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ID: 7014122
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7014122
Record Type:
administrative
Eugene (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 44 03 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 44.0500
decimal degrees
Long: 123 05 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -123.0833
decimal degrees
Note:
Located in W Oregon on Willamette River; settled by Eugene Skinner; arrival of railroad stimulated development as lumber & agricultural center.
Names:
Eugene
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
North and Central America
(continent) (
P
)
........
United States
(nation) (
P
)
............
Oregon
(state) (
P
)
................
Lane
(county) (
P
)
....................
Eugene
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
settled in 1851, incorporated in 1864
city (
C
)
county seat (
C
)
industrial center (
C
)
manufacturing center (
C
)
............
for fruit & vegetable canning, meat packing, light manufacturing & lumber-plywood processing
educational center (
C
)
............
for University of Oregon (1872), Northwestern Christian College & Lane Community College
transportation center (
B
)
............
especially for Southern Pacific (formerly Oregon & California) Railroad since 1870
cultural center (
C
)
............
for art museum specializing in Oriental & Pacific Northwest collections
tourist center (
C
)
............
for MacKenzie River recreation area & headquarters for Willamette National Forest
Sources and Contributors:
Eugene..........
[
BHA
,
VP Preferred
]
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
IV, 592-593
.................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS41009814
.................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
.................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
381
Subject:
.....
[
BHA
,
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
IV, 592-593
..................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS41009814
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
381
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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