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Places in the United States

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Americus, Georgia Americus is the county seat of Sumter County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 16,230. It is the principal city of the Americus Micropolitan Statistical Area, a micropolitan area that covers Schley ...
, a city with a population of around 17,000 * Americus, Indiana, a small town in Washington Township *
Americus, Kansas Americus is a city in Lyon County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 776. It is located northwest of the city of Emporia. Americus is often a waypoint in some Unbound Gravel bike races. History A ...
, a city with a population of around 900 * Americus, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Americus Township, Lyon County, Kansas


People

* Americus (given name) * Americus Backers (died 1778), described as the father of the English grand pianoforte style * Americus Mayo (died 1891), American politician, state legislator in Arkansas * Americus Vespucius Rice (1835–1904), American politician, banker, and businessman *
Amerigo Vespucci Amerigo Vespucci ( , ; 9 March 1454 – 22 February 1512) was an Italians, Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Florence for whom "Naming of the Americas, America" is named. Vespucci participated in at least two voyages of the A ...
(1454–1512) Italian merchant, explorer and cartographer whose first name was ''Americus'' in Latin *
Saint Emeric of Hungary Emeric (), also ''Emericus,'' ''Emerick, Emery or Emory.'' Venerated as Saint Emeric (c. 1007 – 2 September 1031), was the son of King Stephen I of Hungary and Giselle of Bavaria. Life Family Emeric is believed to have been the second so ...
(died 1031), also known as ''Saint Americus'' or ''Emeric'', a Hungarian prince * Americus Symmes (1811–1896), son of John Cleves Symmes Jr.


Other uses

* Americus (baseball team), a minor league club that represented the city of Americus, Georgia * Americus Historic District in Americus, Georgia, US *
Americus Hotel Americus Hotel is a historic hotel in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Built between 1926 and 1927, it is a 13-story yellow brick building located 541 West Hamilton Street in Center City Allentown. ''Note:'' This includes The hotel has a classic 1920s ...
, historic building in Allentown, Pennsylvania, US * Americus, Preston and Lumpkin Railroad, historic railroad that operated in the states of Georgia and Alabama * Americus (horse) (died 1910), an American Thoroughbred racehorse * ''Americus'', a 2011 graphic novel by M. K. Reed, published by
First Second Books First Second Books is an American publisher of graphic novels. An imprint (trade name), imprint of Roaring Brook Press, part of Holtzbrinck, Holtzbrinck Publishers, First Second publishes fiction, biographies, personal memoirs, history, visual e ...
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