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ID: 2032714
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/2032714
Record Type:
administrative
Madison (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 38 44 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 38.7333
decimal degrees
Long: 085 22 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -85.3667
decimal degrees
Note:
Thrived as trade & commercial center on Ohio River, becoming state's largest city by mid-1800s; was gateway to Northwest Territory along Michigan Road; development boom slowed with arrival of railroad in 1847.
Names:
Madison
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
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North and Central America
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United States
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Indiana
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Jefferson
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Madison
(inhabited place) (
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Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
laid out in 1809
town (
C
)
river settlement (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Madison..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
America's Historic Places (1996)
217-218
.................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS18009853
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
America's Historic Places (1996)
217-218
..................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS18009853
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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