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== Maps and Gazetteers  ==
== Maps and Gazetteers  ==


*[https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:1:0::NO::: Geographic Names Information System]: The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database that contains name and location information about more than two million physical and cultural features throughout the United States and its territories. It is a type of gazetteer. GNIS was developed by the United States Geological Survey in cooperation with the United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN) to promote the standardization of feature names.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Geographic Names Information System," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_Names_Information_System</ref>
*[https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:1:32706173906064 Geographic Names Information System]: The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database that contains name and location information about more than two million physical and cultural features throughout the United States and its territories. It is a type of gazetteer. GNIS was developed by the United States Geological Survey in cooperation with the United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN) to promote the standardization of feature names.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Geographic Names Information System," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_Names_Information_System</ref>


*[http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/tgn/ Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names]: This website allows you to search for a geographic name and shows the hierarchy of jurisdictions associated with that location.
*[http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/tgn/ Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names]: This website allows you to search for a geographic name and shows the hierarchy of jurisdictions associated with that location.
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