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ID: 7014577
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7014577

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Walnut Creek (inhabited place)  Walnut Creek (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 37 54 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 37.9000  decimal degrees
Long: 122 03 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -122.0500  decimal degrees

Note: Located in San Ramon Valley; known for abundance of walnut trees; connected to Central Pacific Railroad 1878 & electric commuter line to Oakland 1914; shipping center for local fruit & nut crops.

Names:
Walnut Creek (preferred,C,V)
The Corners (H,V)  ............ from 1849-1860

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 California (state)  ............  California (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Contra Costa (county)  ................  Contra Costa (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Walnut Creek (inhabited place)  ....................  Walnut Creek (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  settled in 1849 as The Corners, incorporated in 1914
city (C)
agricultural center (C)
transportation center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
The Corners..........  [VP]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XII, 476
Walnut Creek..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.......................  Cambridge Encyclopedia (1990)
.......................  Rand McNally Road Atlas, USA (1986)
.......................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS6037475
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Cambridge Encyclopedia (1990)
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XII, 476
..................  Rand McNally Road Atlas, USA (1986)
..................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS6037475
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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