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Populated places established in 1878

  • Berkeley, CaliforniaIn 1776, the De Anza Expedition arrived on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay, bringing the first people of European descent to what is now Berkeley.
  • RabaulRabaul sits on the edge of a flooded caldera, a massive volcanic crater that measures 14 by 9 kilometers. This geological feature surrounds the township with…
  • Mesa, ArizonaThe Sonoran Desert stretches across the American Southwest, yet water flows through canals that are over a thousand years old.