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Salem (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 44 56 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 44.9333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 123 02 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -123.0333 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located in NW Oregon on Willamette river; missionaries sold homesites to finance the Oregon Institute (1842), a religious school for Amerindians which later became Willamette University; town prospered from traffic on the Oregon Trail. |
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| Salem (preferred,C,V)
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| Chemeketa (H,V)
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............ | Amerindian word meaning "place of rest," was translated into Biblical "Salem" (Hebrew "shalom" meaning peace) |
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Marion (county) (P) |
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Salem (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled by Methodist missionaries led by Jacob Lee in 1840, laid out in 1848; was incorporated in 1860 |
| city (C) |
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| state capital (C) |
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| county seat (C) |
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| trade center (C) |
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for agricultural products, especially fruit & vegetables & livestock |
| inland port (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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for water, rail (since 1870s) & road |
| manufacturing center (C) |
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for processing of dairy, fruit & truck garden products from wide region, also for food, metal & cloth |
| prison center (C) |
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for several prisons |
| administrative center (C) |
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for health institutions |
| educational center (C) |
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for Willamette University (1842) & Chemeteke Community College |
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Related geographic places: |
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Oregon .......... (state) |
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(World, North and Central America, United States) [7007708] |
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