Epworth

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Epworth

  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in the Isle of Axholme, North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SE7803). [1]
  2. A community in Epworth-Great Salmonier local service district, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
  3. A place in the United States:
    1. A census-designated place in Fannin County, Georgia, named after Epworth, England.
    2. An unincorporated community in White County, Illinois.
    3. A city in Dubuque County, Iowa, named after Epworth, England.
    4. An unincorporated community in Shelby County, Missouri, named after a local Methodist church and Epworth, England.
    5. An unincorporated community in King William County, Virginia.
  4. A dormitory town in Harare province, Zimbabwe, named after a Methodist mission.

Usage notes[edit]

Some places, if not all, were named for the connection to Methodism, as the Lincolnshire town was the birthplace of John Wesley and Charles Wesley, founders of Methodism.

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