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ID: 7016055
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7016055
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Muskegon (inhabited place)  Muskegon (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 43 14 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 43.2333  decimal degrees
Long: 086 14 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -86.2333  decimal degrees

Note: Located on Lake Michigan at mouth of Muskegon river; grew as major lumbering center in 19th cen.

Names:
Muskegon (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 Michigan (state)  ............  Michigan (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Muskegon (county)  ................  Muskegon (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Muskegon (inhabited place)  ....................  Muskegon (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  trading post founded on site in 1812, incorporated in 1869
city (C)
county seat (C)
port (C)
transportation center (C)
industrial center (C)  ............  produces steel, brass, automobile engines, boats, wire & office furniture

Sources and Contributors:
Muskegon..........  [BHA, FDA, GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
.................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.................  National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-)
.................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS26016819
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 803
Subject: .....  [BHA, FDA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-)
..................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS26016819
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 803
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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