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Tallahassee (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 30 26 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 30.4333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 084 16 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -84.2667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located in N Florida; during Queen Anne's War, Spanish fort destroyed by British as Spain's punishment for inciting Amerindians to attack English settlers; only city E of Mississippi not taken by Union forces during the Civil War. |
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| Tallahassee (preferred,C,V,English-P)
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............ | derived from Creek Amerindian word meaning old town |
| Apalache Old Fields (C,V)
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| Newton (C,V)
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| Newtown (C,V)
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| Old Field Town (C,V)
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| Pueblo Nueva (C,V)
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| Talajasy (C,V)
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| Tallahassa (C,V)
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| Tallahassee Talofa (C,V)
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| Tonabys Town (C,V)
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| Tunapy (C,V)
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| Villanueva (C,V)
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| טלהסי (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Fort San Luis (H,V)
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............ | site where Spanish missions had their headquarters in 1633, fort destroyed during Queen Anne's War in early 1700s |
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Leon (county) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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established as a Spanish mission site in 1633 |
| city (C) |
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| state capital (C) |
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| manufacturing center (C) |
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| commercial center (C) |
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| agricultural center (C) |
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for cattle & cotton |
| mill center (C) |
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for lumber |
| educational center (C) |
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for Agricultural & Mechanical University, Florida State University & Tallahassee Community College |
| cultural center (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital of .... |
Florida .......... (state) |
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(World, North and Central America, United States) [7007240] |
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