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ID: 7014218
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Record Type: administrative |
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Newark (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 40 44 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 40.7333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 074 10 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -74.1667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Largest city in New Jersey, located on Newark Bay and Passaic River 9 miles from New York City; supply base for Washington during Revolution in 1776; is major regional industrial center; noted for many inventors and writers; site of race riots in 1967. |
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| Newark (preferred,C,V)
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............ | probably named for Newark-on-Trent, England, home of Reverend Abraham Pierson or for Biblical reference (New Ark) |
| Pesayak Towne (H,V)
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| New Milford (H,V)
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| Milford (H,V)
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| Youngs Point (H,V)
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Essex (county) (P) |
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Newark (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded by Puritans in 1666 on land purchased from local Amerindians |
| city (C) |
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incorporated in 1836 |
| county seat (C) |
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| port of entry (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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for chemicals, industrial machinery & distilling & for invention of malleable cast iron & electrical measuring instruments |
| manufacturing center (C) |
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for electrical equipment, beverages, textiles, canned & leather goods, paint & jewelry & for invention of patent leather |
| transportation center (C) |
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connected to New York City by "tube" (tunnel), is a major rail center (since ca. 1834) & international air terminal |
| financial center (C) |
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especially for insurance |
| commercial center (C) |
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is a major distribution center on East Coast |
| publishing center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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for New Jersey Institute of Technology, branches of Rugters & Seton Hall Universities & for College of Medicine & Dentistry |
| tourist center (C) |
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for historic buildings, museums, parks & sculptures by Gutzon Borglum, noted for invention of flexible moving picture film |
| cultural center (C) |
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noted for architecture & as home of Aaron Burr & of authors Mary Mapes Dodge, Edmund Clarence Stedman & Stephen Crane |
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