AtlasUnited StatesDenverOne word pinned hereDenver39.7392°N -104.9847°W · Q16554One English word in this atlas traces back to Denver. It sits in United States.ShareAll of United States Pinned hereDenver bootnoun · 1955Well attestedDenver clamped cars instead of towing them, and the city kept the credit.The first clamp is credited to Frank Marugg, a Denver musician and patternmaker who supplied equipment to a police force tired of towing, in the mid 1950s. The name spread with the device, which is called a wheel clamp almost everywhere outside the United States.Named from the placeRead →Nearest pinsbeidelliteColorado, United States93 kmelpasoliteEl Paso County, United States108 kmcebolliteCebolla Creek, United States238 kmColby cheeseColby, United States340 km