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ID: 2062189
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/2062189
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Grand Island (inhabited place)  Grand Island (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 40 55 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 40.9167  decimal degrees
Long: 098 20 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -98.3333  decimal degrees

Note: Name refers to island that was a landmark for travelers on route west; German settlement was established near here in 1857; town was moved (1866) to lie on Union Pacific Railroad line; expanded as important shipment point for local agricultural products.

Names:
Grand Island (preferred,C,V)
La Grand Île (H,V)  ............ was named for nearby island in Platt river

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United States (nation)  ........  United States (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Nebraska (state)  ............  Nebraska (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Hall (county)  ................  Hall (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Grand Island (inhabited place)  ....................  Grand Island (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  laid out in 1866 by Union Pacific Railroad, 5 miles N of original German settlement founded in 1857
city (C)  ............  incorporated in 1873
county seat (C)
trade center (C)
transportation center (C)
agricultural center (C)  ............  important for livestock-raising, grain-storage, fodder crops & fertilizers

Sources and Contributors:
Grand Island..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) V, 417
.......................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS31003030
La Grand Île..........  [VP]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) V, 417
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) V, 417
..................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS31003030
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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