User:Kmnwestbye/sandbox North Dakota

Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * North Dakota Counties
 * North Dakota Hometown Locator
 * Atlas of Historical County Borders - Dakotas
 * A Dictionary of Dakota Frank H. Hagerty. A Dictionary of Dakota : conveniently arranging a multitude of facts about the resources and capabilities of the great territory soon to become two states. Washington, D.C. : Filmed by the Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1985

Print Only Gazetteers

 * North Dakota place names Douglas A Wick. North Dakota Place Names. Bismarck, North Dakota : Hedemarken Collectibles, 1988, c1988
 * Origins of North Dakota place names Mary Ann Barns Williams. Origins of North Dakota Place Names. [S.l. : s.n., 1966]
 * Northwestern gazetteer, Minnesota, North and South Dakota and Montana gazetteer and business directory R L Polk. Northwestern gazetteer, Minnesota, North and South Dakota and Montana gazetteer and business directory. Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1986
 * North Dakota, index to topographic and other map coverage US Geological Survey. North Dakota, Index to Topographic and other map coverage. Reston, Virginia : U.S.G.S., [1984?]

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 state 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)