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Lincoln (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 40 48 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 40.8000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 096 40 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -96.6667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Began as stop on Burlington & Missouri River rail line on routes from Chicago to Denver & Kansas to Montana; headquarters of many insurance agencies; residence of politician William Jennings Bryan 1887-1921; state capital built by Bertram Goodhue (1932). |
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| Lincoln (preferred,C,V,English-P)
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............ | renamed after President Abraham Lincoln in 1867 |
| Lancaster (C,V)
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............ | from 1859-1867 |
| לינקולן (C,U,Hebrew )
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Lincoln (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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laid out in 1859 |
| city (C) |
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incorporated in 1869 |
| state capital (C) |
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since 1867 |
| county seat (C) |
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since 1869 |
| transportation center (C) |
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since 1870, with construction of Burlington & Missouri River rail line |
| agricultural center (C) |
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important as major grain-market & milling center |
| manufacturing center (C) |
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produces industrial rubber products, agricultural machinery, telephone equipment, bricks & phamaceuticals |
| commercial center (C) |
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| university center (C) |
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Nebraska .......... (state) |
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(World, North and Central America, United States) [7007525] |
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