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ID: 7013437
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7013437
Record Type:
administrative
Bloomington (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 39 09 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 39.1500
decimal degrees
Long: 086 31 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -86.5167
decimal degrees
Note:
Located in center of Indiana limestone belt, surrounded by quarries and mills; development of city was largely based on founding of Indiana University here; also produces refrigerators, electronic equipment & televisions.
Names:
Bloomington
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
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North and Central America
(continent) (
P
)
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United States
(nation) (
P
)
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Indiana
(state) (
P
)
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Monroe
(county) (
P
)
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Bloomington
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
laid out in 1818
city (
C
)
............
since 1900
county seat (
C
)
............
since 1818
university center (
C
)
............
since 1820
quarrying center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Bloomington..........
[
BHA
,
FDA
,
GRLPSC
,
VP Preferred
]
.......................
Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.......................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
2:294
.......................
National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-)
.......................
Times Atlas of the World (1988)
.......................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS18001381
Subject:
.....
[
BHA
,
FDA
,
GRLPSC
,
VP
]
..................
Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
II, 294; 2:294
..................
National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-)
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1988)
..................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS18001381
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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