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ID: 2021886
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/2021886
Record Type:
administrative
Albany (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 31 34 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 31.5667
decimal degrees
Long: 084 09 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -84.1500
decimal degrees
Note:
Located in SW Georgia at head of Flint River navigation; was formerly a leading cotton market & still a major rail hub.
Names:
Albany
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
............
named for Albany, New York
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
North and Central America
(continent) (
P
)
........
United States
(nation) (
P
)
............
Georgia
(state) (
P
)
................
Dougherty
(county) (
P
)
....................
Albany
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
founded by Colonel E Nelson Tift in 1836 & incorporated in 1838
city (
C
)
county seat (
C
)
industrial center (
C
)
............
for aircraft, chemicals, concrete & farm implements
manufacturing center (
C
)
............
for lumber
trade center (
C
)
............
especially for cotton in 19th cen.
transportation center (
C
)
............
is hub for railroads
agricultural center (
C
)
............
for cotton until boll weevil infestation of 1915, thereafter for diversified farming including pecans, peanuts & livestock
tourist center (
C
)
............
for Chehaw Indian monument & Radium Springs resort
educational center (
C
)
............
for Albany State College (1903) & Albany Junior College
Sources and Contributors:
Albany..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
X, 208
.................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS13000259
.................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
25
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
X, 208
..................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS13000259
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
25
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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