Andover

//ˈændoʊvɚ// name

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  1. 1
    A town and civil parish with a town council in Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3645).

    "Population 5,430 (more like 40,000 today), Andover is "a bustling agricultural town" with "many malt houses, and a factory for silk shag"."

  2. 2
    A parish in Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada.
  3. 3
    A number of places in the United States:; A former settlement in Placer County, California.

    "Amtrak's train No. 5, then known as the 'San Francisco Zephyr', westbound on Southern Pacific tracks, climbing the eastern side of the Donner Pass, at Andover, California, on 20th June 1974."

  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States:; A rural town in Tolland County, Connecticut.
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; A neighbourhood of Miami Gardens, Miami-Dade County, Florida.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; A village in Henry County, Illinois.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Clinton County, Iowa, named after Andover, Vermont.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Butler County, Kansas.
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Oxford County, Maine.
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United States:; A town and census-designated place therein, in Essex County, Massachusetts.
  6. 11
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Anoka County, Minnesota.
  7. 12
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Harrison County, Missouri.
  8. 13
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
  9. 14
    A number of places in the United States:; A borough and township in Sussex County, New Jersey.
  10. 15
    A number of places in the United States:; A village in Ashtabula County, Ohio.
  11. 16
    A number of places in the United States:; A small town in Day County, South Dakota.
  12. 17
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Windsor County, Vermont.
  13. 18
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Wise County, Virginia.
  14. 19
    A rural locality in Southern Midlands council area, Tasmania, Australia.

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"Population 5,430 (more like 40,000 today), Andover is "a bustling agricultural town" with "many malt houses, and a factory for silk shag"."

Etymology

From Middle English Andever, Andeafara, from Old English Andefera (“Andover”); possibly from Old English *Ande + ēa + fara (literally “farer over the river Ande”) or from Old English *Ande + ōfer (literally “[town situated on the] bank of the river Ande”).

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