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Byron, Illinois, the Glossary

Byron is a city in Ogle County, Illinois, United States, probably best known as the location of the Byron Nuclear Generating Station, one of the last nuclear power plants commissioned in the United States.^[1]

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Albert Spalding

Albert Goodwill Spalding (September 2, 1849 – September 9, 1915) was an American pitcher, manager, and executive in the early years of professional baseball, and the co-founder of the Spalding sporting goods company.

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Alderman

An alderman is a member of a municipal assembly or council in many jurisdictions founded upon English law with similar officials existing in the Netherlands (wethouder) and Belgium (schepen).

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Area codes 815 and 779

Area codes 815 and 779 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for most of northern Illinois outside the Quad Cities areas.

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Augustana University

Augustana University is a private Lutheran university in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

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Byron High School (Byron, Illinois)

Byron High School is located in the small city of Byron, Illinois population: 3,284.

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Byron Nuclear Generating Station

The Byron Nuclear Generating Station is a nuclear power plant located in Ogle County, Illinois, east of the Rock River.

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Byron Township, Ogle County, Illinois

Byron Township is one of twenty-four townships in Ogle County, Illinois, USA.

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Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating population information about the members of a given population.

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Central Time Zone

The North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America and some Caribbean islands.

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Committee

A committee or commission is a body of one or more persons subordinate to a deliberative assembly or other form of organization.

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Constellation Energy

Constellation Energy Corporation is an American energy company headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Federal Information Processing Standards

The Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) of the United States are a set of publicly announced standards that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed for use in computer situs of non-military United States government agencies and contractors.

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Francis K. Newcomer

Francis Kosier Newcomer (September 14, 1889 – August 16, 1967) was a decorated officer of the United States Army with the rank of brigadier general.

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Galena, Illinois

Galena is the largest city in and the county seat of Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States. Byron, Illinois and Galena, Illinois are cities in Illinois.

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Illinois

Illinois is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Illinois Route 2

Illinois Route 2 (IL 2) is a north–south state highway in northern Illinois.

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Illinois Route 72

Illinois Route 72 is an east–west state highway in northern Illinois.

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Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad

The Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad (IC&E) was a Class II railroad operating in the north central United States.

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List of municipalities in Illinois

Illinois is a state located in the Midwestern United States.

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Marriage

Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses.

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Mayor

In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town.

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Medill McCormick

Joseph Medill McCormick (May 16, 1877 – February 25, 1925) was part of the McCormick family of businessmen and politicians in Chicago.

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Municipal charter

A city charter or town charter (generically, municipal charter) is a legal document (charter) establishing a municipality such as a city or town.

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Municipal corporation

Municipal corporation is the legal term for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to) cities, counties, towns, townships, charter townships, villages, and boroughs.

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Nuclear power plant

A nuclear power plant (NPP) or atomic power station (APS) is a thermal power station in which the heat source is a nuclear reactor.

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Ogle County, Illinois

Ogle County is a county in the northern part of the U.S. state of Illinois.

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Panama Canal Zone

The Panama Canal Zone (Zona del Canal de Panamá), also simply known as the Canal Zone, was a concession of the United States located in the Isthmus of Panama that existed from 1903 to 1979.

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Per capita income

Per capita income (PCI) or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year.

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Philadelphia Eagles

The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia.

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Poverty threshold

The poverty threshold, poverty limit, poverty line, or breadline is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country.

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Prairie

Prairies are ecosystems considered part of the temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome by ecologists, based on similar temperate climates, moderate rainfall, and a composition of grasses, herbs, and shrubs, rather than trees, as the dominant vegetation type.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byron,_Illinois

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