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Tuscaloosa (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 33 12 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 33.2000 decimal degrees |
Long: 087 34 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -87.5667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located in W central Alabama on Black Warrior River; occupied & partly burned in Civil War by Union troops in 1865. |
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Tuscaloosa (preferred,C,V)
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............ | named for Choctaw Indian chief who fought Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto in 1540, means Black Warrior |
Tuskalloosa (C,V)
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Tuskaloosa (C,V)
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Druid City (C,V)
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Louiseville (C,V)
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Matildaville (C,V)
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Shelbyville (C,V)
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Shelleyville (C,V)
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Shelltown (C,V)
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Shellytown (C,V)
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Place Types: |
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inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded by Thomas York in 1816 on land opened for settlement after Creek War, incorporated in 1819 |
city (C) |
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county seat (C) |
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industrial center (C) |
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for chemicals, tires & paper |
manufacturing center (C) |
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for cottonseed oil, veneer & fertilizer |
commercial center (C) |
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mining center (C) |
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for coal & other minerals |
agricultural center (C) |
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educational center (C) |
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for university of Alabama (1831) & Stillman College |
tourist center (C) |
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for antebellum homes |
capital (H) |
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of state from 1826 to 1846 |
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