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ID: 7014577
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7014577
Record Type:
administrative
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:
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North and Central America
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United States
(nation) (
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California
(state) (
P
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Contra Costa
(county) (
P
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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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