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ID: 2069910
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/2069910
Record Type:
administrative
Jamestown (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 42 05 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 42.0833
decimal degrees
Long: 079 14 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -79.2333
decimal degrees
Note:
Located on Lake Chautauqua; settlement grew around a mill built here after 1811; grew after arrival of Erie Canal & Erie Railroad in 1850s.
Names:
Jamestown
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
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named for James Prendergast, owner of the site in 1811
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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New York
(state) (
P
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Chautauqua
(county) (
P
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Jamestown
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
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settlement was established in early 19th cen.
town (
C
)
industrial center (
C
)
agricultural center (
C
)
tourist center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Jamestown..........
[
VP Preferred
]
....................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 436
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VI, 490
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USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS36013671
Subject:
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[
VP
]
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Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 436
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VI, 490
..................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS36013671
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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