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Populated places established in 1909

  • Tel AvivOn the 11th of April 1909, sixty-six Jewish families gathered on a desolate sand dune north of Jaffa to parcel out land by lottery using seashells.
  • White Sulphur Springs, West VirginiaIn the first half of the nineteenth century, White Sulphur Springs grew as a southern destination for wealthy Virginia Low Country residents.