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Syracuse (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 43 02 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 43.0333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 076 08 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -76.1333 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located at S end of Lake Onondaga on brine spring; home of Onondaga Indians & headquarters of Iroquois League; visited by French explorers early 17th cen.; Europeans were originally evicted by Amerindians & unhealthy swamps; became trading post by 1786. |
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| Syracuse (preferred,C,V,English-P)
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............ | named for ancient Greek city in Sicily, applied to 3 merged villages in mid-19th cen. |
| סיראקוז (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Webster's Landing (H,V)
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............ | name of original village with a post office named "Syracuse," later absorbed surrounding villages |
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Syracuse (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled by Onondaga Indians, Europeans arrived in 17th cen., city grew with arrival of Erie Canal & railroad in 19th cen. |
| city (C) |
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| county seat (C) |
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since 1827 |
| transportation center (C) |
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| manufacturing center (C) |
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had early salt industry & saw mills, now produces chinaware, pharmaceuticals, jet engines & electronic equipment |
| agricultural center (C) |
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is major distribution point for central New York agricultural region |
| university center (C) |
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Syracuse University was founded in 1870; city is also site of several colleges |
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