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ID: 2022633
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/2022633
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Darien (inhabited place)  Darien (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 31 22 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 31.3667  decimal degrees
Long: 081 26 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -81.4333  decimal degrees

Note: Founded by Scottish recruited by James Oglethorpe to couteract Spanish influence in the area; Darien originally referred to the area around the town of New Inverness; first English settlement in Georgia, Fort King George (founded 1721) is nearby.

Names:
Darien (preferred,C,V)
New Inverness (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 Georgia (state)  ............  Georgia (state) (P)
Hierarchy of McIntosh (county)  ................  McIntosh (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Darien (inhabited place)  ....................  Darien (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded in 1736 by a group of Scottish Highlanders
town (C)
county seat (C)  ............  since 1818

Sources and Contributors:
Darien..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) III, 886
.................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS13005712
New Inverness..........  [VP]
..........................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 227
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 227
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) III, 886
..................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS13005712
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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