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Jefferson City (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 38 34 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 38.5667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 092 10 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -92.1667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on Missouri River in central Missouri; site laid out by Daniel Boone, who was son of a Kentucky frontiersman; divided during Civil War, yet remained in Union; currently a trading center for surrounding area. |
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| Jefferson City (preferred,C,V)
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............ | named for President Thomas Jefferson |
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Cole (county) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was donated land to be established as state capital by an act of USA Congress in 1821 |
| city (C) |
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incorporated since 1839 |
| state capital (C) |
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since 1821 |
| county seat (C) |
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| commercial center (C) |
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| administrative center (C) |
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for federal, state & local authorities |
| trade center (C) |
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| manufacturing center (C) |
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for electric appliances, bookbinding, transformers, cosmetics, shoes & clothing |
| cultural center (C) |
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noted for the Capitol, which contains murals by Thomas Hart Benton |
| educational center (C) |
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home of Lincoln University (founded by the Negro Federal Army in 1866), which has since become racially integrated |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital of .... |
Missouri .......... (state) |
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(World, North and Central America, United States) [7007523] |
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