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ID: 7017845
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7017845
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of San Felipe (inhabited place)  San Felipe (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 29 47 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 29.7833  decimal degrees
Long: 096 06 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -96.1000  decimal degrees

Note: Located on Brazos River; was founded as headquarters for colony of Steven F Austin, the "father of Texas"; site of first English newspaper & first English-language school in Texas; Anglo-American sentiment eventually led to independence from Mexico.

Names:
San Felipe (preferred,C,V)
San Felipe de Austin (H,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 Texas (state)  ............  Texas (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Austin (county)  ................  Austin (county) (P)
Hierarchy of San Felipe (inhabited place)  ....................  San Felipe (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded in 1823
rural community (C)
town (C)

Sources and Contributors:
San Felipe..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) X, 387
.......................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS48018871
San Felipe de Austin..........  [VP]
...................................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) X, 387
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) X, 387
..................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS48018871
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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