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CREIGHTON

Specialty Definition: Creighton, Missouri

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Creighton is a city located in Cass County, Missouri. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 322.

Geography


Creighton is located at 38°29'44" North, 94°4'23" West (38.495498, -94.073148)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.8 km² (0.3 mi²). 0.8 km² (0.3 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 322 people, 128 households, and 83 families residing in the city. The population density is 414.4/km² (1,086.7/mi²). There are 138 housing units at an average density of 177.6/km² (465.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 98.76% White, 0.00% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.31% from other races, and 0.93% from two or more races. 0.62% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 128 households out of which 38.3% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.1% are married couples living together, 8.6% have a female householder with no husband present, and 34.4% are non-families. 31.3% of all households are made up of individuals and 17.2% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.52 and the average family size is 3.17. In the city the population is spread out with 31.1% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 32.3% from 25 to 44, 16.8% from 45 to 64, and 14.0% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 35 years. For every 100 females there are 105.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 101.8 males. The median income for a household in the city is $41,071, and the median income for a family is $48,750. Males have a median income of $41,000 versus $19,479 for females. The per capita income for the city is $20,369. 12.9% of the population and 8.9% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 11.7% are under the age of 18 and 19.5% are 65 or older.



Creighton, Nebraska

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Creighton is a city located in Knox County, Nebraska. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 1,270.

Geography


Creighton is located at 42°27'54" North, 97°54'26" West (42.465112, -97.907191)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.1 km² (1.2 mi²). 3.1 km² (1.2 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 1,270 people, 559 households, and 342 families residing in the city. The population density is 415.6/km² (1,079.8/mi²). There are 614 housing units at an average density of 200.9/km² (522.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 98.11% White, 0.39% African American, 1.10% Native American, 0.08% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.08% from other races, and 0.24% from two or more races. 0.16% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 559 households out of which 24.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.5% are married couples living together, 5.7% have a female householder with no husband present, and 38.8% are non-families. 36.1% of all households are made up of individuals and 22.2% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.19 and the average family size is 2.87. In the city the population is spread out with 23.0% under the age of 18, 4.4% from 18 to 24, 21.3% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 29.6% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 46 years. For every 100 females there are 85.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 83.1 males. The median income for a household in the city is $27,763, and the median income for a family is $38,667. Males have a median income of $25,156 versus $16,667 for females. The per capita income for the city is $15,293. 10.1% of the population and 7.4% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 3.7% are under the age of 18 and 13.1% 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 "Creighton, Missouri."

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"CREIGHTON" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a rock town".

Date "CREIGHTON" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1901. (references)


Crosswords: CREIGHTON

Specialty definitions using "CREIGHTON": cleaning machine. (references)

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Commercial Usage: CREIGHTON

DomainTitle

Books

  • A Victorian Family: As Seen Through the Letters of Louise Creighton to Her Mother-1872-1880 (reference)

  • A Victorian Marriage: Mandell and Louise Creighton (reference)

  • Frontier and Metropolis: Regions, Cities, and Identities in Canada Before 1914 (The Donald G. Creighton Lectures 1987) (reference)

  • Helen Creighton : a life in folklore (reference)

  • Memoir of a Victorian Woman: Reflections of Louise Creighton, 1850-1936 (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: CREIGHTON

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[J. Creighton Bramwell]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Familiar Quotations: CREIGHTON

AuthorQuotation

Mandell Creighton

All true knowledge contradicts common sense.
No people do so much harm as those who go about doing good.
The real object of education is to have a man in the condition of continually asking questions.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: CREIGHTON

"CREIGHTON" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "CREIGHTON" is used about 20 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words		Rank in English
Noun (proper)100%2078,262

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: CREIGHTON

The following table summarizes the usage of "CREIGHTON" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons		Rank in USA
CreightonLast name3,0003,548
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Cities: CREIGHTON


1. Creighton, MO (city, FIPS 17164)
Location: 38.49665 N, 94.07176 W
Population (1990): 289 (141 housing units)
Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 64739
Country: USA

2. Creighton, NE (city, FIPS 11230)
Location: 42.46511 N, 97.90685 W
Population (1990): 1223 (626 housing units)
Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 68729
Country: USA

3. Creighton, PA
Zip Code(s): 15030
Country: USA

4. Creighton, SD
Zip Code(s): 57729
Country: USA

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: CREIGHTON

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day		ExpressionFrequency
per Day

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431

abrams creighton

8

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190

creighton mail web

8

creighton general

30

creighton hospital university

8

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24

creighton michael

7

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23

athletics creighton

6

center creighton medical university

22

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6

creighton law school

21

creighton pa

6

creighton district school

17

creighton university nebraska

6

creighton general nam viet war

15

creighton bluejays

5

blue board creighton fan jay message

13

creighton hospital

5

creighton medical school

13

athletics creighton university

4

center creighton medical

13

creighton saskatchewan

4

creighton college

12

creighton model

4

creighton law school university

11

creighton ne omaha university

4

contact creighton

10

creighton soccer

4

credit creighton federal union

9

creighton dental school

4

creighton medicine school university

9

camp creighton soccer

4

creighton omaha university

9

barrel creighton

4

creighton missouri

9

creighton nam viet

4

creighton law

8

creighton nebraska omaha university

4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Misspellings: CREIGHTON

Misspellings

"CREIGHTON" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Chrichton, Craighton, Creigh, Crichtan, Crichtons, crightons, Keighron, Mccreight, Reighton. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: CREIGHTON

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: hectoring, tochering.

Words within the letters "c-e-g-h-i-n-o-r-t"

-1 letter: cohering, gerontic, ochering, retching, torching.

-2 letters: choregi, chorine, choring, cithern, cithren, cointer, coreign, echoing, ergotic, etching, genitor, notcher, noticer, ochring.

-3 letters: cering, chigoe, chiton, cither, citron, cogent, coheir, coigne, coiner, conger, coring, cornet, cortin, coting, cretin, cringe, eching, engirt, enrich, eringo, erotic, ethion, ethnic, goiter, goitre, gorhen, gothic, grinch, hector, heriot, heroic, heroin.

 Words containing the letters "c-e-g-h-i-n-o-r-t"
 

+1 letter: crocheting, reclothing, retouching, trichogyne.

 

+2 letters: atherogenic, hectoringly, heterogonic, outreaching, ricocheting, scouthering, trichogynes.

 

+3 letters: archegoniate, ethnographic, orthogenetic, outpreaching, overmatching, ricochetting, stenographic, truncheoning.

 

+4 letters: anthropogenic, archegoniates, cinematograph, counterweight, hectographing, helicoptering, hydromagnetic, morphogenetic, motherfucking, orchestrating, outstretching, photoreducing, underclothing.

 

+5 letters: cinematographs, cinematography, countershading, counterweights, dechlorinating, electrofishing, ethnographical, gerontomorphic, magnetospheric, overstretching, thermomagnetic, underclothings.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: CREIGHTON


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01010010 01000101 01001001 01000111 01001000 01010100 01001111 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 0052 0045 0049 0047 0048 0054 004F 004E

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

375239434142544948

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Photo Album 		5. Quotations: Familiar
6. Usage Frequency
7. Names: Frequency
8. Cities 		9. Expressions: Internet
10. Derivations
11. Anagrams
12. Orthography 		13. Bibliography


  

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