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ID: 2019364
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/2019364
Record Type:
administrative
Fort Pierce (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 27 26 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 27.4333
decimal degrees
Long: 080 19 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -80.3167
decimal degrees
Note:
Located on Indian River in SE Florida; named for Major Benjamin K Pierce who fought in Seminole Indian Wars; federally administered port is mainstay of economy.
Names:
Fort Pierce
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Cantown
(
H
,
V
)
............
was one of 2 fishing villages which settled around Fort Pierce in 1860s & in 1901 communities merged
Edgartown
(
H
,
V
)
............
was one of 2 fishing villages which settled around fort Pierce in 1860s & later merged in 1901
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
North and Central America
(continent) (
P
)
........
United States
(nation) (
P
)
............
Florida
(state) (
P
)
................
Saint Lucie
(county) (
P
)
....................
Fort Pierce
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
established as a fort to ward off Seminole Indian attacks in 1838, later settled as fishing village
city (
C
)
............
incorporated in 1901
county seat (
C
)
port (
C
)
............
for commercial fishing, especially shrimp
fish-processing center (
C
)
agricultural center (
C
)
............
for cattle & citrus
recreation area (
C
)
archaeological site (
C
)
............
site of sunken Spanish "Silver Fleet" lost in offshore hurricane, which yielded artifacts, gold & silver
educational center (
C
)
............
includes Indian River College since 1960
Sources and Contributors:
Cantown..........
[
VP
]
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
IV, 891
Edgartown..........
[
VP
]
....................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
IV, 891
Fort Pierce..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.......................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
IV, 891
.......................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS12006510
.......................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
408
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
IV, 891
..................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS12006510
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
408
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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