The Bahá’í Centenary 1844-1944/The American Bahá’í Community
PART EIGHT[edit]
THE AMERICAN BAHÁ’Í COMMUNITY[edit]
1. Cities and Townships having Assemblies[edit]
ALABAMA
Birmingham
ALASKA
Anchorage
ARKANSAS
Little Rock
ARIZONA
Phoenix
East Phoenix Rural
CALIFORNIA
CONNECTICUT
New Haven
West Haven
DELAWARE
Wilmington
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington, D. C.
FLORIDA
Jacksonville
Miami
St. Augustine
GEORGIA
Atlanta
HAWAII
Alhambra
Berkeley
Beverly Hills
Burbank
Honolulu
Burlingame
Cloverdale Township
Maui
Glendale
IDAHO
Los Angeles
Boise
Oakland
ILLINOIS
Pasadena
Sacramento
San Diego
San Francisco
Santa Barbara
CANADA
Edmonton, Alberta
Vancouver, British Columbia
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Moncton, New Brunswick
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Toronto, Ontario
Charlottetown, P.E.L.
Montreal, Quebec
St. Lambert, Quebec
Regina, Sask.
COLORADO
Colorado Springs
Denver
Chicago
Danville
Evanston
Maywood
Peoria
Springfield
Urbana
Waukegan
Wilmette
Winnetka
INDIANA
Indianapolis
South Bend
IOWA
Cedar Rapids
KANSAS
Topeka
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KENTUCKY[edit]
Louisville
LOUISIANA[edit]
New Orleans
MAINE[edit]
Eliot
MARYLAND[edit]
Baltimore Cabin John Chevy Chase-Bethesda
MASSACHUSETTS[edit]
Beverly Brookline Boston Springfield Worcester
MICHIGAN[edit]
Ann Arbor Detroit Flint Grand Rapids Lansing Muskegon
MINNESOTA[edit]
Minneapolis St. Paul
MISSISSIPPI[edit]
Jackson
MISSOURI[edit]
Kansas City
MONTANA[edit]
Helena
NEBRASKA[edit]
Omaha
NEVADA[edit]
Reno
NEW HAMPSHIRE[edit]
Portsmouth
NEW JERSEY[edit]
East Orange Montclair Newark Teaneck
NEW MEXICO[edit]
Albuquerque
NEW YORK[edit]
Binghamton Buffalo Geneva Jamestown New York Rochester Syracuse Yonkers
NORTH CAROLINA[edit]
Greensboro
NORTH DAKOTA[edit]
Fargo
OHIO[edit]
Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Dayton East Cleveland Lima Toledo
OKLAHOMA[edit]
Oklahoma City
OREGON[edit]
Portland
PENNSYLVANIA[edit]
Philadelphia Pittsburgh Scranton West Chester
PUERTO RICO[edit]
San Juan
RHODE ISLAND[edit]
Providence
SOUTH CAROLINA[edit]
Greenville
SOUTH DAKOTA[edit]
Sioux Falls
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TENNESSEE[edit]
Memphis
TEXAS[edit]
Houston
UTAH[edit]
Salt Lake City
VERMONT[edit]
Brattleboro
VIRGINIA[edit]
Alexandria Arlington
WASHINGTON[edit]
Richmond Highlands Seattle Spokane Tacoma
WEST VIRGINIA[edit]
Charleston
WISCONSIN[edit]
Kenosha Madison Milwaukee Racine Shorewood Wauwatosa
WYOMING[edit]
Laramie
2. Cities having Groups[edit]
ALABAMA[edit]
CALIFORNIA[edit]
Atascadero Bakersfield Big Bear Lake Compton Elsinore Fresno Huntington Pk. Inglewood Township Inglewood Knightsen Long Beach Lynwood Monrovia Monrovia Twp. Napa Pacific Palisades Pasadena Twp. Piedmont Riverside San Bernardino San Marino San Mateo Santa Barbara Santa Rosa (Analy Twp.) Santa Rosa South Gate
CANADA[edit]
Calgary, Alberta Armstrong, British Columbia Vernon, British Columbia West Vancouver, British Columbia Hamilton, Ont. Ottawa, Ontario Westmount, Quebec
CANAL ZONE[edit]
Balboa
CONNECTICUT[edit]
Tuskegee
ARIZONA[edit]
Hamden Hartford Norwich Orange Glendale Rural Phoenix Rural (West) Poston Tucson
ARKANSAS[edit]
Hot Springs Washington
FLORIDA[edit]
Florida City Pine Castle
GEORGIA[edit]
Augusta
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ILLINOIS[edit]
Cicero Plainville Princeton Salem Glenview Hollywood Melrose Park Melrose Township Moline Northbrook Oak Park Park Ridge Pekin Limestone Township Rockford Villa Park Western Springs
INDIANA[edit]
Fort Wayne
IOWA[edit]
Independence Waterloo
KANSAS[edit]
Burlingame Elwood Topeka (Mission Township) Wichita
LOUISIANA[edit]
Covington
MAINE[edit]
Canaan Portland South Windham Stoneham
MASSACHUSETTS[edit]
Arlington Auburn Belchertown East Hampton East Longmeadow Fitchburg Ipswich Malden Natick Needham Newton No. Scituate Norton Palmer Sharon Upton Wenham West Brookfield Woburn
MICHIGAN[edit]
Davison Dearborn Flint (Burton Twp.) Fruitport Grand Haven Grosse Ile Grosse Pointe Highland Park Kalamazoo Lake Harbor Lansing Lincoln Park Marysville Muskegon Heights Nirvana Pentwater Plymouth Roseville St. Clair Shores Smith's Creek Van Dyke Wyoming Park
MINNESOTA[edit]
Duluth
MISSOURI[edit]
Independence St. Louis St. Louis County
MONTANA[edit]
Butte
NEW HAMPSHIRE[edit]
Ashuelot Dover Hinsdale New Market
NEW JERSEY[edit]
Atlantic City
Bloomfield
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Dumont
Englewood
Hackensack
Haworth
Jersey City
Marlton
Maywood
Neptune
Red Bank
Riverton
Tenafly
Weehawken
NEW YORK[edit]
Albany Ballston Spa Little Falls Mamaroneck Ransomville Roscoe
Geneva (Seneca Township) Victor Waterloo
OHIO[edit]
Akron Bucyrus Circleville Cleveland Heights Columbus Grove Cuyahoga Falls Dayton (Harrison Twp.) Findlay Lakewood Mansfield Medina (Granger Township) Mechanicsburg (Union Township) Hinckley Twp. (Medina County) Waynesville
PENNSYLVANIA[edit]
Ingomar New Castle Wilkensburg
RHODE ISLAND[edit]
SOUTH DAKOTA[edit]
Lead
TENNESSEE[edit]
Knoxville Nashville
TEXAS[edit]
Carrizo Springs Winter Haven (Dimmit County) San Antonio
VIRGINIA[edit]
Loudoun County (Waterford) Franklin Newport News
WASHINGTON[edit]
Brooklyn Halford Kirkland Monroe Sultan
WISCONSIN[edit]
Bristol Chenequa Eagle River (Lincoln Twp.) Green Bay Lake Geneva Manitowoc Oconomowoc Somers Twp. (Kenosha) Whitefish Bay Wisconsin Rapids
3. Cities and Postal Zones having Isolated Believers[edit]
ALABAMA[edit]
Birmingham (Homewood) Birmingham (Jefferson County) Fairhope Huntsville Mobile Springhill Pawtucket Tuskegee Warren
ARIZONA[edit]
SOUTH CAROLINA[edit]
Buckeye
Charleston
Coolidge
Columbia
Douglas
North Augusta
Glendale
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THE AMERICAN BAHÁ’Í COMMUNITY[edit]
Kingman Puente Payson Reedley Phoenix Prescott Sonita Tucson
ARKANSAS[edit]
Camp Robinson Eldorado Harrison Malvern No. Little Rock Ola
CALIFORNIA[edit]
Richmond Sacramento St. Helena Salinas San Bruno San Diego San Francisco San Gabriel San José San Pablo Santa Barbara Santa Clara Santa Cruz Santa Maria Alma Arcadia Arroyo Grande Beaumont Bell Beverly Hills Twp. (Los Angeles) Chula Vista Claremont Corte Madera Culver City Downey El Monte Escondido Exeter Fresno Gardena LaCanada (Glendale Twp.) Verdugo City (Glendale Twp.) Montrose (Glendale Twp.) Glen Ellen Gridley Hayward Healdsburg Hondo Kenwood Lakeport La Mesa Livermore Long Beach Los Angeles (outside city limits) Los Gatos Millbrae Modesto Oakland Palo Alto Palmdale Paso Robles Santa Paula Santa Rosa Sausalito South Laguna South Pasadena Templeton Turlock Valley Center Walnut Park West Los Angeles Whittier Wilmar Woodlake
CANADA[edit]
Ardmore, Alberta
Calahad, Alta.
Taber, Alberta
Cultus Lake, British Columbia
Kamloops, British Columbia
Penticton, British Columbia
Victoria, British Columbia
Elgin, New Brunswick
Lewisville, New Brunswick
Debert, Nova Scotia
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Bartonville, Ont.
Bluevale, Ontario
Farran Point, Ontario
Rice Lake, Ontario
London, Ontario
Toronto, Ontario (York County)
Summerside, Prince Edward Island
Arvida, P. Q.
Huntingdon, P. Q.
Longueuil, P. Q.
Montreal West, P. Q.
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Mount Royal, P. Q.
Outremont, P. Q.
Riv. Beaudette, P. Q.
Verdun, P. Q.
Carmichael, Sask.
CANAL ZONE[edit]
Corundo, C.Z.
COLORADO[edit]
Keesville Midville Savannah Wrens
HAWAII, T. H.[edit]
Naalehu
IDAHO[edit]
Boise Arvada Boulder Climax Denver Pine Valley, Colorado Springs Fountain Loveland Wheat Ridge
CONNECTICUT[edit]
Coeur d'Alene
ILLINOIS[edit]
Alton Antioch Batavia Champaign Charleston Chillicothe DeKalb Bridgeport North Stonington Meriden Norwalk Yalesville Dixon Downers Grove Elmhurst Glen Ellyn Glenview Greenup
DELAWARE[edit]
Arden
FLORIDA[edit]
Boynton Coral Gables Daytona Beach Harvey Henry Highwood Hinsdale Jacksonville Joliet Fernandina Gainesville Hollywood Jacksonville Beach Lakeland Miami Miami Shores Okechobee Orlando Palm Beach Ruskin St. Petersburg West Palm Beach Winter Haven
GEORGIA[edit]
Atlanta
Augusta
Daniel Field
Decatur
Griffin
LaGrange
LaGrange Park
Lake Forest
Lincolnwood
McHenry
Marengo
Markham
Melrose Park
Morrison
Morton
Oak Lawn
Peoria
Peoria Heights
Phoenix
Quincy
River Forest
Riverside
St. Charles
Serena
Tower Hill
Watseka
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Waukegan
West Peoria
Wheaton
Halethorpe Hyattsville Laurel Silver Spring
INDIANA[edit]
Anderson Bloomington Fort Wayne Gary Mishawaka Monroeville Monticello Muncie New Haven South Bend Winamac
IOWA[edit]
Belknap Correctionville Davenport Des Moines Dubuque Independence Walker Waterloo
KANSAS[edit]
Kansas City
KENTUCKY[edit]
Cave City Elizabethtown Franklin Louisville
LOUISIANA[edit]
Baton Rouge
MAINE[edit]
Bangor Cortland Gardiner Lovell South Berwick South Portland Springvale Wells
MARYLAND[edit]
Chestertown Cheverly, Hyattsvill Dundalk Essex Taneytown
MASSACHUSETTS[edit]
Belmont Bernardston Buzzards Bay Cambridge Everett Fitchburg Marblehead Marlboro Medford Norfolk Petersham Sherborn South Dartmouth South Hamilton Springfield Wellesley Hills West Somerville Whitman
MICHIGAN[edit]
Ann Arbor
Battle Creek
Berkley
Birmingham
Brighton
Cassopolis
Clio
Coloma
Dearborn
E. Fruitport
Ferrysburg
Flint
Goodrich
Grand Rapids
Grosse Pointe
Hazel Park
Inkster
Lansing (Grand River Twp.)
Lawrence
Lawton
Ludington
Mears
Mt. Clemens
Mt. Morris
Muskegon
Niles
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Olivet
Port Huron
Selfridge Field
Ypsilanti
MINNESOTA[edit]
Detroit Lakes Halsted Hopkins Mankato Moorehead Northfield Preston Red Wing Sabin
MISSISSIPPI[edit]
Columbus Greenwood Money Vicksburg
MISSOURI[edit]
Carthage Independence Jefferson Kansas City Poplar Bluff St. Joseph St. Louis
MONTANA[edit]
Fairview Winifred
NEBRASKA[edit]
Brock Waterbury
NEVADA[edit]
Boulder City Hawthorne Las Vegas Reno
NEW HAMPSHIRE[edit]
Fitzwilliam
NEW JERSEY[edit]
Basking Ridge Bayonne Bergenfield Bogota Bordentown Bradley Beach Cranford Grenloch Hamburg Harrington Park Irvington Little Falls Maywood Millburn Morristown Ocean Grove Palisades Park Passaic Paterson Point Pleasant Princeton Ridgefield Park Ridgewood Rochelle Park Short Hills South Orange Spring Lake Tenafly Westfield Wyckoff
NEW MEXICO[edit]
Alamogordo Las Vegas Albuquerque
NEW YORK[edit]
Babylon
Bayshore
Bellmore
Farmingdale
Floral Park
Glenwood Landing
Hempstead Gardens
Locust Manor
Lynbrook
Mineola
Auburn
Binghamton
Cortland
Dunkirk
Eden
Elmira
Freehold
Geneva
Hamburg
Jamestown
Jamesville
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Johnstown
Kenmore
Lima
Linwood
Little Falls
Lockport
Massena
Mayville
Norwich
Penn Yan
Pike
Port Chester
Port Dickinson
Port Washington
Potsdam
Rochester
Rye
Saratoga Springs
Schenectady
Cleveland
Dayton
Doylestown
Eaton
Fremont
Geneva
Jerry City
Kent
Lima
Loudonville
Loveland
Marietta
Milford
Montezuma
North Bloomfield
North Olmsted
Norwood
Rocky River
Salem
Springfield
Upper Arlington
Urbana
Worthington
Xenia
Snyder
Trumansburg
Unadilla
Union
Utica
Wolcott
Woodbourne
Youngstown
Carmen
Briarcliffe Manor
Mt. Vernon
OREGON[edit]
Port Jervis Corbett
OKLAHOMA[edit]
Mt. Kisco
NORTH CAROLINA[edit]
Asheville Durham Hendersonville Kannapolis Lenoir New River Raleigh Rich Square Winston-Salem
NORTH DAKOTA[edit]
Glenfield Sutton
OHIO[edit]
Bethesda Brady Lake Bryan Celina Chagrin Falls Corvallis Merrill Newport Seaside Taft Talent The Dalles Timber
PENNSYLVANIA[edit]
Allentown
Bellevue
Breinigsville
Broomall
Cheney
Clifton Heights
Dunmore
Elkins Park
Fallsington
Glenolden
North Hills
Oxford
Upper Darby
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West Chester Outside city limits
Cambridge Springs
Eau Claire
Gettysburg
Tooele
Topaz
VERMONT[edit]
Needmore Saltsburg Union City Warfordsburg Wesleyville
PUERTO RICO[edit]
Arecibo Juncos Rio Grande
RHODE ISLAND[edit]
Ashton Cranston Newport
SOUTH CAROLINA[edit]
Aiken Belvedere North Augusta
SOUTH DAKOTA[edit]
Wall Watertown
TENNESSEE[edit]
Burlington Rutland
VIRGINIA[edit]
Cartersville Farmville Fredericksburg Grottoes McLean Millers Tavern Petersburg Richmond Staunton
WASHINGTON[edit]
Almira Bothell Bremerton Chelan Ferndale Monroe Moran Prairie Olympia Omak Seattle Knoxville McMinnville Manchester Nashville Oliver Springs
TEXAS[edit]
Austin Big Springs Conroe Corpus Christi Dallas Flatonia Greenville Houston Snohomish Vancouver
WEST VIRGINIA[edit]
Huntington
WISCONSIN[edit]
Eagle River Madison Manitowoc Mauston Milwaukee Fox Point Oshkosh Racine Ripon Schofield Stoughton Waukesha Lubbock Port Arthur South Houston
UTAH[edit]
Murray Salt Lake City Wauwatosa West Allis
WYOMING[edit]
Cheyenne
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4. Incorporated Local Spiritual Assemblies, North America[edit]
1932-Chicago, New York 1933-Teaneck, Washington, D. C. 1935-Montreal 1937-Detroit, Kenosha 1938-Racine, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Cleveland, Seattle, Cincinnati, San Francisco, Columbus 1939-Lima, Vancouver, Portland, Phoenix, Philadelphia, Jersey City, Winnetka 1940-Wilmette, Boston, Peoria, Helena, Honolulu, Miami, Binghamton 1941-Pasadena, Urbana, Berkeley, Oakland, Indianapolis, St. Paul 1943-Springfield, Illinois, Flint, Evanston
5. Bahá’í Properties Held in Trust[edit]
a. Bahá’í House of Worship, Wilmette, Illinois b. Bahá’í Headquarters, Wilmette, Illinois c. Green Acre Bahá’í School, Eliot, Maine d. Geyserville Bahá’í School, Geyserville, Calif. e. Wilhelm Estate, West Englewood, N. J. f. Wilson House, Malden, Mass. g. International Bahá’í School, Pine Valley, Colorado Springs, Colo.
6. Literature Distributed by the Publishing Committee[edit]
65 titles 38 Books 28 Pamphlets Outlines 4 Miscellaneous