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ID: 7016055
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7016055
Record Type:
administrative
Muskegon (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 43 14 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 43.2333
decimal degrees
Long: 086 14 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -86.2333
decimal degrees
Note:
Located on Lake Michigan at mouth of Muskegon river; grew as major lumbering center in 19th cen.
Names:
Muskegon
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
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North and Central America
(continent) (
P
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United States
(nation) (
P
)
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Michigan
(state) (
P
)
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Muskegon
(county) (
P
)
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Muskegon
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
trading post founded on site in 1812, incorporated in 1869
city (
C
)
county seat (
C
)
port (
C
)
transportation center (
C
)
industrial center (
C
)
............
produces steel, brass, automobile engines, boats, wire & office furniture
Sources and Contributors:
Muskegon..........
[
BHA
,
FDA
,
GRLPSC
,
VP Preferred
]
.................
Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.................
National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-)
.................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS26016819
.................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
.................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
803
Subject:
.....
[
BHA
,
FDA
,
GRLPSC
,
VP
]
..................
Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................
National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-)
..................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS26016819
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
803
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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