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America's Top-Rated Cities: A Statistical Handbook
This is the 14th edition (2007) of this annual compilation of statistical information on 100 U.S. cities. Here is a copy of the table of contents.
Previous editions are in printed form in the library collection.
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Cities Of The United States
The fifth edition (2005) contains information on over 180 U.S. cities, including entries on geography and climate, history, economy, municipal government, education, recreation, statistics, and more.
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Columbia Gazetteer Of North America
Information on about 50,000 places in North America, including every incorporated place and county in the U.S. The library also has a printed copy.
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Comparative Guide To American Suburbs
Fourth edition (2007) covers the 60 largest U.S. metropolitan areas, with statistical profiles of over 2,000 suburban communities. You may view a copy of the table of contents (metropolitan areas). The library also has an ebook version of the 3rd edition (2005).
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Concise Dictionary Of World Place Names
Published in 2005. Contains 8,000 entries on the history, meanings, and origin of an enormous range of country, region, island, city, and town names from around the world.
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GeoData.gov
U.S. Government gateway to wide range of geographical information.
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Geographic Names Information System
Searchable database of U.S. placenames, with access to maps.
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Getty Thesaurus Of Geographic Names
Database of more than a milliion of placenames world-wide.
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How Far Is It?
Useful for providing distances between cities (international).
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U.S. Gazetteer
Geographical and demographic information for specific locations. Maps include highways, roads, points of interest, congressional districts, and other census data.
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