This is a selection of electronically published atlases and gazetteers. Many gazetteers provide an interactive place name search function.
Atlases & Gazetteers
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E-ResourceThe Atlas of Historical County Boundaries External The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries by William M. Scholl Center for American History and Culture at the Newberry Library, provides maps, data, and shapefiles to document the creation and all subsequent changes in the size, shape, name, organization, and location of every county in the United States and the District of Columbia. It is organized by state and attempts to leave no gaps… -
E-ResourceThe Columbia Gazetteer of North America External The Columbia Gazetteer of North America is based on the celebrated three-volume Columbia Gazetteer of the World, this volume offers 50,000 entries on places in North America, arranged in alphabetical order. Designed for ease of use and maximum access to the widest amount of information, the Columbia Gazetteer of North America is a core reference work for any library, public or private, governmental or…
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E-ResourceThe Columbia Gazetteer of the World The Columbia Gazetteer of the World is an authoritative A to Z encyclopedia of geographical places and features. Whether you're looking for the ten highest mountain peaks in North America, the major commercial crops in Brazil's economy, all the rivers in Southeast Asia, the former name of the city of Yangon, or the natural resources available in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Gazetteer is the one-stop…
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E-ResourceGNIS (Geographic Names Information System) GNIS (Geographic Names Information System) is the official repository of standard spellings of all domestic geographic names, sanctioned by the United States Board on Board on Geographic Names (BGN). GNS data has information on place-names and features.
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E-ResourceGNS (Geographic Names Search) External GNS (Geographic Names Search) is the official repository of standard spellings of all foreign geographic names, sanctioned by the United States Board on Board on Geographic Names (BGN). GNS data has information on place-names and features.
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E-Resource, MapNational Atlas of the United States National Atlas of the United States by United States Geological Survey was published in 1970. It was designed to be of practical use to decision makers in government and business, and for planners and research scholars as well as others needing to visualize country-wide distributional patterns and relationships between environmental phenomena and human activities. The National Atlas represents the principal characteristics of the country…