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ID: 7013821
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7013821
Record Type:
administrative
Kaskaskia (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 37 55 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 37.9167
decimal degrees
Long: 089 54 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -89.9000
decimal degrees
Note:
Located near junction of Kaskaskia river with the Mississippi; founded as an Amerindian village, passed to British in 1765; was capital of territory in 19th cen.; was completely destroyed by flood in 1844 & on several occasions since then.
Names:
Kaskaskia
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
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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Illinois
(state) (
P
)
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Randolph
(county) (
P
)
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Kaskaskia
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
founded by Amerindians in 1703
village (
C
)
capital (
H
)
............
of territory & state of Illinois, 1809-1820
fur station (
H
)
Sources and Contributors:
Kaskaskia..........
[
VP Preferred
]
....................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS17009615
....................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
593
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS17009615
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
593
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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