An edition of American place-names (1970)
American place-names
a concise and selective dictionary for the continental United States of America.
By George Rippey Stewart
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Publish Date
1970
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Language
eng
Pages
550
Description:
This work includes three categories of place-name information: well-known places; repeated names which appear in many localities; and unusual names. Following each of the 12,000 entries is the name derivation, the state where pertinent and explication with historical, geographical and/or folk interpretations.