The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Telford \Tel"ford\, a. [After Thomas Telford, a Scotch road
engineer.]
Designating, or pert. to, a road pavement having a surface of
small stone rolled hard and smooth, distinguished from
macadam road by its firm foundation of large stones with
fragments of stone wedged tightly, in the interstices; as,
telford pavement, road, etc.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Telford, PA -- U.S. borough in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 4680
Housing Units (2000): 1977
Land area (2000): 1.013390 sq. miles (2.624667 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.013390 sq. miles (2.624667 sq. km)
FIPS code: 76304
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 40.324786 N, 75.328045 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 18969
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Telford, PA
Telford