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American place-names:

a concise and selective dictionary for the continental United States of America
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Oxford University Press, 1970 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 550 pages
In dictionary format, the origins of 12,000 American place-names are given with information on their location.

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Review: American Place-names: A Concise & Selective Dictionary for the Continental United States of America

User Review  - Jess Paolello - Goodreads

I love flipping through and looking for the names of towns I know. Ridgeway is in here as well as other PA towns. Pretty neat. Read full review

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Stewart taught for more than fifty years at the University of California, Berkeley.

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