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Vancouver (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 45 38 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 45.6333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 122 39 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -122.6500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on Columbia River ca. 8 miles N of Portland, Oregon; oldest permanent settlement in the Pacific Northwest; was W headquarters for the Hudson's Bay Company until it became part of the US in 1846. |
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| Vancouver (preferred,C,V)
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| Alashikash (C,V)
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| Camp Vancouver (C,V)
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| Columbia Barracks (C,V)
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| Columbia City (C,V)
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| Fort Vancouver (C,V)
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| Vancouver Barracks (C,V)
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| Vancouver City (C,V)
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Clark (county) (P) |
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Vancouver (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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established by the Hudson's Bay Company in 1824; incorporated in 1857 |
| city (C) |
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incorporated 1857 |
| county seat (C) |
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| port (C) |
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| shipping center (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| agricultural center (C) |
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