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Bangor (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 44 48 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 44.8000 decimal degrees |
Long: 068 46 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -68.7667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on Penobscot River in E central Maine; thought to be visited by French explorer Samuel Sieur de Champlain in 1604; named for Reverend Seth Noble's favorite hymn; occupied by British in War of 1812; after 1830 became leading lumber port. |
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Bangor (preferred,C,V)
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Sunbury (H,V)
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............ | from 1787 to 1791 |
Kenduskeag Plantation (H,V)
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............ | from 1776 to 1787 |
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Maine (state) (P) |
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Bangor (inhabited place) (P) |
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inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was 1st settled as Sunbury by Jacob Buswell in 1769, incorporated as a city in 1834 |
city (C) |
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county seat (C) |
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port (C) |
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commercial center (C) |
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manufacturing center (C) |
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for shipbuilding yards, lumber, paper, electronic equipment & footwear |
educational center (C) |
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home of Bangor Theological Seminary, Beal College, Husson College & Eastern Maine Vocational-Technical Institute |
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