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ID: 2068864
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/2068864
Record Type:
administrative
Dunkirk (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 42 28 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 42.4667
decimal degrees
Long: 079 20 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -79.3333
decimal degrees
Note:
Located on Lake Erie; settled in early 19th cen.; developed in 19th cen. as important center on Erie Canal & railroads.
Names:
Dunkirk
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
............
renamed for similarity of its harbor to that of Dunkirk, France
Chadwick's Bay
(
H
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
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North and Central America
(continent) (
P
)
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United States
(nation) (
P
)
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New York
(state) (
P
)
................
Chautauqua
(county) (
P
)
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Dunkirk
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
settled ca. 1805
town (
C
)
port of entry (
C
)
transportation center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Chadwick's Bay..........
[
VP
]
.............................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 258
Dunkirk..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 258
.................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS36007624
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 258
..................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS36007624
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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