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ID: 7013645
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Record Type: administrative |
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Columbus (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 39 57 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 39.9500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 082 59 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -82.9833 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on flat till plain at junction of Scioto & Olentangy rivers; planned in 1812 as political center for Ohio General Assembly; grew when National (Cumberland) Road and branch of Ohio and Erie Canal reached here in 1840; damaged by floods in 1913. |
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| Columbus (preferred,C,V)
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............ | named for Christopher Columbus in 1812 |
| Franklinton (H,V)
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............ | name of settlement founded in 1797, absorbed by Columbus in 1834 |
| Franklin (C,V)
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Ohio (state) (P) |
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Columbus (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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area was settled by European-Americans in 18th cen.; city was planned in 1812 |
| city (C) |
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| state capital (C) |
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since 1816, when government was moved from Chillicothe |
| county seat (C) |
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since 1824 |
| transportation center (C) |
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for road & rail traffic |
| commercial center (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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produces airplanes, space equipment, automobile parts, machinery, electrical equipment, glass, shoes & processed foods |
| university center (C) |
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for Ohio State University (founded in 1870), Franklin University & other universities & colleges |
| tourist center (C) |
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especially for annual Oktoberfest held in a restored 19th-cen. German village within the city |
| cultural center (C) |
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has symphony orchestra & art museum |
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