Pierce may refer to:

Places

Canada

Pierce Range The Pierce Range is a small very steep-sided mountain range on central Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. It has an area of 94 km2 and is a subrange of the Vancouver Island Ranges which in turn form part of the Insular Mountains.

, a mountain range on Vancouver Island, British Columbia

United States

Pierce, Colorado Pierce is a Statutory Town in Weld County, Colorado, United States. The population was 834 at the 2010 census. The town is a rural agricultural community located on the Colorado Eastern Plains along U.S. Highway 85 north of Greeley. History A ...

Pierce, Idaho Pierce is a city in the northwest United States, located in Clearwater County, Idaho. The population was 508 at the 2010 census, down from 617 in 2000.

* Pierce, Illinois * Pierce, Kentucky *

Pierce, Nebraska Pierce is a city in and county seat of Pierce County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,767 at the 2010 census. History Pierce was platted in 1871, and a courthouse was erected that same year. Like Pierce County, the name honors Pr ...

* Pierce, Texas *

Pierce, West Virginia Pierce is an unincorporated community and coal town in Tucker County, West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of America ...

Pierce, Wisconsin Pierce is a town in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 833 at the 2010 census. The unincorporated communities of Alaska and Rostok are in the town. Geography Pierce is in eastern Kewaunee County and is bordered by the c ...

Mount Pierce (New Hampshire) Mount Pierce is a mountain in the Presidential Range in the White Mountains of New Hampshire that is approximately high. Formerly called Mount Clinton for 19th-century governor DeWitt Clinton of New York, in 1913 it was renamed after President ...

, a peak in the White Mountains * Pierce County (disambiguation), several places

Organizations

Pierce Biotechnology Pierce Biotechnology Inc. is the ultimate origin of a number of products and product lines in the Thermo Fisher Scientific research and development division, "Thermo Scientific Pierce Protein Biology." The company from which this division origin ...

, an American biotechnology company focused on protein biology *

Pierce Manufacturing Pierce Manufacturing is a U.S. company based in Appleton, Wisconsin that manufactures customized fire and rescue apparatus and a wholly owned subsidiary of Oshkosh Corporation. Pierce was acquired by Oshkosh in 1996 and is currently the large ...

, an American manufacturer of fire trucks *

Franklin Pierce Law Center The University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law is a public law school in Concord, New Hampshire, associated with the University of New Hampshire. It is the only law school in the state and was founded in 1973 by Robert H. Rines as ...

, a law school in Concord, New Hampshire *

Franklin Pierce University Franklin Pierce University is a private university in Rindge, New Hampshire. It was founded as Franklin Pierce College in 1962, combining a liberal arts foundation with coursework for professional preparation. The school gained university stat ...

, a liberal arts college in Rindge, New Hampshire

People

* Pierce (given name) *

Pierce (surname) Pierce is an English, Welsh, and Irish surname. The name is a cognate of French ''Pierre'' ('Peter'). Notable people with that surname include: Disambiguation pages * Andrew Pierce (disambiguation), several people * Benjamin Pierce (disambigua ...

Other uses

Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Company The Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Company was an American motor vehicle manufacturer based in Buffalo, New York, which was active from 1901 to 1938. Although best known for its expensive luxury cars, Pierce-Arrow also manufactured commercial trucks ...

* Pierce Washington, one of the main characters of '' Saints Row 2'' and '' Saints Row: The Third'' *

Pierce oscillator The Pierce oscillator is a type of electronic oscillator particularly well-suited for use in piezoelectric crystal oscillator circuits. Named for its inventor, George W. Pierce (1872–1956), the Pierce oscillator is a derivative of the Colpitt ...

, an electronic oscillator *

Pierce's disease ''Xylella fastidiosa'' is an aerobic, Gram-negative bacterium of the genus ''Xylella''. It is a plant pathogen, that grows in the water transport tissues of plants ( xylem vessels) and is transmitted exclusively by xylem sap-feeding insects such ...

, a grape disease *

Pierce Protein Assay The Pierce Protein Assay is a method of protein quantification. It provides quick estimation of the protein amount in a given sample. Protocol The assay is separated into three main parts: preparation of the Diluted Albumin (BSA) Standards, pr ...

, a method of quantification of protein in biology *''

Pierce v. Society of Sisters ''Pierce v. Society of Sisters'', 268 U.S. 510 (1925), was an early 20th-century United States Supreme Court decision striking down an Oregon statute that required all children to attend public school. The decision significantly expanded coverage ...