Gastown

Summary

Gastown is a neighborhood^[1]. Gastown ranks in the top 2% of neighborhood entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (257 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Gastown is located in Vancouver^[3].
• Gastown is in the country of Canada^[4].
• Gastown's image is recorded as Wintry Gastown.jpg^[5].
• Gastown's instance of is recorded as neighborhood^[6].
• Gastown's instance of is recorded as historical settlement^[7].
• Gastown's founder is recorded as John "Gassy Jack" Deighton^[8].
• Gastown's Commons category is recorded as Gastown^[9].
• Gastown's Canadian Register of Historic Places ID is recorded as 16124^[10].
• +1867-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Gastown^[11].
• Gastown's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 49.2847, 'lon': -123.111}^[12].
• Gastown's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01x1bm^[13].
• Gastown's official website is recorded as https://gastown.org/^[14].
• Gastown's described at URL is recorded as https://francesbula.com/blog/gastown-historic-district/^[15].
• Gastown's heritage designation is recorded as national historic site of Canada^[16].
• Gastown's GeoNames ID is recorded as 7521579^[17].
• Gastown's National Historic Sites of Canada ID is recorded as 12392^[18].
• Gastown's Quora topic ID is recorded as Gastown^[19].
• Gastown's significant place is recorded as Hastings Mill^[20].
• Gastown's OpenStreetMap node ID is recorded as 704270667^[21].

Body

Geography

Gastown is in the country of Canada^[4]. Gastown is located in Vancouver^[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include neighborhood^[6] and historical settlement^[7]. Gastown's heritage designation is recorded as national historic site of Canada^[16].

History and Context

+1867-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Gastown^[11].

Why It Matters

Gastown ranks in the top 2% of neighborhood entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (257 views/month).^[2] Gastown has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[22]