Indianapolis
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- Names
Indianapolis
- Place Type
- inhabited place
- Description
- Located in fertile corn belt, near coal fields; city was laid out on a radial plan similar to Washington, DC; grew when National (Cumberland) Road was routed through here in 1827; produces pharmaceuticals, machinery & electrical equipment.
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-); USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984);
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