GEOGRAPHIC NAMES
U.S. Board on Geographic Names | U.S. Geological Survey
The U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN) is a Federal body created in 1890 and established in its present form by Public Law in 1947 to maintain uniform ...
Geographic Names Information System
Census Code · GSA Code · OPM Code. Equal to ...
Domestic Names | U.S. Geological Survey - USGS.gov
Place names within the United States and its dependent areas are available in the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and are the responsibility of ...
Welcome to the Geographic Names Server. The Geographic Names Server (GNS) is the official repository of standard spellings of all foreign geographic names, ...
Geographic Names - The World Factbook - CIA
Geographic Names ; Ajaria (region), Georgia, 41 45 N ; Ajman (city), United Arab Emirates, 25 25 N ; Akmola (city; former name for Astana), Kazakhstan, 51 10 N ...
Official Replacement Names - Geographic Names Information System
Below is the list of US Board on Geographic Names (BGN) approved Sq_ replacement names. The replacement feature names may continue to be reviewed.
U.S. Board on Geographic Names
The Board on Geographic Names (BGN) was established in 1890 by President Benjamin Harrison and reestablished in its present form in 1947 by Congress to ...
United States Board on Geographic Names - Wikipedia
The purpose of the board is to establish and maintain uniform usage of geographic names throughout the federal government of the United States.
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (Getty Research Institute)
The TGN is an evolving vocabulary, growing and changing thanks to contributions from Getty projects and other institutions.
State Geographic Names Authorities
The Council of Geographic Names Authorities was established to provide a dependable planning and training mechanism through its annual conferences, to carry out ...
Geographic Names Information System - Wikipedia
The names of books and historic maps that confirm the feature or place name are cited. Variant names, alternatives to official federal names for a feature, are ...
State Committee on Geographic Names | The New York State Museum
State Committee on Geographic Names. The State Committee on Geographic Names is established by Education Law within the Education Department to advise the ...
Council of Geographic Names Authorities
CoGNA is an association of state and federal government agencies representing the official and recognized geographic names authorities in the United States.
Geographic Names Thesaurus - ICPSR
Geographic Names is an alphabetical and hierarchical list of geographic location terms used in ICPSR's metadata records.
Committee on Geographic Names | WA - DNR
The Committee on Geographic Names was created by the Washington Legislature (RCW 43.30.292) to review proposals submitted by the public to name geographical ...
California Advisory Committee on Geographic Names - CA.gov
The purpose of the California Advisory Committee on Geographic Names (CACGN) is to provide recommendations to the U.S. Board on Geographic Names regarding ...
Geographic Names A-Z - Merriam-Webster
Get locations and pronunciations, for thousands of place names including cities, towns, bodies of water, ports, parks, and mountains.
Agencies - Geographic Names Board - Federal Register
The Geographic Names Board publishes documents in the Federal Register. Explore most recent and most cited documents published by the Geographic Names ...
The purpose of the OGNB is to supervise the naming of geographic features within the state of Oregon and to make recommendations to the USBGN, which has final ...
Geographic Names - Alaska Department of Natural Resources
The single, best reason to name a geographic feature is local usage of a name that has evolved over a period of years and is supported by local residents.