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Charlestown

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Charlestown town (1991 pop. 1,411) on the island of Nevis, St. Kitts and Nevis, West Indies. Charlestown is the chief town and port of the island. Sugar processing is the major industry; the port serves primarily to ship goods to St. Kitts. Alexander Hamilton was born in Charlestown.

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Charlestown

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Charlestown, Ireland, St Kitts & Nevis, USA 1. St Kitts & Nevis: named after the British King Charles II^†.2. USA (New Hampshire): named by a friend of, and after, Admiral Sir Charles Knowles (c.1697–1777), governor of Jamaica (1752–6).

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Charlestown

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Charlestown Cornwall, first so recorded from 1800, a small china-clay port named after its sponsor Charles Rashleigh, a local industrialist.

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A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Charlestown Armagh. The village is named after Charles Brownlow, who built houses here in c.1830.

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