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ID: 7013299
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7013299
Record Type:
administrative
Amarillo (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 35 13 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 35.2167
decimal degrees
Long: 101 49 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -101.8167
decimal degrees
Note:
Located in N Texas; developed as ranching & wheat-farming center; flourished as petroleum center in 1920s; economy declined during depression in 1930s; agriculture stimulated growth in 1940s; today is major city of Texas Panhandle.
Names:
Amarillo
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preferred
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C
,
V
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Hierarchical Position:
World
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North and Central America
(continent) (
P
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United States
(nation) (
P
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Texas
(state) (
P
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Potter
(county) (
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Amarillo
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
developed as a railroad camp in 1887 & city incorporated in 1892
city (
C
)
county seat (
C
)
industrial center (
C
)
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for oil & gas
manufacturing center (
C
)
............
for elevators
agricultural center (
C
)
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for grain, ranching, livestock & headquarters for American Quarter Horse Association
educational center (
C
)
............
includes West Texas State University
tourist center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Amarillo..........
[
BHA
,
VP Preferred
]
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
I, 312
.................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS48024201
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
.................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
42
Subject:
.....
[
BHA
,
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
I, 312
..................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS48024201
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
42
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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