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ID: 7013625
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7013625

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Durham (inhabited place)  Durham (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 35 59 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 35.9833  decimal degrees
Long: 078 53 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -78.8833  decimal degrees

Note: Located in N central N Carolina; thrived with introduction of tobacco industry; became important medical, educational & research center in Research Triangle, which includes University of N Carolina & high-tech industries & reseach firms in area.

Names:
Durham (preferred,C,V)
Durhamville (H,V)
Durham Station (H,V)
Prattsburg (H,V)
Durhamsville (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 North Carolina (state)  ............  North Carolina (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Durham (county)  ................  Durham (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Durham (inhabited place)  ....................  Durham (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  settled ca. 1750, incorporated in 1869 when N Carolina rejoined Union, influenced by tobacco industry pioneers Morris & Green
city (C)
county seat (C)
manufacturing center (C)  ............  for cigarettes, textiles, lumber & precision instruments
transportation center (C)
scientific center (C)  ............  for medicine & research largely due to Duke family's philanthropy
educational center (C)  ............  for Duke University (established 1924 by tobacco manufacturer James B Duke), N Carolina Central University & Durham College

Sources and Contributors:
Durham..........  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 260
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IV, 292
.................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS37008757
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 348
Durham Station..........  [VP]
.............................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IV, 292
Durhamsville..........  [VP]
.......................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS37008757
Durhamville..........  [VP]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IV, 292
Prattsburg..........  [VP]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IV, 292
Subject: .....  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 260
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IV, 292
..................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS37008757
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 348
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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