What city is known as the granite city?
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It is Aberdeen. There is a hilarious description of this God awful city in a book called 'A big boy did in and ran away' by Chrisopher Brookmyre who is a darkly funny Scottish writer of crime/action fiction. It made me nearly fall off the bed laughing when I first read it!
Aberdeen
Aberdeen
Aberdeen
http://www.agtb.org/aberdeen-scotland.ht.
aberdeen,the oil capital of aberdeen lol.
Aberdeen in Scotland UK
aberdeen
It's Aberdeen
Edinburgh
Edinburgh
There are over 8 Aberdeens in the US.
Aberdeen scotland in the UK is the largest Aberdeen in the world. It is known as the granite city due to its connection with granite.
Granite City is a city in Madison County, Illinois, United States. The population was 31,301 at the 2000 census.
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Geography
Granite City is located at 38°43′4″N, 90°7′46″W (38.717849, -90.129529),GR1 adjacent to the Chain of Rocks Canal on the Upper Mississippi River.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 44.5 km² (17.2 mi²). 43.2 km² (16.7 mi²) of it is land and 1.3 km² (0.5 mi²) of it (2.85%) is water.
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Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 31,301 people, 12,773 households, and 8,455 families residing in the city. The population density was 724.5/km² (1,876.2/mi²). There were 14,022 housing units at an average density of 324.6/km² (840.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 94.73% White, 1.99% African American, 0.45% Native American, 0.47% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.95% from other races, and 1.39% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.86% of the population.
There were 12,773 households out of which 30.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.6% were married couples living together, 13.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.8% were non-families. 29.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 2.98.
In the city the population was spread out with 24.7% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 29.2% from 25 to 44, 21.5% from 45 to 64, and 16.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 92.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.6 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $35,615, and the median income for a family was $42,130. Males had a median income of $34,226 versus $23,510 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,691. About 8.8% of families and 11.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.5% of those under age 18 and 7.2% of those age 65 or over.
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City Facts
It has its own police and fire departments, it has a school district, it has 12 parks, with Wilson Park being the largest park. Granite City has been mentioned in the news before, especially in 2003 when a factory burned near Prairie Farms Dairy.
Granite City was once a hub for the steel industry in the first half of the 20th century. Due to the loss of that industry, the town suffered a large decline in population, along with many businesses leaving the area. However, Granite City maintains a high-level of appeal, as evidenced in the photo above.
The city is the site of the Chain of Rocks Lock, the southernmost navigation lock on the Mississippi River. Granite City is situated in an area rich with Indian history and is not far from Cahokia Mounds Indian Burial Grounds, the largest burial ground in the Americas.
A bit strong calling Aberdeen a god awful city, is it not?
Aberdeen
If you are referring to The British Isles then it is Aberdeen, Scotland. It's know as that because granite was used for many of its buildings.
The northern lights of old Aberdeen mean home sweet home to me.
The northern lights of Aberdeen is where I long to be.
I've been a wanderer all of my life and many a sight I've seen,
god speed the day when Im on my way to my home in Aberdeen.
Wont bore you with the other verses but I think you will have guessed by now its Aberdeen..
Signed cd's available from shanieshaw.com lmao
Aberdeen in Scotland is known as the "Granite City". (A few years back it was known as the "Gateway to the Afterlife", after an outbreak of some disease! Possibly salmonella poisoning from Scottish food!)
(Gee. I didn't know you wanted a run-down of all the Aberdeens in America, though i emmans has very kindly provided those boring facts so I don't need to bother).
easy one. aberdeen.
Aberdeen
Aberdeen
paris
The Granite City, The Flower of Scotland, The Silver City by the Golden Sands. Aberdeen!
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