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ID: 2119272
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/2119272
Record Type:
administrative
Morgantown (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 39 37 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 39.6167
decimal degrees
Long: 079 57 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -79.9500
decimal degrees
Note:
Located near Pennsylvania border; Zackquill Morgan was 1st permanent settler; was trade center for iron ore from 1789 until Civil War; expanded with arrival of steamboat in 1826.
Names:
Morgantown
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C
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V
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Hierarchical Position:
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West Virginia
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Monongalia
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Morgantown
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Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
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settled in 1758 near Scioto-Monongahela Indian trail, yet due to Amerindian raid original site was deserted
city (
C
)
county seat (
C
)
inland port (
C
)
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ships limestone & coal
industrial center (
C
)
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for coal since 1833, also for limestone & sand pits
manufacturing center (
C
)
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for glass, plumbing supplies, chemicals, textiles & building materials
scientific center (
C
)
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includes Morgantown Research Center administered by USA Bureau of Mines
educational center (
C
)
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houses W Virginia University which maintains experimental farms & forests
tourist center (
C
)
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includes nearby Mont Chateau State Park & Coopers Rock State Forest
Sources and Contributors:
Morgantown..........
[
VP Preferred
]
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Canby, Historic Places (1984)
II, 621
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VIII, 323
.......................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS54012831
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
791
Subject:
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[
VP
]
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Canby, Historic Places (1984)
II, 621
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VIII, 323
..................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS54012831
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
791
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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