Gazetteers
A gazetteer is like a dictionary for maps that keeps track of the names of places and physical features like rivers and mountains. You can use them to determine official names, correct spellings, and to find out what a place used to be called. Many gazetteers also contain information about the size of the feature or statistics -- like population -- about the place.
- U.S. Board on Geographic NamesWant to know the official name of a place or a feature? The U.S. BGN makes decisions and keeps track.
- Columbia Gazetteer of the World
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A dictionary of countries, states, cities, and regions, including rivers, mountains and other geographical features.
Indiana Gazetteers
Indiana Gazetteers
For other gazetteers related to Indiana and its regions, search IUCAT under Indiana--Gazetteers. Here are a few we identified.
- The National gazetteer of the United States of America -- Indiana byPublication Date: 1988.Includes an excellent article, "Indiana" by Jon C. Campbell, about Indiana history. Find it, and the rest of the volume on Google Books.
- The Indiana gazetteer, or topographical dictionary of the state of Indiana byPublication Date: 1849Also available through HathiTrust.Plates are engravings of the following: State House, Indianapolis; State Bank, Indianapolis; Deaf and Dumb Asylum, near Indianapolis; Insane Hospital, near Indianapolis; State University, Bloomington; Wabash College, Crawfordsville; Court House, Connersville; Franklin College, Franklin; Asbury University, Greencastle; Hanover College, Hanover; First Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis; Wesley Chapel, Indianapolis; Hon. O.H. Smith's Residence, Indianapolis; Branch Bank, Madison; Christ Church, Madison; Residence of A. W. Morris, Esq., Indianapolis; State Sentinel Building, Indianapolis; State Journal Building, Indianapolis; Masonic Hall Indianapolis; Map of Cannelton, Cannelton; Cotton Mill, Cannelton; Hon. A. T. Ellis's Residence, Vincennes; Market House, Vincennes; Market Street, Vincennes.
- Indiana Place Names byPublication Date: 1976-11-01
- From Needmore to Prosperity byPublication Date: 1995-10-01Presents the folklore and the history of the names of populated places in Indiana. Arranging over 4,000 entries alphabetically, this book includes spellings, local pronunciations, and origins of Indiana place names, as well as variant spellings and variant names and dates of settlement and/or establishment.
- True Indian stories, with glossary of Indiana Indian names byPublication Date: 1908Also available through Google Books.
- The Indiana gazetteer; or, Topographical dictionary byPublication Date: 1954Available online through HathiTrust.
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names"TGN is intended to aid cataloging, research, and discovery of information about visual works and related topics. The focus of TGN is on historical places, although enough information about the modern world is included to give context to historical places and to allow documenation and discovery of visual works."
- An Atlas of Indiana (1970)An Atlas of Indiana, by Robert C. Kingsbury.
With contributions from John M.Hollingsworth and others. --
[BLOOMINGTON, Univ.,1970 Indiana Geography, of Dept.](Indiana. University. Dept. of Geography. Occasional Publication no. 5).