Telford,

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Telford \Tel"ford\, a. [After Thomas Telford, a Scotch road
     engineer.]
     Designating, or pert. to, a road pavement having a surface of
     small stone rolled hard and smooth, distinguished from
     macadam road by its firm foundation of large stones with
     fragments of stone wedged tightly, in the interstices; as,


     telford pavement, road, etc.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Telford, PA (borough, FIPS 76304)
    Location: 40.32551 N, 75.32732 W
    Population (1990): 4238 (1768 housing units)
    Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 18969
  Telford, TN
    Zip code(s): 37690

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Telford, PA -- U.S. borough in Pennsylvania
     Population (2000):    4680
     Housing Units (2000): 1977
     Land area (2000):     1.013390 sq. miles (2.624667 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    1.013390 sq. miles (2.624667 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            76304
     Located within:       Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
     Location:             40.324786 N, 75.328045 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     18969
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Telford, PA
      Telford