Radzanowo

Radzanowo
Village

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Radzanowo
Coordinates: 52°35′N 19°54′E / 52.583°N 19.900°E / 52.583; 19.900
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Masovian
County Płock County
Gmina Radzanowo
Population 860

Radzanowo [rad͡zaˈnɔvɔ] is a village in Płock County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Radzanowo.[1] It lies approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) east of Płock and 86 km (53 mi) north-west of Warsaw.

The village has a population of 860. It is the home town of Steven Smigocki (alt Snigock/Smiegocki/Snitgatski) who emigrated to the United States in approximately 1906 to join cousins already living the Pennsylvania. He eventually started work as a coal miner in the Pennsylvania Coal Company in Dunmore, PA, and died in 1973.

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Coordinates: 52°35′N 19°54′E / 52.583°N 19.900°E / 52.583; 19.900

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