Williamsport

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A ghost town in La Paz County, Arizona, United States.
  2. 2
    A town, the county seat of Warren County, Indiana, United States.
  3. 3
    A town in Washington County, Maryland, United States.
  4. 4
    A locality in Manistee County, Michigan, United States; marked on maps but may not exist.
  5. 5
    A village in Pickaway County, Ohio, United States.
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  1. 6
    A city, the county seat of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States.

    "Seven blocks farther west on Fourth Street, history of another kind was made in 1939. One day, while playing baseball with his two nephews, Carl E. Stotz, who worked as a clerk in a Williamsport lumberyard, stumbled over a lilac bush and scraped his ankle."

  2. 7
    An unincorporated community in Maury County, Tennessee, United States.
  3. 8
    An unincorporated community in Grant County, West Virginia, United States.

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"Seven blocks farther west on Fourth Street, history of another kind was made in 1939. One day, while playing baseball with his two nephews, Carl E. Stotz, who worked as a clerk in a Williamsport lumberyard, stumbled over a lilac bush and scraped his ankle."

Etymology

From William + -s- + port or Williams + port.

Related phrases

county seatghost towngrant countyla paz countylycoming countymanistee countymaury countypickaway countywarren countywashington countywest virginia

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