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ID: 7015715
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7015715
Record Type:
administrative
Alton (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 38 53 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 38.8833
decimal degrees
Long: 090 11 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -90.1833
decimal degrees
Note:
Located on the Mississippi river in SW Illinois; site of oil refineries, limestone quarries, flour mills & foundries.
Names:
Alton
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preferred
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C
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V
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Hierarchical Position:
World
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North and Central America
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United States
(nation) (
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Illinois
(state) (
P
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Madison
(county) (
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Alton
(inhabited place) (
P
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Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
town (
C
)
port (
C
)
industrial center (
C
)
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for oil refineries, foundries & flour mills
quarrying center (
C
)
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for limestone
shipping center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Alton..........
[
FDA
,
VP Preferred
]
..............
National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-)
..............
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS17000270
..............
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..............
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
40
Subject:
.....
[
FDA
,
VP
]
..................
National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-)
..................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS17000270
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
40
Note:
English
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VP
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