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Ar·vada (är vad′ə)

city in NC Colo.: suburb of Denver: pop. 102,000

Etymology: after Hiram Arvada Haskins, a member of the founding family

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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The etymology has a slight error. It is Haskin NOT Haskins. I have a jpg of the tombstone if you want proof. I know the Arvada web site says Haskins instead of Haskin and have summited an Arvada request for change/and or correction. So many have copied wrong info. Wikipedia has it right.

Posted by historybug 34 days ago.

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