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Klamath Falls (Or.)

LC control no.n 79072712
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Geographic headingKlamath Falls (Or.)
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Geographic subdivision usageOregon--Klamath Falls
Variant(s)City of Klamath Falls (Or.)
ʻiWLaLLoonʻa (Or.)
See alsoLinkville (Or.)
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Beginning date1893
Associated countryUnited States
LocatedOregon
Address500 Klamath Avenue Klamath Falls OR 97601
Special noteOld catalog heading: Klamath Falls, Or.
Found inHistory of Oregon newspapers, 1939: p. 400-401 (Linkville changes name to Klamath Falls)
Zoning ordinance, 1959: cover (City of Klamath Falls)
Oregon geographic names, c1992 (Klamath Falls; Linkville founded in 1867; name was changed to Klamath Falls in 1892-1893)
GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 42°13ʹ30ʺN 121°46ʹ54ʺW)
Wikipedia, July 9, 2019 (Klamath Falls, Oregon; Klamath Falls (Klamath: ʻiWLaLLoonʻa ["ʻ" appears in source as the IPA character for glottal stop]) is a city in and the county seat of Klamath County, Oregon; originally called Linkville when George Nurse founded the town in 1867; name was changed to Klamath Falls in 1893)
City of Klamath Falls, Oregon website, July 9, 2019: home page (City of Klamath Falls, Oregon; 500 Klamath Avenue, Klamath Falls, OR 97601) history of Klamath Falls (The Town of Linkville was formed at the mouth of the Link River by George Nurse in 1867. In 1893 the name was changed to the town of Klamath Falls and would eventually be incorporated as the City of Klamath Falls by the state legislature in 1905)
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