A guy named Robert Towns, who was wanting to create a trading post for the
Pacific Islands, found a suitable piece of vacant real estate, say, 130
years ago and set up shop. The name followed.
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Stephen Crawshaw
Townsville, Australia.
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From: Graham Balin
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>Apropos of nothing at all, why is your place of residence so named?
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>Cheerio,
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>Graham
> Agrafield,Urb City, England
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