Wasco
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Wasco is the name of four places in the United States
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Wasco may also mean:
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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- Wasco, CaliforniaWasco, CaliforniaWasco is a city in the San Joaquin Valley, in Kern County, California, United States. Wasco is located northwest of Bakersfield, at an elevation of 328 feet...
, a city in California- Wasco State PrisonWasco State PrisonWasco State Prison-Reception Center is a state prison located in Wasco, Kern County, California.-External links:* *...
, located in Wasco, California
- Wasco State Prison
- Wasco, IllinoisWasco, IllinoisWasco is an unincorporated community in Kane County, Illinois, United States. Wasco is located along Illinois Route 64 approximately 4 miles west of St. Charles and is entirely contained within the village of Campton Hills. Wasco has a post office with ZIP code 60183....
, a former hamlet (unincorporated town) in Illinois, now part of Campton Hills - Wasco, OregonWasco, OregonWasco is a city in Sherman County, Oregon, United States. The population was 381 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land.-Demographics:...
, a city in Oregon - Wasco County, OregonWasco County, OregonWasco County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oregon. The county is named for a local tribe of Native Americans, the Wasco, a Chinook tribe who lived on the south side of the Columbia River. In 2010, its population was 25,213...
, a county in Oregon
Wasco may also mean:
- Wasco-WishramWasco-WishramWasco-Wishram are two closely related Chinook Indian tribes from the Columbia River in Oregon. Today the tribes are part of the Warm Springs Reservation in Oregon and Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation in Washington.-History:...
, two Native American tribes from Oregon - Wasco-Wishram languageWasco-Wishram languageUpper Chinook, also known as Kiksht, Columbia Chinook, and Wasco-Wishram after its only living dialect, is a highly endangered language of the US Pacific Northwest. It had 69 speakers as of 1990, of which 7 were monolingual: five Wasco and two Wishram...
, a dialect of Upper Chinook, a Chinookan language