| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 349 pages) |
| Series |
A Bur Oak guide |
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Bur Oak guide.
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| Contents |
Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; A Dictionary of Iowa Place-names; Counties; Towns; Former Counties, Towns & Post Offices; Sources |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 310-349) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Names, Geographical -- Iowa
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TRAVEL -- General.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
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Names, Geographical
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| SUBJECT |
Iowa -- History, Local
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| Subject |
Iowa
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| Genre/Form |
Local history
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781587297595 |
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1587297590 |
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