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List Of Places Named For Nathanael Greene
This is a list of places in the United States named for Nathanael Greene, a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. General George Washington appointed him to lead the American forces in the Southern Theater of the war in 1780, where he waged a successful campaign of guerrilla warfare against a numerically superior British force led by Charles Cornwallis. Counties *Greene County, Alabama *Greene County, Arkansas *Greene County, Georgia *Greene County, Illinois *Greene County, Indiana *Greene County, Iowa *Green County, Kentucky *Greene County, Mississippi *Greene County, Missouri *Greene County, New York *Greene County, North Carolina *Greene County, Ohio *Greene County, Pennsylvania *Greenville County, South Carolina *Greene County, Tennessee *Greene County, Virginia *Green County, Wisconsin *Greensville County, Virginia (possibly; there are other claimed origins) Cities, towns, and villages *Fort Greene, Brooklyn, New York *Greene, Maine *Greene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathanael Greene
Major general (United States), Major General Nathanael Greene (August 7, 1742 – June 19, 1786) was an American military officer and planter who served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, Revolutionary War. He emerged from the war with a reputation as one of George Washington's most talented and dependable officers and is known for his successful command in the Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War, Southern theater of the conflict. Born into a prosperous Quakers, Quaker family in Warwick, Rhode Island, Greene became active in the colonial opposition to Kingdom of Great Britain, British revenue policies in the early 1770s and helped establish the Armory of the Kentish Guards, Kentish Guards, a Rhode Island National Guard, state militia unit. After the April 1775 Battles of Lexington and Concord, the legislature of Rhode Island established an army and appointed Greene to command it. Later in the year, Greene became a general in the newly e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greene County, Pennsylvania
Greene County is a County (United States), county in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 35,954. Its county seat is Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, Waynesburg. Greene County was created on February 9, 1796, from part of Washington County, Pennsylvania, Washington County and named for General Nathanael Greene. Greene County is part of the Pittsburgh DMA, Pittsburgh media market. It is in the area of southwestern Pennsylvania that was claimed by Virginia, the District of West Augusta. The county is part of the Southwest region of the commonwealth. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.4%) is water. It has a hot-summer humid continental climate (''Dfa'') and average monthly temperatures in Waynesburg range from 28.9 °F in January to 71.9 °F in July. Greene County is one of the 423 coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greensboro, Pennsylvania
Greensboro is a borough in Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 266 at the 2020 census, up from 260 at the 2010 census. Geography Greensboro is located in southeastern Greene County at (39.792911, -79.912087). It is situated on the west bank of the Monongahela River, opposite New Geneva and the mouth of George's Creek. It is bordered by Monongahela Township in Greene County to the north and west, and by Nicholson Township in Fayette County to the south and east, across the Monongahela. The county and township border follows the center of the river. The closest road bridges over the river are the Masontown Bridge on Pennsylvania Route 21, north of Greensboro by road, and the Albert Gallatin Memorial Bridge on Pennsylvania Route 88 at Point Marion, south of Greensboro. According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , of which are land and , or 26.06%, are water. History The beginning of settlement Like much ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greensboro, North Carolina
Greensboro (; ) is a city in Guilford County, North Carolina, United States, and its county seat. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its population was 299,035; it was estimated to be 307,381 in 2024. It is the List of municipalities in North Carolina, third-most populous city in North Carolina, after Charlotte, North Carolina, Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina, Raleigh, and the List of United States cities by population, 69th-most populous city in the United States. The population of the Greensboro–High Point metropolitan statistical area was estimated to be 789,842 in 2023. The Piedmont Triad region, of which Greensboro is the most populous city, had an estimated population of 1,736,099 in 2023. In 1808, Greensboro was planned around a central courthouse square to succeed Guilford Court House, North Carolina, Guilford Court House as the county seat. The county courts were thus placed closer to the county's geographical center, a location more easily reached a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greensboro, Georgia
Greensboro is a city in and the county seat of Greene County, Georgia, United States. Its population was 3,648 as of the 2020 census. The city is located approximately halfway between Atlanta and Augusta on Interstate 20. History Greensboro was founded circa 1780; in 1787, it was designated the seat of the newly formed Greene County. It was incorporated as a town in 1803 and as a city in 1855. The city was named for Major General Nathanael Greene, commander of the rebel American forces at the Battle of Guilford Court House on March 15, 1781. Geography Greensboro is located at the center of Greene County at (33.571528, -83.180921). U.S. Route 278 passes through the city center as Broad Street, leading east to Union Point and west to Madison. Georgia State Route 44 leads southwest from Greensboro to Eatonton. State Route 15 leads north to Athens and southeast to Sparta. The city limits extend southwest along SR 44 for so as to include Exit 130 on Interstate 20. I-20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greensboro, Alabama
Greensboro is a city in Hale County, Alabama, Hale County, Alabama, United States. At the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census the population was 2,497, down from 2,731 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Hale County, Alabama, which was not organized until 1867. It is part of the Tuscaloosa, Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama metropolitan area, Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Greensboro was incorporated as a town in December 1823 as "Greensborough". It was named in honor of American Revolutionary War general Nathanael Greene. The name was soon simplified to "Greensboro". The community was known as "Troy" prior to incorporation. Reflecting the history of the antebellum years and a culture built on cotton plantations to produce the commodity crop, several sites on the National Register of Historic Places in or near Greensboro are connected to this past. These include Glencairn (Greensboro, Alabama), Glencairn, the Greensboro Historic District (Greensboro, Alabama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greene, Rhode Island
Greene is an unincorporated village and census-designated place in the western part of the town of Coventry, Rhode Island. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 888. It is east of the Connecticut border and the same distance north of West Greenwich, Rhode Island. It is named in honor of Nathanael Greene, a Rhode Island-born general in the American Revolution who led the American forces in the Southern Theater of the war and helped turn the tide toward America's victory. History Until 1854, Greene was a swamp with a cart path running through it. The path connected Hopkins Hollow to the south and Rice City to the north. The railroad came to the area in the early 1850s, and the original train stop was known as "Coffin Station" because Coffin Road was the nearest road. In 1856, railroad officials renamed the station "Greene" after Revolutionary War hero Nathanael Greene. The railroad wanted to build a depot where local farmers could sell their produce to the trains he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greene, New York
Greene is a Administrative divisions of New York#Town, town in Chenango County, New York, Chenango County, New York (state), New York, United States. The population was 5,604 at the 2010 census. The town is named after General Nathanael Greene. It is located in the southwestern corner of the county and contains a Administrative divisions of New York#Village, village, also named Greene (village), New York, Greene. The town and village are northeast of Binghamton, New York, Binghamton. Greene was founded in 1792, but commenced in 1798 (though this is hotly disputed). History Part of modern Greene was from land purchased in 1785 from the Oneida people, Oneida and Tuscarora people, but many of the Oneida remained in the area until ''circa'' 1812. In 1792, the first outside settler arrived and established himself at Greene village. The town was originally known as Hornby, but was changed to Greene in honor of General Nathanael Greene, a hero of the American Revolution. The to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greene, Maine
Greene is a town in Androscoggin County, Maine, United States. The population was 4,376 at the 2020 census. It is included in both the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan statistical area and the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine Metropolitan New England city and town area. The central village in the town comprises the Greene census-designated place. History Greene is named for Nathanael Greene. The town was incorporated in 1788. Land was given off to Lewiston in 1852 and to Webster (present day Sabattus) in 1895. The last surviving American Civil War Union Army brevet general, and general of any grade, Aaron Daggett was born in Greene in 1837. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and is water. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 4,350 people, 1,676 households, and 1,246 families living in the town. The population density was . There were 1,880 housing units at an average density of . Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Greene, Brooklyn
Fort Greene is a neighborhood in the northwestern part of the New York City Borough (New York City), borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is bounded by Flushing Avenue and the Brooklyn Navy Yard to the north, Flatbush Avenue Extension and Downtown Brooklyn to the west, Atlantic Avenue (New York City), Atlantic Avenue and Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, Prospect Heights to the south, and Vanderbilt Avenue (Brooklyn), Vanderbilt Avenue and Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, Clinton Hill to the east. The Fort Greene Historic District is listed on the New York State Registry and on the National Register of Historic Places, and is a New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, New York City designated historic district. The neighborhood is named after an American Revolutionary War era fort that was built in 1776 under the supervision of General Nathanael Greene of Rhode Island. General Greene aided General George Washington during the Battle of Long Island in 1776. Fort Greene Park, originall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greensville County, Virginia
Greensville County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,391. Its county seat is Emporia. History Greensville County was established in 1781 from Brunswick County. The county is probably named for Sir Richard Grenville, leader of the settlement on Roanoke Island, 1585. There is also belief that it may be named after Nathanael Greene, a major general of the Continental Army and one of George Washington's brightest officers. An early chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was formed in Greensville County and Emporia (the county seat) in May 1940, under the leadership of dentist Dr. F. A. Sealy, of Boydton, Virginia and president of the Mecklenburg County, Virginia branch. However, he died in 1943, as efforts to desegregate the county's schools began with the assistance of attorney Oliver Hill. After service in World War II, Hill's colleague Samuel W. Tucker moved to Emporia, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Green County, Wisconsin
Green County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 37,093. Its county seat is Monroe. Green County is included in the Madison, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area. History The land of Green County had long been settled by Native Americans. In 1632, Samuel de Champlain included this area in the region belonging to the Illinois Confederation, Illinois, and in the 18th century the Sauk mined lead within the present county limits. By the time the first white settlers arrived there, all of Green County was the property of the Ho-Chunk, who referred to the mines as the "Sac Diggings." The federal government recognized Indian title to frontier land, and generally forbade the private sale of Indian land to individuals, but as squatters continued to work the mines in southwestern Wisconsin, conflict arose between them and the Ho-Chunk, as well as the Sauk and Meskwaki, all of whom mined and sold lead. In 1832, Black Hawk att ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
