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| FeatureID: | 980155 |
| Name: | Altamahaw |
| Class: | Populated Place - Place or area with clustered or scattered buildings and a permanent human population (city, settlement, town, village). Distinct from Census and Civil. (Definitions) |
| History: | Established about 1860. This name is of Indian origin, meaning unknown. (NC-T11/p9) |
| Description: | Located in western Alamance County along the Haw River, just north of the community of Ossipee. |
| Citation: | Collected during Phase I data compilation (1976-1981), primarily from U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000-scale topographic maps (or 1:25K, Puerto Rico 1:20K), various edition dates, and from U.S. Board on Geographic Names files. |
| Entry_Date: | 17-Jun-1980 |
| *Elevation: | 623/190 |
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*Elevations in feet/meters from the National Elevation Dataset |
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| Census Code |
Class Code |
GSA Code |
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| 01140 |
U5 |
0075 |
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| Class Code Description: | Populated Place that is also a census designated place with the same
name. (Definitions) |
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| Sequence |
County |
Code |
State |
Code |
Country |
OPM Code |
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Alamance |
001 |
North Carolina |
37 |
US |
370075001 |
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| Sequence |
Latitude(DEC) |
Longitude(DEC) |
Latitude(DMS) |
Longitude(DMS) |
Map Name |
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| 1 |
36.1843016 |
-79.5072461 |
361103N |
0793026W |
Ossipee |
| 2 |
36.1834683 |
-79.4908568 |
361100N |
0792927W |
Lake Burlington |
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| Designation |
Description |
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| Concise |
The feature has been designated by the Geographic Names Office as one that should be labeled on maps with a scale of 1:250,000. |
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