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Definition: Townsend |
TownsendNoun1. United States social reformer who proposed an old-age pension sponsored by the federal government; his plan was a precursor to Social Security (1867-1960). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Townsend" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1780. (references) |
Synonym: TownsendSynonym: Francis Everett Townsend (n). (additional references) |
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Townsend is a town located in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 1,043.(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Townsend is a town located in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 9,198.(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Townsend is a town located in New Castle County, Delaware. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 346.(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Townsend is a city located in Broadwater County, Montana. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 1,867. It is the county seat of Broadwater County6.(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Townsend is a city located in Blount County, Tennessee. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 244.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.4 km² (0.9 mi²). 2.4 km² (0.9 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.
There are 124 households out of which 15.3% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.9% are married couples living together, 3.2% have a female householder with no husband present, and 34.7% are non-families. 33.1% of all households are made up of individuals and 23.4% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 1.97 and the average family size is 2.44.
In the city the population is spread out with 12.3% under the age of 18, 2.5% from 18 to 24, 19.3% from 25 to 44, 36.5% from 45 to 64, and 29.5% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 56 years. For every 100 females there are 86.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 86.1 males.
The median income for a household in the city is $36,250, and the median income for a family is $50,000. Males have a median income of $41,071 versus $29,375 for females. The per capita income for the city is $21,647. 12.1% of the population and 5.9% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 7.7% are under the age of 18 and 11.5% are 65 or older.
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)Geography
Townsend is located at 35°40'32" North, 83°45'18" West (35.675471, -83.755012)1.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 244 people, 124 households, and 80 families residing in the city. The population density is 102.4/km² (265.7/mi²). There are 217 housing units at an average density of 91.1/km² (236.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 97.95% White, 0.00% African American, 1.23% Native American, 0.82% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.00% from two or more races. 0.00% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.Related Links
Townsend, Wisconsin
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 109.9 km² (42.5 mi²). 101.0 km² (39.0 mi²) of it is land and 9.0 km² (3.5 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 8.15% water.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 963 people, 436 households, and 313 families residing in the town. The population density is 9.5/km² (24.7/mi²). There are 1,450 housing units at an average density of 14.4/km² (37.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 97.51% White, 0.10% African American, 0.62% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.10% Pacific Islander, 0.31% from other races, and 1.35% from two or more races. 0.73% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There are 436 households out of which 17.2% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.5% are married couples living together, 5.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 28.0% are non-families. 24.1% of all households are made up of individuals and 11.9% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.21 and the average family size is 2.55.
In the town the population is spread out with 16.9% under the age of 18, 4.0% from 18 to 24, 17.9% from 25 to 44, 34.8% from 45 to 64, and 26.4% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 53 years. For every 100 females there are 104.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 100.0 males.
The median income for a household in the town is $28,456, and the median income for a family is $36,875. Males have a median income of $32,000 versus $19,250 for females. The per capita income for the town is $16,680. 6.8% of the population and 3.9% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 11.2% are under the age of 18 and 2.0% are 65 or older.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Townsend."
Crosswords: Townsend |
| Specialty definitions using "Townsend": Crimp of Death ♦ direct-current discharge ♦ gaseous electronics ♦ Townsend ionization coefficient. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Trouble at Townsend (1946) The Townsend Divorce Case (1917) Townsend Television (1993) | |
Song Titles | SMOKE OF A DISTANT FIRE (performing artist: SANFORD TOWNSEND BAND) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Monk seal hauling out next to boat from NOAA Ship TOWNSEND CROMWELL. Credit: NOAA's Ark (Animals). |  | Sunset in the Marianas Islands Photo taken from NOAA Ship TOWNSEND CROMWELL. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Hydrothermal spring discharging fluid off Pagan Island Observed on NOAA Ship TOWNSEND CROMWELL. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | The waterfront at Port Townsend. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | Inspecting the tide staff at Port Townsend. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Lee Crockett ad Ed Townsend untie the end of the otter trawl to empty the catch into collection buckets. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | A Townsend Angelfish. Credit: Sanctuaries. |  | Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Ship TOWNSEND CROMWELL underway. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | NOAA Ship TOWNSEND CROMWELL. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | On NOAA Ship TOWNSEND CROMWELL measuring yellow-fin tuna. Ca. 1973. Credit: Small World. |
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| "Townsend" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Townsend" is used about 423 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 423 | 13,476 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Townsend" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Townsend | Last name | 30,000 | 375 |
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1. Townsend, DE (town, FIPS 72510) 2. Townsend, GA 3. Townsend, MA (CDP, FIPS 70325) 4. Townsend, MT (city, FIPS 74575) 5. Townsend, TN (city, FIPS 74860) 6. Townsend, WI |
Expressions using "Townsend": first Townsend discharge ♦ Francis Everett Townsend ♦ Port Townsend ♦ second Townsend discharge ♦ Townsend avalanche ♦ Townsend coefficient ♦ Townsend Harris ♦ Townsend ionisation ♦ Townsend ionization ♦ W Townsend. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "Townsend": Mercury-townsend. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "Townsend"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | Townsend-lavine (Townsend avalanche, Townsend ionisation, Townsend ionization), første Townsend-udladning (first Townsend discharge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Townsend-ontlading (Townsend avalanche, Townsend ionisation, Townsend ionization), Townsend-lawine (Townsend avalanche, Townsend ionisation, Townsend ionization), primaire townsend-ionisatiecoefficient (Townsend coefficient), eerste townsendontlading (first Townsend discharge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | Townsendin purkaus (Townsend avalanche, Townsend ionisation, Townsend ionization), ensimmäinen Townsend-purkaus (first Townsend discharge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | deuxième décharge de Townsend (second Townsend discharge), coefficient de Townsend (Townsend coefficient), avalanche de Townsend (Townsend avalanche, Townsend ionisation, Townsend ionization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Townsend-Lawine (Townsend avalanche, Townsend ionisation, Townsend ionization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πρώτη εκκένωση του Townsend (first Townsend discharge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | valanga di Townsend (Townsend avalanche, Townsend ionisation, Townsend ionization), ionizzazione di Townsend (Townsend avalanche, Townsend ionisation, Townsend ionization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ownsendtay avalanche de Townsend (Townsend avalanche, Townsend ionisation, Townsend ionization). (various references) primera descarga Townsend (first Townsend discharge), avalancha de Townsend (Townsend avalanche, Townsend ionisation, Townsend ionization). (various references) Townsend-lavin (Townsend avalanche, Townsend ionisation, Townsend ionization), initial Townsendurladdning (first Townsend discharge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Townsend" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Tonnesen, Towhshend, townsendii, townshends. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-n-n-o-s-t-w" | |
-1 letter: newtons, tendons. | |
-2 letters: endows, newton, nonets, snowed, sonnet, stoned, stowed, tendon, tenons, tonnes, wonned, wonted. | |
-3 letters: dents, doest, donne, dotes, downs, dowse, endow, enows, neons, newts, nodes, nones, nonet, nosed, noted, notes, nowts, onset, owned, owsen, seton, sonde, sowed, steno, stone, tends, tenon, toned, tones, tonne, towed, towns, wends, wonts. | |
-4 letters: dens, dent, dews. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-n-n-o-s-t-w" | |
+2 letters: disownment, downtrends, endowments, wontedness. | |
+3 letters: disownments, downtowners, wonderments. | |
+4 letters: disendowment, untowardness, unwontedness, wontednesses. | |
+5 letters: disendowments, downrightness. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 6F 77 6E 73 65 6E 64 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- --- .--. -. ... . -. -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01101111 01110111 01101110 01110011 01100101 01101110 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T o w n s e n d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 006F 0077 006E 0073 0065 006E 0064 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5481898085718070 |
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