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ID: 7013516
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7013516

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Decatur (inhabited place)  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:
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 Illinois (state)  ............  Illinois (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Macon (county)  ................  Macon (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Decatur (inhabited place)  ....................  Decatur (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  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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