Author

Publication

2005 - University of Iowa Press, Iowa City, IA

Language

English

Word Count

87,250 words, Guess

Page Count

349 pages

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  • LibraryThing3932389

Classifications

  • LCCF

Description

"A Dictionary of Iowa Place-Names includes information on the place-names of all 1,188 incorporated and unincorporated communities in Iowa that meet at least two of the following qualifications: twenty-five or more residents; a retail business; an annual celebration or festival; a school, church, or cemetery; a building on the National Register of Historic Places; a zip-coded post office; or an association with a public recreation site. Tom Savage also provides information about the state's name and its 99 counties as well as a list of its many vanished counties and towns."--book jacket.

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  • A dictionary of Iowa place-namesUniversity of Iowa Press2005-01-01

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