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ID: 2032848
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/2032848
Record Type:
administrative
Michigan City (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 41 42 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 41.7000
decimal degrees
Long: 086 53 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -86.8833
decimal degrees
Note:
Located on S end of Lake Michigan; was established as terminus for Michigan Road from the Ohio River; was formerly major lumber port; manufactures Pullman cars & mining equipment, & steel mills are nearby.
Names:
Michigan City
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
............
named for Michgan Road
Hierarchical Position:
World
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North and Central America
(continent) (
P
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United States
(nation) (
P
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Indiana
(state) (
P
)
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La Porte
(county) (
P
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Michigan City
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
laid out in 1830 by Major Isaac Elston
city (
C
)
port (
C
)
industrial center (
C
)
resort center (
C
)
............
noted for nearby Indiana Dunes
educational center (
C
)
prison center (
C
)
............
Indiana State Prison was established here in 1860
Sources and Contributors:
Michigan City..........
[
VP Preferred
]
..........................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VIII, 100
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USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS18010549
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VIII, 100
..................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS18010549
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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