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Gazetteers: U.S. States - General


The American Gazetteer (1797)
[RB E 14 M6]

 

  • Place-names for all of North America as of 1797
  • Standard gazetteer
  • Maps
  • Table of U.S. post offices
  • Includes appendix of place-names added after the book's initial publication

 

An Abridgement of the American Gazetteer (1798)
[RB E 14 M86]

 

 

 

  • Standard gazetteer
  • Place-names for all of North America as of 1798
  • Table of U.S. post offices

 

A New Gazetteer of the United States of America (1833)
[RB E 154 D21]

 

 

  • Standard gazetteer
  • Statistics for nation and individual states

 

Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States
[RB E 154 F 21 1854]

 

 

  • Standard gazetteer
  • Ward maps for larger cities
  • Statistics for nation and individual states

 

The Traveler's Guide or Pocket Gazetteer of the United States (1826)
[RB E 154 M88]

 

 

  • Standard gazetteer
  • Statistics for nation and individual states
  • Contains the census of 1825

 

Gazetteer of the United States (1818)
[RB E 154 W92]

 

 

 

  • Standard gazetteer
  • Listing of main roads and mileage distances

 

The United States Gazetteer (1795)
[RB E 154 S42]

 

 

  • Very old standard gazetteer with some maps

 

The National Gazetteer (c. 1882)  
[REF E 154 C68]  *

 

 

 

  • Place locations
  • Numerous statistics for nation and individual states

 

Place Names in the United States, 2nd ed
[REF E 155 G19 1977]

 

 

  • Standard alphabetical listing of place-names with brief definitions.