Borden
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Places
Australia- Borden, Western AustraliaBorden, Western AustraliaBorden is a small town in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. The town is located south east of the state capital, Perth and north of Albany, Western Australia on Chester Pass Road...
Canada
- Borden, SaskatchewanBorden, Saskatchewan-Notable people:* Robert Wardhaugh, born 1967, in Borden, Saskatchewan is an award-winning History professor at the University of Western Ontario.* David Orchard, is a Canadian political figure and a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.- See also :* List of communities in Saskatchewan* Villages...
- Borden, OntarioCFB BordenCanadian Forces Base Borden is a Canadian Forces base located in Ontario.The historic birthplace of the Royal Canadian Air Force, CFB Borden is the largest training facility in the Canadian Forces...
- Borden-Carleton, Prince Edward IslandBorden-Carleton, Prince Edward IslandBorden-Carleton is a Canadian village located on the south shore of Prince Edward Island, fronting on the Northumberland Strait.The village was created through a merger on April 12, 1995 of the original port town of Borden and the farming community of Carleton...
, formerly the town of Borden - Borden PeninsulaBorden PeninsulaThe Borden Peninsula is a peninsula on northern Baffin Island, in Nunavut, Canada. It lies south of Lancaster Sound. Northeastern Borden Peninsula is home to Sirmilik National Park.-Geography:Borden Peninsula extends north for . It is - wide....
, Nunavut, Canada - Borden IslandBorden IslandBorden Island is an uninhabited, low-lying island in the Queen Elizabeth Islands of northern Canada. With an area of in size, it is the 172nd largest island in the world, and Canada's 30th largest island...
, Nunavut, Canada - Canadian Forces Base BordenCFB BordenCanadian Forces Base Borden is a Canadian Forces base located in Ontario.The historic birthplace of the Royal Canadian Air Force, CFB Borden is the largest training facility in the Canadian Forces...
(also known as "CFB Borden" and "16 Wing Borden")
United Kingdom
- Borden, KentBorden, KentBorden is a village situated immediately south west of Sittingbourne, Kent, from which it is separated by a small area of rural land. The history of the name is questioned. It may be derived from bor and then either from denu or denn...
, England - Bordon, HampshireBordonBordon is a town in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It lies 5.4 miles southeast of Alton and forms a part of the civil parish of Whitehill, the adjoining village. Both settlements are on the A325 road and close to the A3 road between London and Portsmouth...
, England - Borden, West SussexBorden, West SussexBorden is a hamlet in West Sussex, England, located on a minor road between Trotton and Milland....
, England
United States
- Borden, CaliforniaBorden, CaliforniaBorden is an unincorporated community in Madera County, California. It is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad southeast of Madera, at an elevation of 272 feet ....
- Borden, IndianaBorden, IndianaBorden is a town in Wood Township, Clark County, Indiana, United States. The population was 808 at the 2010 census. The town's official name was New Providence until December 29, 1994.-History:...
- Borden, TexasBorden, TexasBorden is an unincorporated area in southwestern Colorado County, Texas, located four miles northeast of Weimar.The community was known as Harvey's Creek Settlement before the U.S. Civil War. After the war ended Gail Borden returned to Texas and, at what would become Borden, built houses for...
- Borden County, TexasBorden County, TexasBorden County is a rural county located in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2000, its population was 729. Its county seat is Gail. Gail and Borden County are named for Gail Borden, Jr., businessman, publisher, surveyor, and inventor of condensed milk...
- Borden Shaft, MarylandBorden Shaft, MarylandBorden Shaft is an unincorporated community in Allegany County, Maryland located south of Frostburg, in the Georges Creek Valley. It lies at an elevation of 1795 feet ....
- Borden Ranch AVABorden Ranch AVAThe Borden Ranch AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in both Sacramento County and San Joaquin County, California. It is part of the larger Lodi AVA. Located in the east central portion of the Lodi area, Borden Ranch vineyards are located at altitudes between and above sea level...
, California wine region
People
- Amanda BordenAmanda BordenAmanda Kathleen Borden is a retired American gymnast, who was one of the members of the gold medalist United States team in the 1996 Summer Olympics, the Magnificent 7. Borden was the team captain of the Magnificent Seven, with all six other members submitting her name in the vote, including the...
, American gymnast - Delyone BordenDelyone BordenDelyone Charles Clarence Borden is a Bermudian cricketer, who has played in one One Day International with the Bermudian cricket team...
(1985- ), Bermudan cricketer - Frederick BordenFrederick William BordenSir Frederick William Borden, KCMG, PC was a Canadian politician. While he was the Minister for Militia and Defence, he was the father of the most famous Canadian casualty of the Second Boer War Harold Lothrop Borden...
(1847-1917), Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence, 1896-1911 - Gail BordenGail BordenGail Borden, Jr. was a 19th century U.S. inventor, surveyor, and publisher, and was the inventor of condensed milk in 1853.- Early years :...
(1801-1874), inventor of condensed milk and founder of Borden, Inc. - Harry BordenHarry BordenHarry Borden, born 1965 in New York is a portrait photographer based in London who has examples of his work in the National Portrait Gallery and National Portrait Gallery...
(1965- ), portrait photographer - James W. BordenJames W. BordenJames Wallace Borden was an American jurist in Indiana and diplomat.-Life:James Wallace Borden was born near Beaufort, North Carolina on February 5, 1810.His father was Joseph Borden and mother Esther Wallace ....
(1810–1882), judge and diplomat - Laura BordenLaura BordenLaura, Lady Borden was the wife of Sir Robert Laird Borden, the eighth Prime Minister of Canada.She was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia to a local hardware merchant and married Borden on September 25, 1889....
(1863-1940), Canadian First Lady, wife of Prime Minister Robert Borden - Lizzie Borden (1860-1927), American murder suspect; subject of an American nursery rhyme
- Lizzie Borden (filmmaker)Lizzie Borden (filmmaker)Lizzie Borden is an American filmmaker. Originally named Linda Elizabeth Borden, she took on the name of the American folklore figure Lizzie Borden in the early 1970s....
(born Linda Borden, 1958- ) - Mary BordenMary Borden-Life:Mary Borden was born into a wealthy Chicago family. She attended Vassar College, graduating with a B.A. in 1907. In 1908 she married George Douglas Turner, with whom she had three daughters; Joyce , Comfort and Mary...
, 20th century novelist - Olive BordenOlive BordenOlive Borden was an American actress in silent and early talkies. Nicknamed "The Joy Girl", Borden was known for her jet-black hair and overall beauty.-Early life:Olive Borden was born in Richmond, Virginia in 1906...
(1906-1947), American film actress - Sir Robert Laird BordenRobert BordenSir Robert Laird Borden, PC, GCMG, KC was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served as the eighth Prime Minister of Canada from October 10, 1911 to July 10, 1920, and was the third Nova Scotian to hold this office...
(1854-1937), eighth Prime Minister of Canada, 1911-1920 - Steve Borden (born 1959), the real name of the professional wrestler better known as StingSting (wrestler)Steven James "Steve" Borden , better known by his ring name Sting, is an American semi-retired professional wrestler, currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling...
- Walter BordenWalter BordenWalter Borden is a Canadian actor, poet and playwright. Borden was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal, the African Nova Scotia Music Association Music Heritage Award, and the Portia White Prize, which is awarded annually by the Nova Scotia Arts Council to someone who has made a...
, Canadian actor, poet and playwright - William Cline BordenWilliam Cline BordenWilliam Cline Borden was an American surgeon who was a key planner behind the Walter Reed Army Medical Center.According to the medical center website, Borden "was the initiator, planner and effective mover for the creation, location, and first Congressional support of the Medical Center." For this...
, American surgeon and planner of Walter Reed Army Medical Center - William Whiting BordenWilliam Whiting BordenWilliam Whiting Borden was a Christian missionary to Northern China and the heir to the Borden, Inc. family fortune.-Life and work:...
, American philanthropist and missionary
Other
- Borden (company)Borden (company)Borden, Inc., was an American producer of food and beverage products, consumer products, and industrial products. At one time, the company was the largest U.S. producer of dairy and pasta products. Its food division, Borden Foods, was based in Columbus, Ohio, and focused primarily on pasta and...
, a defunct American dairy and chemicals company - Borden Food Corporation, a defunct American dairy company that was the forerunner of Borden, Inc. and was a division of the parent company after 1929
- Borden Milk ProductsBorden Milk ProductsBorden Milk Products L.P. is a privately held American corporation owned by the Dallas, Texas-based Milk Products LLC, a subsidiary of Grupo Lala.- Borden's Beginnings :...
, a privately held dairy company which sells food products under the Borden name and uses trademarks under license from Borden, Inc. and its successor companies - Alfred Borden, a character in The PrestigeThe PrestigeThe Prestige is a 1995 novel by British writer Christopher Priest. The novel is epistolary in structure: that is, it purports to be a collection of real diaries that were kept by the protagonists and later collated...
and The Prestige (film)The Prestige (film)The Prestige is a 2006 mystery thriller film written, directed and co-produced by Christopher Nolan, with a screenplay adapted from Christopher Priest's 1995 novel of the same name. The story follows Robert Angier and Alfred Borden, rival stage magicians in London at the end of the 19th century...