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According to Google Maps, those residents of Lawrenceville, PA, whose homes are located on the north side of Mill and State Streets actually live in New York.
US paper money is not always printed in Washington anymore. Starting in 1991, some of it is printed in Fort Worth, Texas.
Those Fort Worth bills can be identified by the letters FW before the tiny control number on the right side of the front of the bill.
The second letter of the serial number identifies which of the 12 district Federal Reserve banks put the bill into circulation. That letter corresponds (A-L) to the city by a code that can be determined by looking at one-dollar bills, which name the city and the letter in the seal on the left side of the front of the bill, instead of using it as a part of the serial number. Depending on where you live, most of the bills in your pocket will reflect a district bank near you.
(I hope this qualifies as an Oddity of Geography.)
The Commonwealth Ave bridge is the only bridge in the US (maybe even world) where a boat can pass under a train passing under a car passing under a plane at the same exact time.
A personal oddity: In grades K-5, my family lived in County F, and I walked to the elementary school across the county line in County D. Then we moved about 5 blocks to County D, and in grades 7-12, I walked across the county line to go to middle and high school in County F.
A personal oddity: In grades K-5, my family lived in County F, and I walked to the elementary school across the county line in County D. Then we moved about 5 blocks to County D, and in grades 7-12, I walked across the county line to go to middle and high school in County F.
Was this an ISD in Texas? They seem to have no respect for city limits or county boundaries.
Was this an ISD in Texas? They seem to have no respect for city limits or county boundaries.
No, Wisconsin. The town was only big enough for one school and the county line ran right down Main Street. I doubt if there are very many states (if any) where school districts are constrained from crossing county lines. School districts enjoy their own taxing authority and electoral processes, so it doesn't matter about any other jurisdictional bodies that exist incidentally.
No, Wisconsin. The town was only big enough for one school and the county line ran right down Main Street. I doubt if there are very many states (if any) where school districts are constrained from crossing county lines. School districts enjoy their own taxing authority and electoral processes, so it doesn't matter about any other jurisdictional bodies that exist incidentally.
Sounds like Wisconsin has districts much like the ISDs in Texas. Very different from my home state of Georgia where school districts are run almost exclusively by the county. New city systems were banned in the 70s, the only city systems that remain are those that existed prior and were grandfathered in.
It was very confusing when I came to Texas and would see, in my city, a real estate ad that would say "McKinney city limits, Frisco ISD."
Sounds like Wisconsin has districts much like the ISDs in Texas. Very different from my home state of Georgia where school districts are run almost exclusively by the county. New city systems were banned in the 70s, the only city systems that remain are those that existed prior and were grandfathered in.
It was very confusing when I came to Texas and would see, in my city, a real estate ad that would say "McKinney city limits, Frisco ISD."
Keep in mind that the Atlanta area and Georgia in general has smaller counties and less incorporated towns/cities. It isn't the right way of doing things, but it's just a different way.
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