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Epworth
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English
Proper noun
en town/and/cpar with a town council in the x/Isle of Axholme uauth/North Lincolnshire co/Lincolnshire cc/England OS grid ref SE7803. Parish map
en community local service district:suf/Epworth-Great Salmonier p/Newfoundland and Labrador c/Canada.
en place c/USA:
en CDP co/Fannin County s/Georgia, named after Epworth, England.
en ucomm co/White County s/Illinois.
en city co/Dubuque County s/Iowa, named after Epworth, England.
en ucomm co/Shelby County s/Missouri, named after a local Methodist church and Epworth, England.
en ucomm co/King William County s/Virginia.
en A dormitory <<town>> in <<p:suf/Harare>>, <<c/Zimbabwe>>, named after a Methodist mission.
Usage notes
Some places, if not all, were named for the connection to Methodism, as the Lincolnshire town was the birthplace of John Wesley and Charles Wesley, founders of Methodism.
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