Research Guide: Gazetteers (finding places - USA) Geographic Nameserver - MIT (out of date, but very basic) http://stuff.mit.edu/cgi/geo Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) [more comprehensive] http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic Rootsweb's Town Search http://resources.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/townco.cgi -- For more genealogy research guides see... Genealogy Research Guides - Online Tips & Records http://www.researchguides.net/