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Sto caricando le informazioni... A Dictionary of Iowa Place-Namesdi Tom Savage
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. It's a rare and happy occurrence to welcome an old-school reference book into the world these days. This one is well-done, although its popularity as recreational reading will surely be limited to Iowa obsessives. Most of the entries are rather brief; a few go on for several paragraphs. Appended is a list of ghost towns (and a few ghost counties). I enjoyed reading this, but I might have traded out the repetitive and uninteresting incorporation dates for a current population figure, and an outline map showing the counties would be welcomed by most; even Iowans will usually be a little fuzzy on county locations once they get more than fifty miles from home. ( ) nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Savage 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. If a town's name has changed over the years, he provides information about each name; if a name's provenance is unclear, he provides possible explanations. He also includes information a Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)917.77History and Geography Geography and Travel Geography of and travel in North America Midwestern U.S. IowaClassificazione LCVotoMedia:
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