Historical Gazetteers

The following is a list of Historical Gazetteers, Directories, Post Offices, items that provide a list of names and towns online at American History and Genealogy Project.  Our great volunteers have spent many hours adding these to our website.  Here you can search for Cities, Towns, Villages, Rivers, Streams, Creeks, Mountains and many other places.  Some of the Gazetteers also list if there is a post office in the town in the year they were written. Some of the State Gazetteers also provide a general description. There are a few for specific States and Counties.

• Alaska

  • West Coast Gazetteer & Directory ~ Alaska

• Arkansas

• Mammoth Springs Arkansas Business Directory, 1889 (Fulton County)

  • Post offices and Postmasters 1883-1884 (check each county)

• California

  • West Coast Gazetteer & Directory ~ California

  • Southern California Place Names

  • Los Angeles Postmasters 1850-1900

• Canada

  • West Coast Gazetteer & Directory ~ British Columbia

• Colorado

  • Rocky Mountain Directory and Colorado Gazetteer 1871

  • Colorado Gazetteer, 1906

  • General Description of Colorado

• Delaware

  • Delaware Gazetteer, 1904

  • Delaware Cemeteries by County

• District of Columbia

• Historical Directory of the District of Columbia, 1922

• Georgia

  • 1859 Savannah City Directory

  • 1889 Savannah City Directory

• Idaho

  • Ada County Idaho Postal Records, 1864

  • Canyon County Idaho Postal Records, 1891

  • Owyhee County Idaho Postal Records, 1891

  • Payette County Idaho Postal Records, 1891

  • Washington County Idaho Postal Records, 1891

• Indiana

  • Bartholomew County Directories, 1821

  • Indiana State Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1858-1859

  • Flat Rock Township Bartholomew County Directory, 1874

  • DeKalb County Business Directory, 1880-1881

• Indian Territory

  • Indian Territory Gazetteer, 1905

  • General Description of Indian Territory

• Illinois

  • 1860 County Business Directory

  • 1864-1865 Gazetteer and Business Directory

  • 1904 Vandalia Business Directory

• Iowa

  • Harrison County Township Patrons Directory, 1884

  • Pocahontas County Iowa Gazetteer, 1884-1885

• Kansas

  • Chautauqua County Kansas Directories. 1878

  • Coffee County, Kansas, 1878 Farmers' Directory

  • Crawford County Kansas, 1878 Farmers' Directory 

  • Ford County Kansas Directories, 1884-1885

  • Jefferson County Kansas Directories, 1878

  • Jefferson County Kansas Directories, 1894

  • Jewell County Kansas Directories, 1880

  • McPherson County, Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1878

  • Norton County Kansas Directories, 1912

  • Rice County Kansas Gazetteer, 1912

  • Wyandotte County Kansas Directories, 1894

  • Woodson County Kansas Directories, 1884-1885

• Maine

  • Appleton Register ~ Surnames A ~ Z ~ 1903

  • Taxpayers of Sangerville Maine, 1819 (Piscataquis County)

  • Members of First Congregational Church, 1856 (Bangor)

  • Clergymen of Foxcroft Maine

  • Doctors of Foxcroft Maine

• Massachusetts

  • Passengers Aboard the Speedwell, 1656

  • First Settlers to New England, 1847

  • Rockport Baptisms, 1755-1765

  • Bayfield Baptisms, 1709-1719

• Michigan

  • Benton Harbor Michigan City Directory, 1896 (Berrien County)

  • Niles Michigan Registered Voters, 1864 (Berrien County)

• Minnesota

  • New Ulm Minnesota Business Directory, 1881 (Brown County)

  • Burnsville Township Minnesota Farmers Directory, 1884 (Dakota County)

  • Castle Rock Township Minnesota Farmers Directory, 1884 (Dakota County)

  • Teachers, by District, 1916 (Douglas County)

  • Grant County Business Directory,  1918 

• Mississippi

  • Mississippi Place Names

• Montana

• Montana Pioneers 1907-8-9 - A-C  D-J  K-R  S-Y 

• Persons in Montana 1862-3 (Missoula County, Washington Territory)

• Females in Bannack, 186e-3 (Dakota Territory)

• Montana Pioneer Death Index 1910-1916 A-C  D-G  H-K  L-N  O-R  S  T-Z

• Nebraska

  • Nebraska State Gazetteer, Business Directory and Farmers List, 1890-91

  • Naturalization Records Cedar County Nebraska, 1906-1927

  • Hall County Directories & Gazetteers, 1889-1915

• New Jersey

  • Death Records from a Old Diary, 1772-1778

• New Mexico

  • Bernalillo County Post Offices

  • New Mexico Tombstone Transcription Project

• North Dakota

  • Cass County North Dakota Gazette & Business Directory (by Town)

• Ohio

  • Early Settlements of Morgan and Muskingum Counties

  • Early Settlers and Prominent Men in Stark County

  • Death Roll ~ Tuscarawas Valley, Ohio

• Oklahoma

  • Jenks Oklahoma Telephone Directory, 1952

  • Jenks Oklahoma Telephone Directory, 1955

• Oregon

  • West Coast Gazetteer & Directory ~ Oregon

  • Centennial Pioneer Families of Baker County

• South Dakota

  • Persons who Died in Dakota Territory, 1870 (by County)

  • Persons who Died in Dakota Territory, Now South Dakota, 1880 (by County)

  • Pioneer Deaths, 1916

  • Pioneer Deaths, 1917

• Tennessee

• Maury County Tennessee, Columbia Mini Gazetteer

• Utah

  • Farmers and Merchants Directory (1916)

  • Schofield Mine, List of Dead, 1900

• Washington

  • West Coast Gazetteer & Directory ~ Washington

  • Washington Pioneer Dead, 1911

  • Washington Pioneer Dead 1912

  • Washington Pioneer Dead 1913

  • Washington Pioneer Dead 1914

  • Washington Pioneer Dead 1915

  • Washington Pioneer Dead 1916

  • Origin of Washington Geographical Names

• West Virginia

  • West Virginia Voters, 1758 (Frederick County)

• Wisconsin

• Wisconsin Gazetteer, 1853

  • Wisconsin Deaths at Shiloh, Tennessee

• United States

• Descriptive and Statistical Gazetteer of United States, 1842

  • Military Forts of the United States

• Western United States

• Western States Newspaper Directory, 1894

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