Alden

Alden

As a placename, Alden can refer to 'the Alder', the tree ("alnus") of the birch family, such as the Alden Valley, Rossendale, England, UK.

In places in the US:
*Alden, Iowa
*Alden, Kansas
*Alden, Michigan
*Alden, Minnesota
*Alden (town), New York
*Alden (village), New York
*Alden, Wisconsin
*Alden Township, Illinois
*Alden Township, Freeborn County, Minnesota
*Alden Township, St. Louis County, Minnesota
*Alden Township, North Dakota
*Alden Township, South Dakota

Other:
*Alden Prepress Services Limited, Chennai
*USS "Alden" (DD-211), a US Navy destroyer
*Alden (crater) on the Moon
*"Alden v. Maine", a United States Supreme Court case
*Alden Shoe Company, a men's shoemaker in Middleborough, Massachusetts
*Alden, Norway, a small island in Norway, in Sogn og Fjordane county

People with the surname or given name Alden:
*Alden (name)


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  • Alden — Alden, NY U.S. village in New York Population (2000): 2666 Housing Units (2000): 1144 Land area (2000): 2.719947 sq. miles (7.044631 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.719947 sq. miles (7.044631… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Alden, IA — U.S. city in Iowa Population (2000): 904 Housing Units (2000): 372 Land area (2000): 1.717869 sq. miles (4.449259 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.015387 sq. miles (0.039853 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.733256 sq. miles (4.489112 sq. km) FIPS code:… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Alden, KS — U.S. city in Kansas Population (2000): 168 Housing Units (2000): 85 Land area (2000): 0.189459 sq. miles (0.490696 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.189459 sq. miles (0.490696 sq. km) FIPS code:… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Alden, MN — U.S. city in Minnesota Population (2000): 652 Housing Units (2000): 295 Land area (2000): 0.958705 sq. miles (2.483034 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.025916 sq. miles (0.067121 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.984621 sq. miles (2.550155 sq. km) FIPS… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Alden, NY — U.S. village in New York Population (2000): 2666 Housing Units (2000): 1144 Land area (2000): 2.719947 sq. miles (7.044631 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.719947 sq. miles (7.044631 sq. km)… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • aldēn — *aldēn, *aldæ̅n germ., schwach. Verb: nhd. alt werden, altern; ne. become old; Rekontruktionsbasis: ae.?, ahd.; Hinweis: s. *alda ; Etymologie: s. ing. *al (2), *h₂el …   Germanisches Wörterbuch

  • Alden — [ôl′dən] John 1599? 1687; Pilgrim settler in Plymouth Colony: character in Longfellow s poem “The Courtship of Miles Standish” …   English World dictionary

  • Alden — Recorded as Alden, Aldine, Auden, Adin, and others, this is a medieval English surname. It derives from the personal name of the pre 7th Century Ealdwine, meaning Old friend and the Latinized versions as Aldanus aand Alden are recorded in the… …   Surnames reference

  • Alden — /awl deuhn/, n. 1. John, 1599? 1687, Pilgrim settler in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620. 2. a male or female given name: from an Old English word meaning old friend. * * * (as used in expressions) Alden John Armstrong Neil Alden Gesell Gerhard… …   Universalium

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