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ID: 2077540
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/2077540

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Dickinson (inhabited place)  Dickinson (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 46 52 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 46.8667  decimal degrees
Long: 102 47 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -102.7833  decimal degrees

Note: Founded when railroad reached this point in 1880; renamed in 1883 for Wells S Dickinson, a New York State politician; developed as supply point for the gold fields in the Black Hills.

Names:
Dickinson (preferred,C,V)  ............ used since 1883
Pleasant Valley Siding (H,V)

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 North Dakota (state)  ............  North Dakota (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Stark (county)  ................  Stark (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Dickinson (inhabited place)  ....................  Dickinson (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded in 1880
town (C)
county seat (C)
livestock center (C)
mining center (C)
agricultural center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Dickinson..........  [VP Preferred]
....................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS38001323
....................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 332
Pleasant Valley Siding..........  [VP]
.........................................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 242
.........................................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS38001323
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 242
..................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS38001323
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 332
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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