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ID: 7013516
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7013516
Record Type:
administrative
Decatur (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 39 50 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 39.8333
decimal degrees
Long: 088 57 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -88.9500
decimal degrees
Note:
Located on a bend in the Sangamon river; founded as county seat in 1829; famous as one of Abraham Lincoln's homes; economy is largely based on surrounding agricultural area.
Names:
Decatur
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
............
named for American naval hero Stephen Decatur
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
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North and Central America
(continent) (
P
)
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United States
(nation) (
P
)
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Illinois
(state) (
P
)
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Macon
(county) (
P
)
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Decatur
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
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founded in 1829, city was incorporated in 1855
city (
C
)
county seat (
C
)
communications center (
C
)
agricultural center (
C
)
............
for corn & soybeans
manufacturing center (
C
)
............
for tractors, other farm equipment & tires
university center (
C
)
............
Milikin University was established in 1901
transportation center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Decatur..........
[
BHA
,
VP Preferred
]
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
III, 948
.................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS17004529
.................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Subject:
.....
[
BHA
,
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
III, 948
..................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS17004529
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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