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NILES , a See also:city of See also:Trumbull See also:county, See also:Ohio, U.S.A., on the Ootacamund maintained by See also:government . Mahoning See also:river, at the mouth of the Meander and See also:Mosquito creeks, about 55 M . E.S.E. of See also:Cleveland . Pop . (1890) 4289; (1900) 7468 (2104 See also:foreign-See also:born); (1910) 8361 . It is served by the See also:Baltimore & Ohio, the See also:Erie and the See also:Pennsylvania See also:railways, and by an interurban electric See also:system . See also:Coal and See also:iron-ore are abundant in the vicinity, and the city's See also:principal manufactures are See also:sheet See also:steel, sheet iron, See also:tin, See also:metal See also:lath, boilers and railway cars . The See also:municipality owns and operates its waterworks and electric-See also:lighting plant . Niles was settled in 1832, laid out in 1834, incorporated as a See also:village in 1865 and chartered as a city in 1895 . It was named (1834) in See also:honour of See also:Hezekiah Niles (1777–1839), the founder and editor of the weekly Niles's See also:Register (1811–1849) . |
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