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ID: 2049596
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/2049596
Record Type:
administrative
Chicopee (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 42 08 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 42.1333
decimal degrees
Long: 072 36 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -72.6000
decimal degrees
Note:
Located at confluence of Chicopee & Connecticut rivers; name is Amerindian for "cedar tree"; industrialization began with damming of river for cotton mill construction 1825; other industries include radios, tires & sports equipment.
Names:
Chicopee
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
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United States
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Massachusetts
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Hampden
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Chicopee
(inhabited place) (
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Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
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settled in 1650s
city (
C
)
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incorporated in 1890
manufacturing center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Chicopee..........
[
VP Preferred
]
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
III, 200
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USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS25010778
Subject:
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
III, 200
..................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS25010778
Note:
English
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