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COUNTY PLAT BOOKS AND ATLASES are available for selected counties in NORTH DAKOTA (OGL #802) and MINNESOTA (OGL #1262) dating from 1884 to 1938 and 1951 to 1993. They indicate land ownership at a specific date in time and often include biographical information.
SANBORN FIRE INSURANCE MAPS (OGL #1348) for North Dakota give detailed information about the buildings and structures in many of the state's cities and towns dating from 1884 to 1927.
Brookes, Richard. A New Universal Gazetteer: Containing
a Description of the Principal Nations, Empires, Kingdoms,
States... of the Known World. New York: W.W. Reed &
Co., 1832.
G102 .B88
Heilprin, Angelo and Louis Heilprin, eds. Lippincott's
New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer and
Geographical Dictionary of the World. Philadelphia:
J.B. Lippincott Co., 1906.
G103 .L7 1906
Meyers Orts - und Verkehrs-Lexikon des Deutschen Reichs
/ with Researchers Guide and Translations of the
Introduction, Instruction for the Use of the Gazeteer, and
Abbreviations by Raymond S. Wright III / vols. 1-3.
Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2000.
DD14 .M5 2000
Mika, Nick and Helma Mika, eds. Places in Ontario. 3
vols. Belleville, Ontario: Mika Publishing Co.,
1977-1983.
F1056.4 .M54
Sneve, Virginia Driving Hawk, ed. South Dakota
Geographic Names. Sioux Falls, SD: Brevet Press,
1973.
F649 .S58
Upham, Warren. Minnesota Place Names: a Geographical Encyclopedia. St. Paul,
MN: Minnesota Historical Society, 2001.
F604 .V66 2001
Wick, Douglas A. North Dakota Place Names. Bismarck,
ND: Hedemarken Collectibles, 1988.
F634 .W52 1988
Williams, Mary Ann Barnes. Origins of North Dakota Place
Names. Washburn, ND: Privately Printed, 1966.
F634 .W55 1966x
POST OFFICE INDEXES provide listings arranged by county which list the state's post offices,dates established and discontinued, and the "mail to" address after an office was closed. These indexes are available for North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, and Montana. They also record the first postmasters and most include a brief history of the post offices.
Patera, Alan H. and John S. Gallagher. North Dakota Post
Offices, 1850-1982. Lake Grove, Oregon: The Depot,
1982.
HE6376 .A1 N9 1982
Patera, Alan H., John S. Gallagher, and Kenneth W.Stach.
South Dakota Post Offices. Lake Grove,OR: The
Depot,1990.
HE6363 .S8 P37 1990
Ramsey, Guy Reed. Postmarked Iowa: A List of
Discontinued and Renamed Post Offices. Crete, Nebraska:
J-B Publishing Co., 1976.
HE6363 .I8 R3 1976
Risvold, Floyd E. Minnesota Territory in Postmarks,
Letters, and History. Chicago: Collectors' Club of
Chicago, 1985.
HE6184 .C3 R57 1985
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