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ID: 7014329
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7014329
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Reno (inhabited place)  Reno (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 39 31 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 39.5167  decimal degrees
Long: 119 48 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -119.8000  decimal degrees

Note: Located on Trukee River; boomed with arrival of Central Pacific Railroad in 1868; after 1900, became known for liberal state laws that granted quick marriages & divorces; became popular resort & sports center after gambling was legalized in 1931.

Names:
Reno (preferred,C,V)  ............ named after General Jesse Lee Reno of Virginia, a Union officer killed in the Civil War
Reno-Stead (C,V)
Fullers Crossing (C,V)
Lake's Crossing (H,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 Nevada (state)  ............  Nevada (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Washoe (county)  ................  Washoe (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Reno (inhabited place)  ....................  Reno (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  settled in 1860 by C.W. Fuller
city (C)  ............  incorporated in 1879
county seat (C)  ............  since 1871
tourist center (C)
resort center (C)
transportation center (C)
manufacturing center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Fullers Crossing..........  [VP]
.............................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS32009668
Lake's Crossing..........  [VP]
.............................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 1027-1028
.............................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS32009668
Reno..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
...........  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 1027-1028
...........  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS32009668
...........  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Reno-Stead..........  [VP]
.......................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS32009668
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 1027-1028
..................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS32009668
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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