Dearborn
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Places

In the United States, all named after Henry Dearborn
Henry Dearborn
Henry Dearborn was an American physician, a statesman and a veteran of both the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. Born to Simon Dearborn and Sarah Marston in North Hampton, New Hampshire, he spent much of his youth in Epping, where he attended public schools...

 (1751–1829):
  • Dearborn, Michigan
    Dearborn, Michigan
    -Economy:Ford Motor Company has its world headquarters in Dearborn. In addition its Dearborn campus contains many research, testing, finance and some production facilities. Ford Land controls the numerous properties owned by Ford including sales and leasing to unrelated businesses such as the...

  • Dearborn, Missouri
    Dearborn, Missouri
    Dearborn is a city in Buchanan and Platte counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. The population was 529 at the 2000 census.The Platte County portion of Dearborn is part of the Kansas City, MO–KS Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the Buchanan County portion is part of the St...

  • Dearborn County, Indiana
    Dearborn County, Indiana
    Dearborn County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2010, the population was 50,047. It is part of the Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky metropolitan area. The county seat is Lawrenceburg.-History:...

  • Fort Dearborn
    Fort Dearborn
    Fort Dearborn was a United States fort built in 1803 beside the Chicago River in what is now Chicago, Illinois. It was constructed by troops under Captain John Whistler and named in honor of Henry Dearborn, then United States Secretary of War. The original fort was destroyed following the Battle of...

     (present-day Chicago, Illinois)
  • Fort Dearborn (New Hampshire), in present-day Odiorne State Park
  • Dearborn River
    Dearborn River
    The Dearborn River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately 70 mi long, in western Montana in the United States. It rises in the Lewis and Clark National Forest, near Scapegoat Mountain in the Lewis and Clark Range of the Rocky Mountains at the continental divide, in western Lewis...

    , Montana

People

  • Arthur Dearborn
    Arthur Dearborn
    Arthur Kent "Ding" Dearborn was an American track and field athlete and tug of war competitor who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He was born in Everett, Massachusetts and died in Boston, Massachusetts....

     (1886–1941), American track and field athlete
  • Emma Dearborn, creator of the Speedwriting
    Speedwriting
    Speedwriting is a shorthand writing system developed in 1924 by Emma Dearborn, an instructor at the University of Chicago. It uses alphabetic characters and was originally designed so that it could be written by pen, or on a typewriter....

     System
  • Henry Dearborn
    Henry Dearborn
    Henry Dearborn was an American physician, a statesman and a veteran of both the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. Born to Simon Dearborn and Sarah Marston in North Hampton, New Hampshire, he spent much of his youth in Epping, where he attended public schools...

     (1751–1829), American physician, general, and politician
  • Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn
    Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn
    Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn was an American lawyer, author, statesman and soldier...

     (1783–1851), American lawyer, author, statesman
    Statesman
    A statesman is usually a politician or other notable public figure who has had a long and respected career in politics or government at the national and international level. As a term of respect, it is usually left to supporters or commentators to use the term...

    , soldier and son of Henry Dearborn.
  • Jason Dearborn
    Jason Dearborn
    Jason Dearborn was a Saskatchewan Party MLA of the Saskatchewan Legislature.Dearborn graduated from the University of Trinity College in the University of Toronto with a BA in 1994...

    , Saskatchewan Party MLA
  • Walter Dearborn
    Walter Dearborn
    Walter Fenno Dearborn was a pioneering American educator and experimental psychologist who helped to establish the field of reading education. Dearborn, who approached the study of psychology from the perspective of an empirical scientist, is perhaps best known for using empirical research to...

    , American psychologist, educator, pioneer in the psychology of reading

Other uses

  • Dearborn, a light four-wheeled carriage
    Carriage
    A carriage is a wheeled vehicle for people, usually horse-drawn; litters and sedan chairs are excluded, since they are wheelless vehicles. The carriage is especially designed for private passenger use and for comfort or elegance, though some are also used to transport goods. It may be light,...

    with curtained sides
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