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ID: 7016159
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7016159
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Piscataway (inhabited place)  Piscataway (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 38 42 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 38.7000  decimal degrees
Long: 076 58 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -76.9667  decimal degrees

Note: Site of a major battle against the Amerindians.

Names:
Piscataway (preferred,C,V)

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 Maryland (state)  ............  Maryland (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Prince Georges (county)  ................  Prince Georges (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Piscataway (inhabited place)  ....................  Piscataway (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
town (C)
battlefield (H)  ............  in 1675

Sources and Contributors:
Piscataway..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.......................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.......................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS24006974
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS24006974
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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