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ID: 7013916
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7013916
Record Type:
administrative
Fort Lauderdale (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 26 07 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 26.1167
decimal degrees
Long: 080 08 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -80.1333
decimal degrees
Note:
Located on Atlantic Ocean at mouth of New River in SE Florida; established as a fort to ward off Seminole Indians during 2nd Seminole War; named for commander of fort, Major William Lauderdale.
Names:
Fort Lauderdale
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
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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Florida
(state) (
P
)
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Broward
(county) (
P
)
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Fort Lauderdale
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
originated as a fort in 1838, town established in 1895
city (
C
)
county seat (
C
)
port of entry (
C
)
shipping center (
C
)
tourist center (
C
)
............
includes water sports on recreational waterways
educational center (
C
)
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includes Broward Community College, Nova University & Fort Lauderdale College
Sources and Contributors:
Fort Lauderdale..........
[
BHA
,
VP Preferred
]
.............................
Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.............................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VI, 891
.............................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS12006488
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
.............................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
407
Subject:
.....
[
BHA
,
VP
]
..................
Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VI, 891
..................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS12006488
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
407
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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