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ID: 7014308
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7014308
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Racine (inhabited place)  Racine (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 42 43 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 42.7167  decimal degrees
Long: 087 46 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -87.7667  decimal degrees

Note: Located on Lake Michigan, S of Milwaukee; economy stimulated by WW II; manufactured goods include wax products, farm machinery, electrical equipment & processed food; site of Johnson Wax administration & research center designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

Names:
Racine (preferred,C,V)  ............ since 1837
Port Gilbert (H,V)  ............ 1834-1837

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 Wisconsin (state)  ............  Wisconsin (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Racine (county)  ................  Racine (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Racine (inhabited place)  ....................  Racine (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded by Gilbert Knapp 1834
city (C)  ............  incorporated 1848
county seat (C)  ............  since 1836
industrial center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Port Gilbert..........  [VP]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 879
Racine..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 879
.................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS55013682
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 879
..................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS55013682
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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