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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.
St. Joseph's Hospital
St. Joseph's Hospital, St. Paul, Minnesota, founded 1853 by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, was Minnesota's first hospital; it closed as a general hospital in 2020 and became Fairview's Community Health and Wellness Hub. Other hospitals share the name.
St. Joseph's Indian School
St. Joseph's Indian School is a tuition-free residential school for Lakota and other Native American children in Chamberlain, South Dakota, founded in 1927 by Fr. Henry Hogebach of the Dehonians, serving about 200 students in grades 1–12, funded over 98% by private donations.
St. Joseph's School, Darjeeling
St. Joseph's School, Darjeeling (North Point) is a Jesuit-run Catholic boys' day and boarding school founded 13 February 1888 by Fr Henri Depelchin at Sunny Bank, moved to North Point in 1892, ICSE/ISC under CISCE, alumni include kings of Nepal and Bhutan.
St. Joseph's University, New York
St. Joseph's University, New York, formerly St. Joseph's College, is a private Catholic university with campuses in Brooklyn and Patchogue, founded in 1916 by the Sisters of St. Joseph.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, founded by Danny Thomas in Memphis in 1962, is a nonprofit pediatric cancer research hospital where families never receive bills; ALSAC raised over $2.5 billion in 2024.
St. Kilda Village
St. Kilda Village is the abandoned 1830s crofting settlement in Village Bay, Hirta, Outer Hebrides, with blackhouses, 1860s houses and 1,400 cleits; evacuated 1930, now a scheduled monument within the mixed St Kilda World Heritage Site.
St. Lawrence Island
St. Lawrence Island is an island in the northern Bering Sea, closer to Russia than mainland Alaska, home to about 1,700 Yupik people in Gambell and Savoonga.
St. Lawrence River
The St. Lawrence River (fleuve Saint-Laurent) drains the Great Lakes to the Atlantic, about 800 miles long with freshwater, estuary, and Gulf sections; home of the 1959 St. Lawrence Seaway and IJC-regulated Lake Ontario outflows.
St. Lawrence River Divide
The St. Lawrence River Divide is a continental divide in central and eastern North America separating the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence basin from the Mississippi and Hudson Bay basins.
St. Lawrence Seaway
The St. Lawrence Seaway (Voie maritime du Saint-Laurent) is a system of canals and locks opened in 1959, carrying ocean ships from the Atlantic to Lake Superior.
St. Lawrence University
St. Lawrence University is a private liberal arts university in Canton, New York. It was chartered in 1856 and hosts one of the nation's earliest environmental studies programs.
St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri: independent city since 1876, founded 1764 by Laclede and Chouteau as a fur trading post. Peak population 856,000 in 1950, long decline, north-south racial divide, fragmented regional government.
St. Louis Arena
St. Louis Arena, also called the Checkerdome (1977–1983), was a 1929 multi-purpose arena on Oakland Avenue, home of the NHL St. Louis Blues 1967–1994 and the St. Louis Eagles; closed 1994, demolished February 27, 1999, site now The Highlands.
St. Louis Blues
St. Louis Blues, NHL franchise founded 1967, based in St. Louis, Missouri, playing at Enterprise Center. Won their first Stanley Cup in 2019 after being last in the standings in January; Alexander Steen became GM in 2026 and Robert Thomas the 25th captain.
St. Louis Cardinals
The St. Louis Cardinals, called the Perfectos until 1900, are a Major League Baseball club in St. Louis, Missouri, founded in 1882, with 11 World Series championships and 23 pennants.
St. Louis City SC
St. Louis City SC (St. Louis CITY SC), MLS expansion club, 28th franchise, debuted 2023; first majority female-owned MLS team; first expansion side to win a conference (Western, 56 points, 17 wins).
St. Louis County, Missouri
St. Louis County, Missouri is Missouri's most populous county, organized in 1812 and surrounding, but not including, the independent City of St. Louis after their 1876 separation.
St. Louis encephalitis
St. Louis encephalitis: mosquito-borne flavivirus disease (SLEV) spread by Culex mosquitoes from birds; identified in the 1933 St. Louis epidemic; no vaccine or specific treatment; mostly U.S. cases.
St. Louis Lambert International Airport
St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL) is a public airport 14 miles northwest of downtown St. Louis, Missouri, founded in 1920 by Albert Bond Lambert.
St. Louis Rams
St. Louis Rams: NFL franchise based in St. Louis 1995-2015 after Georgia Frontiere moved it from Los Angeles; won Super Bowl XXXIV (1999, Greatest Show on Turf); Stan Kroenke returned it to LA in 2016, triggering a $790M settlement.