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11720. Area code (s) 631, 934. FIPS code. 36-13376. GNIS feature ID. 0946206. Centereach ( / ˈsɛntəritʃ /) is a hamlet and census-designated place in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 31,578 at the 2010 census.
The Central Pacific Railroad ( CPRR) was a rail company chartered by U.S. Congress in 1862 to build a railroad eastwards from Sacramento, California, to complete most of the western part of the "First transcontinental railroad" in North America. Incorporated in 1861, CPRR ceased independent operations in 1875 when the railroad was leased to the ...
Route map. 1863–1869: Union Pacific built west (blue line), Central Pacific built east (red) and Western Pacific built the last leg (green) America's first transcontinental railroad (known originally as the " Pacific Railroad " and later as the "Overland Route") was a 1,911-mile (3,075 km) continuous railroad line built between 1863 and 1869 ...
Microsoft Bing, commonly referred to as Bing, is a search engine owned and operated by Microsoft. The service traces its roots back to Microsoft's earlier search engines, including MSN Search, Windows Live Search, and Live Search. Bing offers a broad spectrum of search services, encompassing web, video, image, and map search products, all ...
Tanks reach central Rafah as Israel presses on in Gaza despite outrage over deadly tent camp strike. Palestinians searching through charred remains described a “horrifying” scene of people ...
The establishment of America's transcontinental rail lines securely linked California to the rest of the country, and the far-reaching transportation systems that grew out of them during the century that followed contributed to the state's social, political, and economic development. When California was admitted as a state to the United States ...
Centereach High School is a public high school in the Middle Country Central School District located in Centereach, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. It teaches a college preparatory curriculum for grades nine through twelve. The total minority enrollment is 26%, and 33% of students are economically disadvantaged.
European discovery and colonization of the Americas. Between 1492 and 1504, the Italian navigator and explorer Christopher Columbus [a] led four transatlantic maritime expeditions in the name of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain to the Caribbean and to Central and South America. These voyages led to the widespread knowledge of the New World.