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Definition: Hershey |
HersheyNoun1. United States confectioner and philanthropist who created the model industrial town of Hershey, Pennsylvania; founded an industrial school for orphan boys (1857-1945). 2. An industrial town east of Harrisburg. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Hershey is a village located in Lincoln County, Nebraska. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 572.Geography
Hershey is located at 41°9'29" North, 101°0'6" West (41.158118, -101.001721)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.3 km² (0.5 mi²). 1.3 km² (0.5 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 572 people, 232 households, and 167 families residing in the village. The population density is 441.7/km² (1,142.4/mi²). There are 249 housing units at an average density of 192.3/km² (497.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the village is 91.61% White, 0.17% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.52% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 6.82% from other races, and 0.87% from two or more races. 9.62% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 232 households out of which 34.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.8% are married couples living together, 10.8% have a female householder with no husband present, and 27.6% are non-families. 23.7% of all households are made up of individuals and 11.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.47 and the average family size is 2.93. In the village the population is spread out with 28.1% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 25.7% from 25 to 44, 26.0% from 45 to 64, and 12.9% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 38 years. For every 100 females there are 88.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 89.4 males. The median income for a household in the village is $36,875, and the median income for a family is $43,000. Males have a median income of $31,500 versus $16,848 for females. The per capita income for the village is $15,791. 9.9% of the population and 9.7% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 8.7% are under the age of 18 and 11.9% 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 "Hershey, Nebraska."
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Hershey is a town located in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 12,771. The town is home to the Hershey's chocolate company and the Hershey theme park.It is also the site of the annual Antique Automobile Club of America auto show, the largest event of its type worldwide.
Geography
Hershey is located at 40°16'42" North, 76°39'4" West (40.278423, -76.651240)1.According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 37.4 km² (14.4 mi²). 37.3 km² (14.4 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.35% water.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 12,771 people, 5,451 households, and 3,297 families residing in the town. The population density is 342.2/km² (886.5/mi²). There are 5,887 housing units at an average density of 157.7/km² (408.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 91.07% White, 2.12% African American, 0.06% Native American, 4.87% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.49% from other races, and 1.38% from two or more races. 1.55% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.There are 5,451 households out of which 24.8% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.9% are married couples living together, 7.1% have a female householder with no husband present, and 39.5% are non-families. 33.7% of all households are made up of individuals and 16.2% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.22 and the average family size is 2.86.
In the town the population is spread out with 20.3% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 27.0% from 25 to 44, 21.8% from 45 to 64, and 23.5% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 42 years. For every 100 females there are 86.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 82.1 males.
The median income for a household in the town is $45,098, and the median income for a family is $63,385. Males have a median income of $42,013 versus $31,086 for females. The per capita income for the town is $28,487. 6.9% of the population and 3.8% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 6.9% are under the age of 18 and 4.7% 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 "Hershey, Pennsylvania."
Synonym: HersheySynonym: Milton Snavely Hershey (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Hershey |
| English words defined with "Hershey": Hershey bar ♦ Milton Snavely Hershey. (references) |
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Screenplays | Do you know the way to the Hershey Highway, do you know the way (Rock 'n' Roll Frankenstein; writing credit: Brian O'Hara; Vito Cannella) There were only two cakes left, and trust me, you do not want the one of Al Roker with the Hershey Kiss nipples (Family Guy; writing credit: Dolores Payás) Hershey, what are you doing down there (Judge Dredd; writing credit: John Wagner; Carlos Ezquerra) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Hershey Metal Products Co., Ansonia, Connecticut. Cafeteria. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Hershey" by Stephanie Summerfield Commentary: "This is my dog Hershey laying in the grass." |
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Lieutenant General Lewis B. Hershey | Any recruiter will tell you that the incentive for enlistment is that it [being drafted] is inevitable if you don't. |
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| "Hershey" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Hershey" is used about 13 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% | 13 | 97,576 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Hershey" 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 |
| Hershey | Last name | 1,000 | 7,678 |
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| Country | Name |
| USA | Hershey Foods Corporation |
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1. Hershey, NE (village, FIPS 22290) 2. Hershey, PA (CDP, FIPS 34144) |
Expressions using "Hershey": Hershey bar ♦ Milton Snavely Hershey. Additional references. | |
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| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
hershey park | 6,834 | milton hershey school | 117 |
hershey pa | 2,850 | milton hershey | 101 |
hershey | 2,458 | hershey chocolate factory | 94 |
hershey hotel | 933 | hershey spa | 92 |
hershey pennsylvania | 784 | hershey penn | 87 |
hershey chocolate | 579 | hershey park amusement | 81 |
hershey park pa | 486 | hershey park coupon | 80 |
hershey medical center | 348 | hershey park discount | 78 |
hershey pennsylvania hotel | 210 | hershey park.com | 76 |
barbara hershey | 204 | hershey track and field | 74 |
hershey lodge | 199 | hershey factory | 71 |
hershey food | 190 | hershey stadium | 61 |
hershey kiss | 161 | hershey park ticket | 59 |
hershey park pennsylvania | 142 | hershey outlet | 56 |
hershey park hotel | 127 | hershey recipe | 56 |
hershey park stadium | 126 | hershey bear | 56 |
hershey candy | 126 | hershey lodge and convention center | 55 |
discount hershey park ticket | 126 | center giant hershey | 54 |
hershey s.com | 119 | hershey bar | 53 |
hershey pa hotel | 119 | hershey pa weather | 52 |
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"Hershey" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: herishef, Hershon, Hessey, Hirschheim, Hursey. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-h-h-r-s-y" | |
-1 letter: heresy. | |
-2 letters: eyers, eyres, heres, sheer, shyer. | |
-3 letters: eery, eyer, eyes, eyre, hehs, here, hers, rees, resh, ryes, seer, sere. | |
-4 letters: ere, ers, eye, heh, her, hes, hey, ree, res, rye, see, ser, she, shh, shy, yeh, yes. | |
-5 letters: eh, er, es, he, re, sh, ye. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-h-h-r-s-y" | |
+4 letters: bathysphere, eurhythmies, hydrosphere, hypersthene. | |
+5 letters: bathyspheres, haberdashery, hemerythrins, hemihydrates, hexahydrates, hydrospheres, hypercharges, hypersthenes, hypersthenic, shellfishery. | |
| 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)48 65 72 73 68 65 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).... . .-. ... .... . -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01100101 01110010 01110011 01101000 01100101 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H e r s h e y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0065 0072 0073 0068 0065 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)42718485747191 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Usage Frequency 11. Names: Frequency 12. Names: Company Usage | 13. Cities 14. Expressions 15. Expressions: Internet 16. Derivations | 17. Anagrams 18. Orthography 19. Bibliography |
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