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ID: 7014126
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7014126
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Grand Rapids (inhabited place)  Grand Rapids (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 42 57 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 42.9500  decimal degrees
Long: 085 40 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -85.6667  decimal degrees

Note: Located at rapids on the Grand river; was site where important Ottawa Indian trails met, still retained in diagonal streets of the city; trading post founded by Frenchman L Campau; waterpower & lumber led to development of timber & furniture industry.

Names:
Grand Rapids (preferred,C,V)
Grand Portal (C,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 Michigan (state)  ............  Michigan (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Kent (county)  ................  Kent (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Grand Rapids (inhabited place)  ....................  Grand Rapids (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  was converging point for several Amerindian trails, founded by French in 1826, incorporated in 1838
city (C)
county seat (C)  ............  since 1836
industrial center (C)  ............  especially for sawmills & woodworking, city was famous for furniture after display at Philadelphia Centennial of 1876
mill center (C)
power production center (C)
agricultural center (C)
educational center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Grand Portal..........  [VP]
.......................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS26009245
Grand Rapids..........  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
.......................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) V, 419-420
.......................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS26009245
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Subject: .....  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) V, 419-420
..................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS26009245
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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