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St. Francis Dam
The St. Francis Dam was a concrete dam near Los Angeles that collapsed in 1928, killing more than 450 people in the second deadliest US dam failure.
St. Gallen
St. Gallen (St.Gallen), capital of the Swiss canton of St. Gallen in northeastern Switzerland, eighth-largest Swiss city with 83,843 residents in 2025, built around the UNESCO-listed Abbey of St. Gall and home to the University of St. Gallen (HSG).
St. Galler Kantonalbank
St. Galler Kantonalbank (SGKB; Banque Cantonale de St-Gall SA) is a Swiss universal bank, majority owned by the Canton of St. Gallen, whose liabilities carry a state guarantee.
St. George Dragons
St. George Dragons, Sydney rugby league club (1921-1998), predecessor of the St George Illawarra Dragons; won 15 NSWRL premierships including a record 11 straight from 1956 to 1966.
St. George Illawarra Dragons
St George Illawarra Dragons, NRL rugby league club formed September 23, 1998 as the first joint venture of the St George Dragons (est. 1921, 15 premierships, 11 straight 1956-66) and Illawarra Steelers (est. 1982); 2010 premiers, red and white, Kogarah and Wollongong.
St. George Island (Florida)
St. George Island is a roughly 20-mile barrier island in Franklin County on Florida's Panhandle, fronting Apalachicola Bay, reached by the 1965 Bryant G. Patton Bridge, with Dr. Julian G. Bruce St. George Island State Park on its eastern nine miles.
St. George, Utah
St. George, Utah: county seat of Washington County, founded fall 1861 as the main settlement of the LDS Cotton Mission and named for apostle George A. Smith; nicknamed Utah's Dixie; now a fast-growing metro of about 213,670.
St. George's, Bermuda
St. George's, Bermuda (originally New London), founded 1612, oldest English town in the New World, Bermuda's capital until 1815, and core of the 2000 UNESCO World Heritage site with 21 related fortifications.
St. George's, Grenada
St. George's is the capital, largest town, and main port of Grenada, founded by the French in 1649 as Fort Royal around the horseshoe Carenage harbour, renamed by Britain in 1763, with Georgian architecture, forts, and about 44,777 parish residents.
St. Gildas
St. Gildas, called "the Wise" and Gildas Badonicus, was a sixth-century British monk whose moral epistle De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae is the key surviving source for post-Roman Britain.
St. Imier Congress
St. Imier Congress (15–16 September 1872), also called the Congress of the Anti-authoritarian International: delegates of the Spanish, Italian, Jura, French, and American IWMA federations met at Saint-Imier, Switzerland, rejected the Hague Congress resolutions and General Council, and founded the Anti-authoritarian International.
St. James (crude oil hub)
St. James, Louisiana, is a major crude oil trading, storage, and distribution hub on the Mississippi River where the Light Louisiana Sweet and Mars grades are priced.
St. James Davis
St. James Davis (St. James Harley Davis, 1943-2018), American stock car driver from West Covina, California; NASCAR Winston West Series veteran from 1978 with 136 starts, 3 top-10s; hospitalized critically in 2005.
St. James Infirmary Blues
St. James Infirmary Blues, also known as The Gambler's Blues, is a traditional American blues and jazz standard in which a narrator visits a dying woman and gives instructions for his own funeral.
St. James Theatre
St. James Theatre (originally Erlanger's Theatre), a 1,709-seat Broadway musical house at 246 W 44th St, New York, built 1927 by Warren & Wetmore; home of Oklahoma!, The Producers, Frozen; now owned by ATG Entertainment.
St. James's Place
St. James's Place plc is a British advice-led wealth management company founded in 1991 by Mark Weinberg and Mike Wilson, with over a million clients and nearly 5,000 advisers.
St. John Bosco High School
St. John Bosco High School (SJB, the Braves) is a private all-boys Salesian Catholic college preparatory school in Bellflower, Los Angeles County, California, founded 1940, grades 9-12, boarding at De Sales Hall, Trinity League athletics, 36-acre campus.
St. John Cemetery (Queens)
St. John Cemetery (Queens) is a 190-acre Roman Catholic cemetery in Middle Village, Queens, founded by Bishop John Loughlin in 1879 and run by Saint John's Cemetery Corporation; known for Mafia burials (Luciano, Gambino, Gotti) and Ferraro and Cuomo.
St. John Coltrane African Orthodox Church
The St. John Coltrane African Orthodox Church is a San Francisco parish of the African Orthodox Church that canonized jazz saxophonist John Coltrane as a saint in 1982.
St. John Fisher University
St. John Fisher University, formerly St. John Fisher College until July 2022, is an independent Catholic (Basilian) university in Pittsford, New York, near Rochester; five schools including Wegmans Nursing and Pharmacy; about 3,700 students, NCAA Division III.
St. John's College (Annapolis/Santa Fe)
St. John's College is a private liberal arts college with campuses in Annapolis, Maryland, and Santa Fe, New Mexico, known for its all-required Great Books curriculum adopted in 1937, no majors, seminar-based classes, and status as the third oldest college in the United States.
St. John's Red Storm men's basketball
St. John's Red Storm men's basketball: Queens, New York NCAA Division I program, BIG EAST charter member since 1979, playing at Carnesecca Arena and Madison Square Garden; ninth-winningest program, 31 NCAA appearances, coached by Rick Pitino since 2023.
St. John's University (New York City)
St. John's University is a private Roman Catholic university in New York City, founded by the Vincentians in 1870 and centered on a main campus in Queens.
St. John's water dog
St. John's water dog, also called St. John's dog or Lesser Newfoundland: extinct Newfoundland fishing landrace, black with white tuxedo markings, ancestor of the Labrador and other retrievers; last two males died around 1981.
St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda
St. John's is the capital and only city of Antigua and Barbuda, about 22,000 people on a deep harbour. Known for its 1845 cathedral, cruise port under Global Ports Holding, and waterfront Upland Development.
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
St. John's is the capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador and the most easterly city in North America, with a 2021 population of about 110,000.
St. Johns River
The St. Johns River is Florida's longest river, flowing about 310 miles north from Indian River County marshes to the Atlantic at Mayport, with a one-inch-per-mile gradient, twice-daily tidal reversal, Timucua and French colonial history, and the Port of Jacksonville at its mouth.
St. Johns River Power Park
St. Johns River Power Park (SJRPP) was a coal-fired power station in Jacksonville, Florida, jointly owned by JEA and Florida Power & Light, operating from 1987 to 2018.
St. Joseph, Missouri
St. Joseph, Missouri: northwest Missouri city, county seat of Buchanan County, founded by Joseph Robidoux (incorporated 1845). Eastern terminus of the 1860 Pony Express; eighth largest Missouri city, about 71,000 residents.
St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area
St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area (CBSA 41140): four-county Missouri-Kansas metropolitan statistical area centered on St. Joseph, Missouri; about 119,000 residents, declining population, short commutes, and housing priced near half the US median.