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2. Internet in the United States - Wikipedia

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   In measurements made between April and June 2013 (Q2), the United States ranked 8th out of 55 countries with an average connection speed of 8.7 Mbit/s. This represents an increase from 14th out of 49 countries and 5.3 Mbit/s for January to March 2011 (Q1). The global average for Q2 2013 was 3.3 Mbit/s, up from 2.1 Mbit/s for Q1 2011.

3. Platte County, Missouri - Wikipedia

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   Platte County is a county located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 106,718. Its county seat is Platte City. [1] The county was organized December 31, 1838, [2] from the Platte Purchase, [3] named for the Platte River.

4. Fort Laramie National Historic Site - Wikipedia

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   NRHP reference No. 66000755 [1] Added to NRHP. October 15, 1966. Fort Laramie (founded as Fort William and known for a while as Fort John) was a significant 19th-century trading post, diplomatic site, and military installation located at the confluence of the Laramie and the North Platte Rivers. They joined in the upper Platte River Valley in ...

5. Mid-Continent Public Library - Wikipedia

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   Budget. $58,266,623 (2022-2023) Director. Aaron Mason (2023) Website. mymcpl .org. Mid-Continent Public Library, officially known as Consolidated Library District #3, is a public library system serving Clay, Platte, and Jackson counties in Missouri, with headquarters in Independence, Missouri . Mid-Continent Public Library is the largest public ...

6. La Plata, Missouri - Wikipedia

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   FIPS code. 29-40682 [4] GNIS feature ID. 2395569 [2] Website. www .cityoflaplata .net. La Plata is a city in Macon County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,257 at the 2020 census, [5] down from 1,366 in 2010. La Plata is located next to the Adair County line and is on a mainline of the BNSF Railway.

7. History of Missouri - Wikipedia

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   The purchase received widespread support from Southern Congressmen since it would mean adding territory to the only slave state north of Missouri's southern border. An area only somewhat smaller than the combined area of Rhode Island and Delaware was added to Missouri. It consisted of the Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Holt, Nodaway and Platte ...