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ID: 2319673
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/2319673
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Eureka (deserted settlement)  Eureka (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 38 44 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 38.7333  decimal degrees
Long: 092 22 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -92.3667  decimal degrees

Note: Inundated by Missouri River in 1865, Greek name translates to "I found it," considered to be given the name by someone searching for a boat landing.

Names:
Eureka (preferred,C,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 Missouri (state)  ............  Missouri (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Boone (county)  ................  Boone (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Eureka (deserted settlement)  ....................  Eureka (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:
deserted settlement (preferred, C)
inhabited place (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Eureka..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS29028513
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS29028513
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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