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Mercer
Mercer may refer to: Business * Mercer (automobile), a defunct American automobile manufacturer (1909–1925) * Mercer (consulting firm), a human resources consulting firm headquartered in New York City, US * Mercer (occupation), a merchant or trader, more specifically a merchant who deals in textiles (mercery) ** Mercer, a member of the London guild of the Worshipful Company of Mercers * Mercer Pottery Company, a defunct American company * Mercer Union, an artist-run centre in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada People and fictional characters * Mercer (surname), a list of people and fictional characters with the surname * Mercer (given name), a list of people and fictional characters so named Places United States * Fort Mercer, American Revolution fort along the Delaware River in New Jersey * Mercer Township, Adams County, Iowa, an unincorporated community * Mercer, Maine, a town * Mercer, Missouri, a city * Mercer, North Carolina, an unincorporated community * Mercer, Nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercer, Missouri
Mercer is a city in Mercer County, Missouri, United States. The population was 263 at the 2020 census. History A post office was established in 1859 and Mercer was platted in the 1870s when the railroad was extended to that point. The original named of the community was Marion for Marion Merwitt, the daughter of a local pharmacist, but the town was incorporated in 1886 under the name Mercer. Geography Mercer is connected by US Highway 65 to Lineville, Iowa located about 5 miles north and Princeton, Missouri located about 8 miles south-southwest. The subdivisions of Lake Marie and Twin Lake are located just southwest of Mercer. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 318 people, 149 households, and 91 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 183 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 98.7% White, 0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercer Island, Washington
Mercer Island is a city in King County, Washington, United States, located on an island of the same name in the southern portion of Lake Washington. Mercer Island is in the Seattle metropolitan area, with Seattle to its west and Bellevue to its east. The island is connected to the mainland on both sides by bridges carrying Interstate 90, with the city of Seattle to the west and the city of Bellevue to the east. The Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge and the parallel Homer M. Hadley Memorial Bridge are floating bridges that span Lake Washington and carry, respectively, eastbound and westbound lanes of Interstate 90 and connect Mercer Island to the northern portion of Seattle's South End. I-90 traverses the northern portion of Mercer Island and is then carried from the island to Bellevue over the East Channel of Lake Washington by the East Channel Bridge. Mercer Island is located closer to Bellevue than it is to Seattle, and is therefore often considered to be part of King ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercer, New Zealand
Mercer is a village in the Waikato District Council area of the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is 70 km north of Hamilton and 58 km south of Auckland, on the east bank of the Waikato River, 2 km south of its confluence with the Mangatāwhiri River. Prior to the creation of the Auckland supercity in 2010, Mercer was in Franklin District, part of the Auckland Region. History The village of Mercer is named after Captain Henry Mercer, who was killed at Rangiriri in November 1863. The navy river gun-boat Pioneer was wrecked on the Manukau bar in 1866 and one of the gun turrets forms part of the war memorial. The Mercer Road District was formed 1877. Mercer became a town district in 1914 after the Mercer Road District amalgamated with Franklin County. The Mercer Town District was abolished in 1962. The North Island Main Trunk railway opened to Mercer station on 20 May 1875. A crash in 1940 killed the driver and fireman. Until 1958 many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercer, North Dakota
Mercer is a city in McLean County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 88 at the 2020 census. Mercer was founded in 1905 along a now-abandoned branch line of the Northern Pacific Railway extending from Carrington to Turtle Lake. The name comes from William Henry Harrison Mercer, a well known rancher in the Missouri River Valley for many years and for whom Mercer County is also named. Geography The city of Mercer lies on North Dakota Highway 200 between Underwood and McClusky. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water. Demographics Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site, in or near Mercer, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 94 people, 48 households, and 24 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 58 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 97.9% White ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercer (automobile)
Mercer was an United States of America, American automobile manufacturer from 1909 until 1925. It was notable for its high-performance cars, especially the Type 35 Raceabout. History The Mercer Automobile Company was formed in May 1909 in Trenton, New Jersey, Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey, Mercer County, New Jersey. It evolved from the Walter (automobile), Walter Automobile Company, which had built the Walter (automobile), Walter and Roebling-Planche automobiles. Washington A. Roebling II arranged with William Walter, to take over his automobile company and use a vacant brewery in Hamilton, New Jersey, owned by the Kuser family. Ferdinand Roebling, son of John A. Roebling, was the president, and his nephew Washington became general manager. The secretary-treasurer was John L. Kuser. The first Mercer cars arrived in 1910. A.R. Kingston, E.T. George and C.G. Roebling were credited with the design. The Mercer was available as a Speedster (automobile), speedster, Tonneau, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercer (CDP), Wisconsin
Mercer is an unincorporated census-designated place located in the town of Mercer, Iron County, Wisconsin, United States. Mercer is located on US Highway 51 (US 51) south-southeast of Hurley. Mercer has a post office with ZIP code 54547. As of the 2010 census, its population is 516. Mercer identifies itself as the "Loon Capital of the World" in order to promote tourism. This is based on a wildlife study that found Mercer had the highest concentration of common loons in the world. In front of the Mercer Chamber of Commerce's information center, there is a , statue named "Claire de Loon." Mercer also hosts an annual "Loon Day" festival, which features a large arts and crafts fair, live music and a loon calling contest. History A post office called Mercer has been in operation since 1895. The community was probably named for Hugh Mercer, a general in the American Revolutionary War. Tourism Mercer's main industry is seasonal tourism, which is based on the large amount of und ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Te Unuhanga-a-Rangitoto / Mercer Bay
Te Unuhanga-a-Rangitoto / Mercer Bay is a bay on the Auckland Region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located south of Piha and north of Karekare. The bay is surrounded by -high cliffs, which are the tallest in the Auckland Region. Description Te Unuhanga-a-Rangitoto / Mercer Bay is on the west coast of the Auckland Region, between Te Ahua Point and Farley Point, north-west of Karekare. The bay has the tallest cliffs found in the Auckland Region, which are over high. The beach disappears entirely at high tide. The northern end of the beach is the location of , caves traditionally used as a refuge by Te Kawerau ā Maki, and a shag colony is found at the southern end of the beach. History The bay is within the traditional rohe of the Te Kawerau ā Maki iwi. Te Unuhanga-a-Rangitoto ("Place from Where Rangitoto Was Drawn") refers to a traditional story involving the ancient supernatural ancestor Tiriwa, who lifts Rangitoto Island from its location on the Tasman Sea t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercer Lake (Antarctica)
Mercer Subglacial Lake is a subglacial lake in Antarctica covered by a sheet of ice thick; the water below is hydraulically active, with water replacement times on the order of a decade from the Ross Sea. Studies suggest that Mercer Subglacial Lake as well as other subglacial lakes appear to be linked, with drainage events in one reservoir causing filling and follow-on drainage in adjacent lakes. Exploration Helen Amanda Fricker from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography discovered Mercer Subglacial Lake in 2007, while using satellite laser altimetry to search for the grounding line of a glacier. The lake is named after [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercer Ridge
The Ohio Range () is a range in the Transantarctic Mountains of Antarctica. It is about long and wide, extending west-southwest – east-northeast from Eldridge Peak to Mirsky Ledge. The range forms the northeast end of the Horlick Mountains and consists primarily of a large snow-topped plateau with steep northern cliffs and several flat-topped ridges and mountains. The highest point, , is the summit of Mount Schopf. Exploration and naming The range was surveyed in 1958–59 by the United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) Horlick Mountains Traverse. In October 1958 William E. Long (for whom the Long Hills are named) made a round trip by air from the Byrd Station in West Antarctica over the Wisconsin Range, Ohio Range, Thiel Mountains and Whitmore Mountains. Long noted that the Ohio Range has a thick layer of stratified rocks. Later a tractor train visited the base of Mount Glossopteris, where four of the party climbed the mountain and collected samples of rock an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercer Ice Stream
Mercer Ice Stream (), formerly Ice Stream A, flows west to Gould Coast to the south of Whillans Ice Stream, Antarctica. It is the southernmost of several major ice streams draining from Marie Byrd Land into the Ross Ice Shelf. The ice streams were investigated and mapped by U.S. Antarctic Research Program personnel in a number of field seasons from 1983–84 and named Ice Stream A, B, C, etc., according to their position from south to north. The name was changed by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 2002 to honor Quaternary geologist John H. Mercer (1922–87) of the Institute of Polar Studies (now the Byrd Polar Research Center), Ohio State University, who mapped the moraines above Reedy Glacier and in the Ohio Range at the head of Horlick Ice Stream, the major tributaries to Mercer Ice Stream. See also * Conway Ice Ridge * List of glaciers in the Antarctic There are many glaciers in the Antarctic. This set of lists does not include ice sheets, ice caps or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Mercer (Antarctica)
Athos Range () is the northernmost range in the Prince Charles Mountains of Mac. Robertson Land, Antarctica. The range consists of many individual mountains and nunataks that trend east–west for along the north side of Scylla Glacier. These mountains were first observed from aircraft of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47. The western part of the range was first visited by an ANARE Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) party led by John Béchervaise in November 1955. The range was again visited in December 1956 by the ANARE southern party, 1956–57, led by W.G. Bewsher, and a depot was established at the eastern extremity. It was named after a character in ''The Three Musketeers'', a novel by Alexandre Dumas, ''père'' which was the most popular book read on the southern journey. Key mountains * Mount Albion () is a mountain south-southeast of Mount O'Shea in the south part of the Athos Range. Discovered by an ANARE southern party led by W.G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercer Township (other)
Mercer Township may refer to: * Mercer Township, Mercer County, Illinois * Mercer Township, Adams County, Iowa * Mercer Township, McLean County, North Dakota, in McLean County, North Dakota * Mercer Township, Pennsylvania {{geodis Township name disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
