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Geneva, town, Adams county, eastern Indiana, U.S., on the Wabash River, 35
miles (56 km) northeast of Muncie. Platted in 1853, it was called Buffalo until
presumably renamed for the Swiss city. A rural community with many Old Order
Amish ...
Geneva, town, Adams county, eastern Indiana, U.S., on the Wabash River, 35
miles (56 km) northeast of Muncie. Platted in 1853, it was called Buffalo until
presumably renamed for the Swiss city. A rural community with many Old Order
Amish ...
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basin was partially implemented in 1980 with the construction of a 51 -mile- (82-
kilometre-) long (the world's longest) water ... Great Grimsby, formerly grimsby,
district, county of Humberside, England, covering an area of 1 1 square miles (28
...
basin was partially implemented in 1980 with the construction of a 51 -mile- (82-
kilometre-) long (the world's longest) water ... Great Grimsby, formerly grimsby,
district, county of Humberside, England, covering an area of 1 1 square miles (28
...
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The old road (1823) has been partly superseded by a 3.5- mile- (5.6-kilometre-)
long tunnel (completed 1964) beneath the ... Its surface area has varied from
about 2,400 square miles (6,200 square km) at its highest levels in 1873 and the
...
The old road (1823) has been partly superseded by a 3.5- mile- (5.6-kilometre-)
long tunnel (completed 1964) beneath the ... Its surface area has varied from
about 2,400 square miles (6,200 square km) at its highest levels in 1873 and the
...
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