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ID: 7014151
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7014151
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Eureka (inhabited place)  Eureka (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 40 48 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 40.8000  decimal degrees
Long: 124 09 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -124.1500  decimal degrees

Note: Located on Humboldt Bay; site of Fort Humboldt & scene of Amerindian uprisings 1853-1865; economy based on tourism from nearby redwood forests & dairying; site of College of the Redwoods (1965); Humboldt State University (1913) is in nearby Arcata.

Names:
Eureka (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 California (state)  ............  California (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Humboldt (county)  ................  Humboldt (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Eureka (inhabited place)  ....................  Eureka (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  laid out in 1850, incorporated in 1856
city (C)
county seat (C)  ............  since 1856
port (C)
fish-processing center (C)
timber center (C)
tourist center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Eureka..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IV, 600
.................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS6031045
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IV, 600
..................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS6031045
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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