| LC control no. | n 85203962 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Ritzville (Wash.) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Washington (State)--Ritzville |
| Beginning date | 18801222 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Washington (State) |
| Found in | Hopkins, C.O. Our Ott/Reiss family, c1985: t.p. (Ritzville, Washington, U.S.A.) Rand McNally comm. atlas & mark, guide, 1979 (Ritzville, Adams County, Washington) GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 47°07ʹ39ʺN 118°22ʹ48ʺW) Wikipedia, March 9, 2015 (Ritzville, Washington; city in and county seat of Adams County, Washington; 47°7ʹ35ʺN 118°22ʹ38ʺW) Washington place names, via WWW, March 9, 2015 (Ritzville; coordinates: 47.12762+N,118.3745+W; Ritzville is southwest of Spokane in the center of a wheat-growing area in north central Adams County. It was homesteaded in 1878 by Philip Ritz, a wheat and fruit grower, who acquired 8,000 acres of agricultural land, and was a sub-contractor in railroad building. On December 22, 1880, the town was platted by affiliates of Northern Pacific Railway Company and named for Ritz who was also active in the development of early Tacoma. Ritzville was incorporated July 17, 1890) |
| Geographic area code | n-us-wa |
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