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Beacon

city in Dutchess County, New York, United States
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Beacon

Summary

Beacon is a city in the state of New York[1]. Beacon draws 546 Wikipedia views per month (city_in_the_state_of_new_york category, ranking #17 of 33).[2]

Key Facts

  • Beacon is located in Dutchess County[3].
  • Beacon is in the country of United States[4].
  • Beacon is on the body of water Fishkill Creek[5].
  • Beacon's head of government is recorded as Lee Kyriacou[6].
  • Beacon's image is recorded as Lower Main Street Historic District 2012-09-28 11-16-17.jpg[7].
  • Beacon's image is recorded as Beaconpic.jpg[8].
  • Beacon's instance of is recorded as city in the state of New York[9].
  • Beacon's GND ID is recorded as 4768871-3[10].
  • Beacon's locator map image is recorded as Dutchess County New York incorporated areas City of Beacon highlighted.svg[11].
  • Beacon's postal code is recorded as 12508[12].
  • Beacon's Commons category is recorded as Beacon, New York[13].
  • Beacon's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 175936[14].
  • Beacon's local dialing code is recorded as 845[15].
  • Beacon's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 977521[16].
  • Beacon's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 978716[17].
  • Beacon's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 41.504166666667, 'lon': -73.965555555556}[18].
  • Beacon's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0xzwp[19].
  • Beacon's FIPS 55-3 is recorded as 36-05100[20].
  • Beacon's official website is recorded as http://www.cityofbeacon.org[21].
  • Beacon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Beacon, New York[22].
  • Beacon's page banner is recorded as Beacon Point 2 (cropped).jpg[23].
  • Beacon's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 41159aa5-008f-4fd9-bc64-4b14a6d0ef05[24].
  • Beacon's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/North_America/United_States/New_York/Localities/B/Beacon/[25].
  • Beacon's population is recorded as {'amount': '+15541'}[26].
  • Beacon's population is recorded as {'amount': '+13769'}[27].

Body

Geography

Beacon is in the country of United States[4]. Beacon is located in Dutchess County[3]. Beacon is on the body of water Fishkill Creek[5].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+12.627938'}[28] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+12.62714'}[29]. Beacon's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+42'}[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+15541'}[26] and {'amount': '+13769'}[27].

Designation and Status

Beacon's instance of is recorded as city in the state of New York[9].

Why It Matters

Beacon draws 546 Wikipedia views per month (city_in_the_state_of_new_york category, ranking #17 of 33).[2] Beacon has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Beacon is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . beaconny.gov. Retrieved . beaconny.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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