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://tinyurl.com/49aw7

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."

Home Town Gazetteer

http://www.hometownlocator.com

Cultural, demographic, and geographical data.

U.S. Gazetteer

http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer

From the U.S. Census Bureau, this database allows users to find incorporated places by entering the name and state abbreviation.

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