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I know this is population geography but Detroit was once bigger than big D in Dallas as a metro for a considerable amount of time in the 20th century. Suggesting this is odd.
I think St. Louis County, Missouri, is somewhat odd. To begin with-- ever since the City of St. Louis "divorced" itself from the county back in the 1800's, there has been no real dominant city in St. Louis County. There are some 91 municipalities in the county, one of the highest number of incorporated places found in any county in the nation.
St. Louis County became the most populous county in the state in 1970, surpassing the City of St. Louis. St. Louis County exceeded the one million mark in population in the 2000 census. Yet there has never been one single municipality in the county to reach 70,000 in population.
Clayton serves as the county seat for St. Louis County, and it contains a skyline more commonly found in a much larger city. But it is far from being the most populous city in St. Louis county. That distinction goes to Florissant, which is not the largest city in area. That would be Wildwood, which is larger geographically than even the City of St. Louis.
There are several municipalities in St. Louis County that are only 64 acres in area. One village-- Glen Echo Park-- covers only .03 square miles, or just 25 acres. But Glen Echo Park isn't the municipality with the lowest population in St. Louis County. That distinction goes to the village of Champ, population 13, which was founded by a former track and field athlete.
Despite being located in a highly populated urban area, one zip code in St. Louis County-- 63045, "Earth City"-- contains no permanent residents. A recent census counted four persons in this zip code, but these were most likely people living in "extended stay" lodging.
There are only two routes in and out of the St. Louis city/County area that do not cross a river: Hwy. 100 and State Highway T (both simple two-lane roads at the county line.)
Time to get the thread rolling again. Did some googling to find something, got this factoid:
The first city to reach a population of 1 million people was Rome in 133 B.C. London reached the mark in 1810 and New York made it in 1875. Today, there are over 300 cities in the world that boast a population in excess of 1 million.
My question: Is Detroit the only city on this burgeoning list to have once been there and then fallen off?
Cape May, NJ holds the record for the largest snowstorm ever in the state of NJ measured by amount of snow (34 inches in February 1899), even though it is the least snowy place in the whole state owing to its geography.
Time to get the thread rolling again. Did some googling to find something, got this factoid:
The first city to reach a population of 1 million people was Rome in 133 B.C. London reached the mark in 1810 and New York made it in 1875. Today, there are over 300 cities in the world that boast a population in excess of 1 million.
My question: Is Detroit the only city on this burgeoning list to have once been there and then fallen off?
Rome's population went down to almost zero for a period of time after the fall of the roman empire. Not sure if there are any examples in modern history though.
From 1931 to 1945, the population of Warsaw, Poland, dropped from 1,179,500 to 420,000. It was said after the war that there were more Poles living in Detroit than in Warsaw.
From 1931 to 1945, the population of Warsaw, Poland, dropped from 1,179,500 to 420,000. It was said after the war that there were more Poles living in Detroit than in Warsaw.
Thats because nearly 1/3rd of the city was killed during the Holocaust, and almost 90% of the city destroyed by WWII, now however, the city has over 1.7 million people.
There are almost three times as many shipwrecks in waters off Michigan (over 2,000) than off Florida (750). And more than three times as many lighthouses in Michigan than in Florida.
Speaking of Michigan: Isle Royale National Park, located in Lake Superior off the coast of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, contains the largest island in Michigan as well as the largest in Lake Superior. Due to difficulty of access (there are no bridges leading to Isle Royale), it's the least-visited national park in the continental US. It's also the only major national park to close entirely each winter.
Boone, NC has a Subtropical Highland climate, a global rariety. It has a low latitude of 36N, has summer high temperatures in the 70s, winter snowfall of 30-40 inches, and an elevation of 3300ft.
Actually, you can find a subtropical highland climate in Baguio,The Philippines.
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