt -- U.S. County in Montana
Population (2000): 10620
Housing Units (2000): 4044
Land area (2000): 2355.601675 sq. miles (6100.980072 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 14.046883 sq. miles (36.381259 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2369.648558 sq. miles (6137.361331 sq. km)
Located within: Montana (MT), FIPS 30
Location: 48.208479 N, 104.989043 W
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Roosevelt County
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Roosevelt -- U.S. County in New Mexico
Population (2000): 18018
Housing Units (2000): 7746
Land area (2000): 2448.495075 sq. miles (6341.572862 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 6.374793 sq. miles (16.510637 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2454.869868 sq. miles (6358.083499 sq. km)
Located within: New Mexico (NM), FIPS 35
Location: 34.122576 N, 103.370714 W
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Wikipedia
Roosevelt

Roosevelt commonly refers to:

  • Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945), 32nd President of the United States
  • Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919), 26th President of the United States
  • Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962), wife of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and First Lady
  • Roosevelt family, for the lineage of the American political family
  • Roosevelt (surname), includes the history and coats of arms of the various families

Roosevelt may also refer to:

Roosevelt (name)

The name Roosevelt is an American surname originally derived from the Dutch place-name spelled variously as Van Rosevelt or Van Rosenvelt, meaning "from rose field" or "of a rose field." The most famous bearers of this name come from the Roosevelt family, a merchant and political family descended from the 17th-century immigrant to New Netherland Claes Maartenszen van Rosenvelt.

Roosevelt (Tren Urbano station)

Roosevelt is a Tren Urbano rapid transit station in the Hato Rey financial district of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The station opened on December 17, 2004. The station features a mural composed of tile as a work of public art entitled Encuentros Fugaces by the artist Susana Espinosa.

Roosevelt (sailor)

Roosevelt was a sailor from France, who represented his country at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Meulan, France. Roosevelt as helmsman, did not start in first race of the 0.5 to 1 ton and did not finished in the second race. He did this with the boat Verveine.

Roosevelt (automobile)

Roosevelt was a brand of American automobile that was manufactured by the Marmon Motor Car Company of Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, during the 1929 and 1930 model years.

The Roosevelt was named after President Theodore Roosevelt and designed to be priced as an "affordable" automobile. The Roosevelt was the first automobile in America with a straight-eight engine to be priced under $1,000, with the sedan and coupe selling for $995.

Although the Roosevelt name did not appear for the 1931 range of Marmon models, the car was refined into the new Model 70 Marmon.

One of the unique features of the 29 Roosevelt was the horn button. It served 3 purposes. Push down and it would honk, pull up and it was the starter, and turn it, to turn the head lights on and off. It also had a cameo of Theodore Roosevelt, black and white, on the front top middle of the radiator.

Roosevelt (tree)

The Roosevelt tree is the largest giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) in Redwood Mountain Grove, which is itself the largest grove of giant sequoias on Earth, which are endemic to the Sierra Nevada of California. .

It is located in Kings Canyon National Park and Sequoia National Forest, at .

The tallest giant sequoia on earth is also located in this grove, along with the Hart tree which is just smaller than the Roosevelt tree. The Hart tree is tall, with a volume of . The Roosevelt tree however has a volume of around .

The tree is the 21st largest giant sequoia.

Roosevelt (musician)

Roosevelt (born Marius Lauber, September 1990) is a singer, songwriter and producer from Cologne, Germany. He is signed to Greco-Roman.

Usage examples of "roosevelt".

Roosevelt, after reading this, sent a copy to his Attorney General, W.

McCloy, George Meany, Madame Pandit, Paul Reynaud, Eleanor Roosevelt, Adlai Stevenson.

Nixon exposed the Truman and Roosevelt administrations as having appointed known saboteur Alger Hiss to positions of influence within the government.

The man advising Roosevelt during this transaction was Alger Hiss, Soviet agent.

Roosevelt felt like seeing for himself how the barrels were deployed, everything could still cave in, like a trench with a mine touched off below it.

Farley, chairman of the Democratic National Executive Committee, to be held by the Roosevelt for President Club at the Biltmore Saturday.

The day before, President Roosevelt had sent a ringing message to the chiefs of state of forty-four nations outlining the plans and hopes of the United States for disarmament and peace and calling for the abolition of all offensive weapons - bombers, tanks and mobile heavy artillery.

So, during a lunch of chitlins, topped off with coffee and crackers and Liederkranz, Mrs Roosevelt told us how proud and unselfish and energetic the men and women were over the tank-assembly line at Green Diamond Plough.

Reich Government therefore breaks off all diplomatic relations with the United States and declares that under these circumstances brought about by President Roosevelt, Germany too considers herself to be at war with the United States, as from today.

In adjusting and reacting to unexpected situations, the contrast between men like Generals Roosevelt and Cota, Colonels Canham and Otway, Major Howard, Captain Dawson, Lieutenants Spaulding and Winters, and their German counterparts could not have been greater.

March 1944, Archduke Otto met again with President Roosevelt, and in the course of it, the President declared that if the Hungarian Government would declare herself ready to support the Allies at any given opportunity, he, the President, would be favorably inclined to make a statement about maintainance of the Transylvanian frontiers of 1940 and towards the settlement of the Czechoslovakian territorial questions by a popular vote.

Chelsea Piers, passing close to the Empire State Building and the Art Deco spire of the Chrysler Building, coming in for an easy landing along the East River, in sight of the old deadhouse at the tip of Roosevelt Island.

Although Jews were prominent in the northern and western Democratic machines, there were several outspoken anti-Semites among the Dixiecratic contingent in Congress and Roosevelt would never think of separating from them.

In other words, Chile was pulled from depression by dull old Keynesian remediesall Franklin Roosevelt, zero Margaret Thatcher.

We were going to Elizabeth Bing, one of the pioneers in Lamaze, because the Roosevelts had gone to her.