We have a very large number of Alaskan place names, so we have created topics specifically for the state of Alaska: Alaskan Place Names -- Reference and Alaskan Place Names -- Discussion
Reading place names mentioned in the logbooks and locating the places can be challenging. So, we have created topics like this to help. In this topic we have links to US place name resources on the internet. We also have a Custom Google Earth map for the US, an Alphabetical list of US (non-Alaskan) place names found in the logbooks and Transcriber created maps.
You can make this topic better by contributing to the US (non-Alaskan) Place Names -- Discussion!
Note: Place names include lighthouses.
Links to US Place Name Resources
Modern Maps:
- Geographical Names List - USA
- Mapcarta - USA
- USGS TopoView - Very detailed post WWII maps (up to 1:24000) for the whole US.
- i-boating free marine charts
- Garmin Active Captain
- OW Tools Map finder
- Coast Survey's Historical Map & Chart Collection (NOAA)
- San Francisco and vicinity, 1915 from David Rumsey Collection
- San Francisco, 1892 from David Rumsey Collection
- Navigation Chart for Mare Island Strait, 1876 from NOAA's Historical Map & Chart Collection
- Washington Sound, 1881 from NOAA's Historical Map & Chart Collection
- Bellingham Bay. WA, 1898 from NOAA's Historical Map & Chart Collection
- Navigation Chart of the Gulf of Georgia and Strait of Juan de Fuca, 1895 from NOAA's Historical Map & Chart Collection
- Sea Coast and Interior Waters of Washington from Gray's Harbor to Semiahmoo Bay, 1900 from NOAA's Historical Map & Chart Collection
- Hotels at Point Comfort/Fort Monroe contains historical information and some historical maps of the area
- Old Maps Online
- Chart of Sandwich Islands, 1798
- The US GenWeb Archives Digital Map Library - Hawaii State Maps
- Wikimedia - 1855 Colton Map of Hawaii and New Zealand
- University of Hawai'i at Manoa Library; Hawaii Historical Maps, 1897-1902
- Port of Seattle, 1913 from Wikipedia
- Panorama of the Seat of War Bird's-eye View of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and part of Florida, 1861. From OldMaps Online
- Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Feature Search
- Historical Coast Pilots (Use "Select a Coast Pilot" drop-down menu - recovered from the internet wayback machine as page is no more existing)
- NOAA Historical Publications Search Page (Use "Coast Pilot" as Publication Type)
- NOAA: Tidal Station Locations and Ranges
- Beacons, Buoys, and Day Marks search results from Hathi Trust Digital Library
- Light list Volume III, Pacific Coast and Pacific islands. 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, and 17th CG districts, 1981 from Hathi Trust Digital Library
- Pacific coast. Coast pilot of California, Oregon, and Washington, USCGS 1889 (Vol 1) from Hathi Trust Digital Library
- Pacific coast. Coast pilot of California, Oregon, and Washington, USCGS 1889 (Vol 2) from Hathi Trust Digital Library
- A Naval Encyclopædia, 1881, L. R. Hamersly & Co., Philadelphia
- Lighthouse Friends
- MarineTraffic.com - Lighthouses & Aids to Navigation
- The United States Coast Guard Lightship Sailors Association International, Inc.
- U.S. Coast Guard Lightships & Those of the U.S. Lighthouse Service (retrieved from Internet Wayback Machine)
- Lighthouses of the U.S.: Hawai'i
- US-Lighthouses.com
- New England Lighthouses
- National Geodetic Survey (NGS) Survey Marks and Datasheets - Thanks to T-M!
For more general place name resources, see the Welcome topic.
To ask for help or to contribute place name information and links to place name resources (strongly encouraged!), see US (non-Alaskan) Place Names -- Discussion
To view place names in nearby regions, see Canadian Place Names -- Reference, Latin American and Caribbean Place Names -- Reference and China Station, Japan, Pacific and Indian Ocean -- Reference
of this area is also available
with all the placenames of this area is also available