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ID: 7013437
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7013437
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Bloomington (inhabited place)  Bloomington (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 39 09 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 39.1500  decimal degrees
Long: 086 31 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -86.5167  decimal degrees

Note: Located in center of Indiana limestone belt, surrounded by quarries and mills; development of city was largely based on founding of Indiana University here; also produces refrigerators, electronic equipment & televisions.

Names:
Bloomington (preferred,C,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 Indiana (state)  ............  Indiana (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Monroe (county)  ................  Monroe (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Bloomington (inhabited place)  ....................  Bloomington (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  laid out in 1818
city (C)  ............  since 1900
county seat (C)  ............  since 1818
university center (C)  ............  since 1820
quarrying center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Bloomington..........  [BHA, FDA, GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
.......................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) 2:294
.......................  National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-)
.......................  Times Atlas of the World (1988)
.......................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS18001381
Subject: .....  [BHA, FDA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 294; 2:294
..................  National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-)
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1988)
..................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS18001381
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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