General - Geography

50States.com

http://www.50states.com

Provides information such as: location, flowers, geological formations, geographical features, mottos, national forests and parks, newspapers, populations, state and federal representatives, songs, and the date of entry into the union.

About.com: Geography

http://geography.about.com

Articles, links, maps, flags, and discussions.

Association of American Geographers

http://www.aag.org

Information about careers, education, and publications.

Columbia Gazetteer of the World

http://www.columbiagazetteer.org/main/Home.html

Entries may include population, longitude and latitude, and other facts. Searchable and browsable. See also the Columbia Gazeteer of North America.

Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/tgn/index.html

The Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names is intended to provide structured vocabularies. "Places in TGN include administrative political entities and physical features. Current and historical places are included."

Heads of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
https://www.infoplease.com/biographies/government-politics/world-leaders/heads-state-and-cabinet-members-foreign-governments

An online directory of Heads of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments. It is intended to be used primarily as a reference aid and includes as many governments of the world as is considered practical, some of them not officially recognized by the United States

Home Town Gazetteer

http://www.hometownlocator.com

Cultural, demographic, and geographical data.

Stately Knowledge

http://ipl.org/div/stateknow/

A collection of Facts about the United States. "After 20 years of service, ipl2 is now closed permanently. You may continue using the ipl2 website. However, the site will no longer be updated, and no other services will be available."

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