Illinoistown
E358015
Illinoistown was the original name of the town now known as Colfax, California, a historic community in the Sierra Nevada foothills tied to the development of the transcontinental railroad.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Illinoistown canonical | 1 |
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former populated place
ⓘ
historic community ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| hasCurrentName | Colfax, California ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
railroad-related commerce
ⓘ
support services for railroad construction ⓘ |
| hasFeature | railroad depot ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance | development of rail transportation across the Sierra Nevada ⓘ |
| hasSettlementType | town ⓘ |
| hasSuccessor | Colfax, California ⓘ |
| hasTimezone | Pacific Time Zone ⓘ |
| historicalRelation | early settlement along the route later used by the transcontinental railroad ⓘ |
| historicalRole | railroad town on the first transcontinental railroad ⓘ |
| isNowKnownAs | Colfax, California ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Placer County ⓘ
surface form:
Placer County, California
Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
American River watershed
ⓘ
major wagon and stage routes over the Sierra Nevada ⓘ |
| locatedOnTransportRoute |
First Transcontinental Railroad
ⓘ
surface form:
First transcontinental railroad
|
| namedAfter |
Illinois
ⓘ
surface form:
Illinois (U.S. state)
|
| partOf |
Northern California
ⓘ
Sierra Nevada ⓘ |
| precededBy | earlier mining camps in the Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ |
| replacedByName | Colfax ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.