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![Hierarchy of Cambridge (inhabited place)](/global/images/global_hierarchy.gif) |
Cambridge (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 42 22 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 42.3667 decimal degrees |
Long: 071 06 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -71.1000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on Charles River; famed for 17th-century universities and religious congregations; first Massachusetts Constitutional Convention met here 1779-1780; famous natives include authors Longfellow and Oliver Wendell Holmes, and religious leader Mary Baker Eddy. |
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Cambridge (preferred,C,V)
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Old Cambridge (C,V)
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Cambridge Mass. (C,V)
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New Town (C,V)
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Mishawum (C,V)
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New Towne (H,V)
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............ | from 1630 until renamed after Cambridge, England in 1643 |
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Cambridge (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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originally founded as New Towne in 1630, by Massachusetts Bay Colony |
city (C) |
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incorporated in 1846 |
county seat (C) |
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in conjunction with Lowell, established in 1643 |
educational center (C) |
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cultural center (C) |
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manufacturing center (C) |
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includes scientific instruments, electrical machinery, chemicals, leather & rubber goods |
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