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  2. 15 Smallest Towns in America - AOL

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    There's a certain charm to small-town America. From scenic places in Maine, Alaska, California, and beyond, we've got the scoop on some of the nation's smallest towns. ... According to USA Today ...

  3. Placerville, California - Wikipedia

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    A former Maidu settlement called Indak was located at the site of the town. [9]After the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill in nearby Coloma, California, by James W. Marshall in 1848 sparked the California Gold Rush, the small town now known as Placerville was known as Dry Diggin's after the manner in which the miners moved cartloads of dry soil to run water to separate the gold from the soil.

  4. USA Today - Wikipedia

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    List of newspapers. USA Today (often stylized in all caps [5]) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company. Founded by Al Neuharth in 1980 and launched on September 14, 1982, the newspaper operates from Gannett 's corporate headquarters in Tysons, Virginia. [6]

  5. Berkeley, California - Wikipedia

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    Site of the Clark Kerr Campus, UC Berkeley – until 1980, this location housed the State Asylum for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind, also known as The California Schools for the Deaf and Blind – Bounded by Dwight Way, the city line, Derby Street, and Warring Street (500 acres (2.0 km 2), 20 buildings; added 1982). The school was closed in 1980 and ...

  6. Redondo Beach, California - Wikipedia

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    The Chowigna Indians used the site of today's Hopkins Wilderness Park, formerly Nike missile site LA-57 from 1956 to 1963, in Redondo Beach, California, as a lookout place. [11] The wetlands located at the site of the AES power plant in Redondo Beach were a source of foods including halibut, lobster, and sea bass, and also of salt.

  7. San Marcos, California - Wikipedia

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    1661388, 2411797. Website. www.san-marcos.net. San Marcos (/ ˌsænˈmɑːrkoʊs / SANMAR-kohs; Spanish for " St. Mark ") is a city in the North County region of San Diego County, California. As of the 2020 census, the city's population was 94,833. It is the site of California State University San Marcos and Palomar College.

  8. Santa Barbara, California - Wikipedia

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    Santa Barbara (Spanish: Santa Bárbara, meaning ' Saint Barbara ') is a coastal city in Santa Barbara County, California, of which it is also the county seat.Situated on a south-facing section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States excepting Alaska, the city lies between the steeply rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean.

  9. Antioch, California - Wikipedia

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    1657936, 2409715. Website. www.ci.antioch.ca.us. Antioch is the third-most populous city in Contra Costa County, California, United States. The city is located in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area along the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta. The city's population was 115,291 at the 2020 census. [ 12 ]