Websites
- Census Bureau Map Products
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- Geographic Names Information System - GNIS
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Contains the Federally recognized names of physical and cultural geographic features in the U.S. Defines feature locations by state, county, USGS topographic map, and geographic coordinates. - GEOnet Names Server (GNS)
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From the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), the GNS is the official repository of standard spellings of all foreign geographic names, sanctioned by the United States Board on Geographic Names (US BGN)
- Sanborn Maps (Library of Congress) This link opens in a new windowThis collection consists of large-scale fire insurance maps published by the Sanborn Map Company and digitized by the Library of Congress. The maps depict the commercial, industrial, and residential sections of some twelve thousand cities and towns in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. An extensive collection of Sanborn maps for Wisconsin communities is also available from the Wisconsin Historical Society; click here to view that collection. Coverage: 1867-1970.
