Alden may refer to:
Places
United States
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Alden, California
Temescal is one of the oldest neighborhoods in Oakland, California, located in North Oakland, and centered on Telegraph Avenue. The neighborhood derives its name from Temescal Creek, a significant watercourse in the city.
History
Temescal wa ...
, a former settlement
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Alden, Illinois
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Alden, Iowa
Alden is a city in Hardin County, Iowa, Hardin County, Iowa, United States. The population was 763 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census.
History
Alden was laid out in 1855. It was named for its founder, Henry Alden, a native of Massach ...
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Alden, Kansas
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Alden, Michigan
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Alden, Minnesota
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Alden, Oklahoma
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Alden, Pennsylvania
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Alden, New York
Alden is a town in Erie County, New York, United States. The population was 10,865 at the 2010 census. The town is derived from a family name known to early settlers.
Alden is in the northeast part of Erie County, east of Buffalo. It contain ...
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Alden (village), New York
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Alden, Wisconsin
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Alden, Virginia
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Alden Township, McHenry County, Illinois
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Alden Township, Freeborn County, Minnesota
Alden Township ( ) is a township in Freeborn County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 338 at the 2000 census.
Alden Township was organized in 1866.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total are ...
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Alden Township, St. Louis County, Minnesota
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Alden Township, Hettinger County, North Dakota
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Alden Township, Hand County, South Dakota
Alden Township is a rural township in Hand County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 27 at the 2020 census. The population was 33 at the 2000 census.
Geography
Alden is located in survey township 114N Range 69W in the northwest ...
Elsewhere
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Alden (crater)
Alden is a lunar impact crater that lies on the far side of the Moon, between Hilbert
David Hilbert (; ; 23 January 1862 – 14 February 1943) was a German mathematician and philosophy of mathematics, philosopher of mathematics and one o ...
, on the Moon
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Alden, Norway
Alden is an island in Askvoll Municipality in Vestland County, Norway. The island lies off the mainland coast of the Sunnfjord region. The island sits a few kilometers west of the mouth of the Dalsfjorden, to the east of the Værlandet islands ...
, a small island in Sogn og Fjordane county
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2941 Alden
Year 941 ( CMXLI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* May – September – Rus'–Byzantine War: The Rus' and their allies, the Pechenegs, under the Varangian princ ...
, an asteroid
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Alden Valley
The Alden Valley is a small valley on the eastern edge of the West Pennine Moors, west of Helmshore in Rossendale, Lancashire, England. In the 14th century it was part of the Earl of Lincoln's hunting park. By 1840 it was home to about twenty fa ...
, Lancashire, England
Other uses
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Alden (name) Alden as both a given name and a surname originated in the Old English language. The name can derive from '' Ealdwine'' (meaning "old friend") or (in the Scottish Borders) from '' Healfdene''.
People with the surname
* Alvin Alden (1818–1882), A ...
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Alden House (disambiguation) Alden House may refer to:
;In the United States
* Alden House (Bentonville, Arkansas), listed on the NRHP in Arkansas
* Ebenezer Alden House, Union, ME, listed on the NRHP in Maine
* John and Priscilla Alden Family Sites, Duxbury, MA, listed on the ...
, various houses on the National Register of Historic Places
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Alden Research Laboratory
Alden Research Laboratory, Inc. (Alden) (Holden, Massachusetts) was founded in 1894 as part of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). It is the oldest continuously operating hydraulic laboratory in the United States.The Role of Contributions of Hy ...
, a hydraulic laboratory in Massachusetts
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Alden Rowing
Alden Rowing manufactures sliding-seat rowing boats. Their original product, the Alden Ocean Shell, was designed in (sources differ) 1970 or 1971. Traditional shell designs use high aspect ratio hulls, with long waterline with minimum beam, tha ...
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Alden Shoe Company
The Alden Shoe Company is an American shoe company founded in 1884 by Charles H. Alden in Middleborough, Massachusetts. Alden specializes in handcrafted men's leather boots and dress shoes, such as Oxfords, Blüchers, loafers, and Chukka bo ...
, a men's shoemaker in Middleborough, Massachusetts
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Alden v. Maine'', a 1999 US Supreme Court case
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USS ''Alden'', a US Navy destroyer
See also
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