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Charleston (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 38 20 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 38.3333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 081 37 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -81.6167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located at confluence of Elk & Kanawha rivers in central W Virginia; Daniel Boone & Simon Kenton, early frontiersmen, represented site in Virginia Assembly; salt center in 1823; divided during Civil War & occupied by Union troops after 1862. |
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| Charleston (preferred,C,V)
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............ | was named for father of George Clendenin, who purchased land in 1788 & renamed site in 1818 |
| Fort Lee (H,V)
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............ | used from 1788 to 1818 |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled as a fort in 1788, later became a transshipment point on trade route to Ohio River valley |
| city (C) |
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incorporated in 1794 |
| state capital (C) |
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since 1877 |
| industrial center (C) |
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for coal, chemicals, steel, oil & gas |
| manufacturing center (C) |
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for glass, foundry products, salt & consumer plastics |
| mill center (C) |
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for lumber |
| administrative center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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houses Morris Harvey College, W Virginia State College & W Virginia College of Graduate Studies |
| cultural center (C) |
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Neoclassical state capitol building houses a natural history museum & art museum |
| tourist center (C) |
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includes National Track & Field Hall of Fame since 1974 |
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| capital of .... |
West Virginia .......... (state) |
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(World, North and Central America, United States) [7013961] |
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