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ID: 7014037
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7014037
Record Type:
administrative
Mesa (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 33 25 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 33.4167
decimal degrees
Long: 111 49 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -111.8167
decimal degrees
Note:
"Tableland" site is located in S central Arizona adjacent to Phoenix; settled by Mormons who utilized ancient Hohokam Indian canals for farming; original farm economy diversified in tremendous post-WW II growth.
Names:
Mesa
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hayden
(
C
,
V
)
Mesa City
(
C
,
V
)
Zenos
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
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North and Central America
(continent) (
P
)
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United States
(nation) (
P
)
............
Arizona
(state) (
P
)
................
Maricopa
(county) (
P
)
....................
Mesa
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
settled in 1878 on site of ancient canals, city was incorporated in 1930
city (
C
)
manufacturing center (
C
)
............
for aircraft parts, electronic components, machine tools & fabricated metals
agricultural center (
C
)
............
developed by creation of Salt River reclamation project to grow fruit & other products
resort center (
C
)
............
offering warm winter climate
educational center (
C
)
............
for Mesa Community College (founded 1966) & for University of Arizona Agricultural Experimental Station
transportation center (
C
)
............
for rail
trade center (
C
)
religious center (
C
)
............
including Mormon temple established in 1927
Sources and Contributors:
Hayden..........
[
VP
]
.................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS4014333
Mesa..........
[
BHA
,
VP Preferred
]
...........
Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990)
407
...........
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VIII, 45
...........
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS4014333
...........
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
...........
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
753
Mesa City..........
[
VP
]
....................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS4014333
Zenos..........
[
VP
]
..............
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS4014333
Subject:
.....
[
BHA
,
VP
]
..................
Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990)
407
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VIII, 45
..................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS4014333
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
753
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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