User:Garycrobinson/Sandbox/Gazetteers/South Korea

Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org
 * The Columbia Gazetteer of the World at Columbia Gazetteer -- Requires setting up a user name and password
 * Administrative divisions of South Korea at Wikipedia
 * Biggest Cities In South Korea at WorldAtlas
 * Biggest Industries In South Korea at WorldAtlas
 * Cities in South Korea at Wikipedia
 * Counties of South Korea at Wikipedia
 * Demographics of South Korea at Wikipedia
 * Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in Korea, Republic of (South) at FallingRain
 * Districts in South Korea at Wikipedia
 * Facts and figures about South Korea at Places in the world
 * Gazetteer - Index of places South Korea at Places in the world
 * Korean Place Names at Behind the Name
 * List of South Korea Locations at GeoNames
 * Maps Of South Korea at WorldAtlas
 * Mountains in South Korea at Wikipedia
 * National Archives of Korea at Wikipedia
 * Neighborhoods in South Korea at Wikipedia
 * Outline of South Korea at Wikipedia
 * Provinces of South Korea at Wikipedia
 * Religion in South Korea at Wikipedia
 * Rivers of Korea at Wikipedia
 * South Korea - 10 Largest Cities at GeoNames
 * South Korea Cities Database at SimpleMaps
 * South Korea Factbook at CIA The World Factbook
 * South Korea: Cities - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather at City Population
 * South Korea: Provinces, Counties, Cities, Towns, Townships, Urban at City Population
 * Special cities of South Korea at Wikipedia
 * Towns in South Korea at Wikipedia
 * Universities and colleges in South Korea at Wikipedia

Print Only Gazetteers

 * Korean Geographical Dictionary : 한국지명사전 韓國地名辭典 Hangook Jimyeong Sajeon, 서울특별시 : 경인문화사, 1974
 * People, places and place names in the Republic of Korea Sŏng-jae Chu, National Geographic Information Institute, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Suwon, Korea, 2016
 * South Korea gazetteer : official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names United States Board on Geographic Names, United States Office of Geography, Office of Geography, Dept. of the Interior, Washington, D.C., 1966
 * South Korea, official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names Washington, D.C. : Office of Geography, Dept. of the Interior, 1965
 * The gazetteer of Korea Kukt'o Chiri Chŏngbowŏn (Korea), Korea (South). Kukt'o Haeyangbu, Gi-Bum Hong : National Geographic Information Institute : Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs, Republic of Korea, 2009
 * 外地地方行政區畵便覽 : 附外地現行地方制度概要 拓務省管理局, ユタ州ソルトレーク市 : ユタ系図協会撮影, 1978
 * 각도各道중하中下등等방榜 솔트레이크 : 유타 계보 협회 촬영, 1989
 * 관서 진신록 關西 搢紳錄 Salt Lake City, Utah : Digitized by FamilySearch International, 2011
 * 대한지지 大韓地誌, 2권 솔트레이크 : 유타 계보 협회 촬영, 1974
 * 여지도서 輿地圖書 솔트레이크 : 유타 계보 협회 촬영, 1974
 * 전선지 全鮮誌, 1923 Salt Lake City, Utah : Digitized by FamilySearch International, 2011
 * 한국지명총람 韓国地名総覽 Korea :, 1977
 * 한국지명총람4책 솔트레이크 : 유타 계보 협회 촬영, 1975

Why Use Gazetteers
A gazetteer is a dictionary of place-names. Gazetteers list or describe towns and villages, parishes, states, populations, rivers and mountains, and other geographical features. They usually include only the names of places that existed at the time the gazetteer was published. Within a specific geographical area, the place-names are listed in alphabetical order, similar to a dictionary. You can use a gazetteer to locate the places where your family lived and to determine the civil and religious jurisdictions over those places.

There are many places within a country with similar or identical place-names. You will need to use a gazetteer to identify the specific town where your ancestor lived, the state the town was or is in, and the jurisdictions where records about the person was kept.

Gazetteer Contents
Gazetteers may also provide additional information about towns, such as:
 * Different religious denominations
 * Schools, colleges, and universities
 * Major manufacturers, canals, docks, and railroad stations
 * The population size.
 * Boundaries of civil jurisdiction.
 * Ecclesiastical jurisdiction(s)
 * Longitude and latitude.
 * Distances and direction from other from cities.
 * Schools, colleges, and universities.
 * Denominations and number of churches.
 * Historical and biographical information on some individuals (usually high-ranking or famous individuals)