[Rockhounds] seeking info on official political locality data

[J Bryan Kramer]

This might be a good starting point:

<http://geonames.usgs.gov/index.html>

BK

On Feb 10, 2008 12:17 PM, Lanny R <lanny.r at roadrunner.com> wrote:

> Hi Don,
>
> It might be in the CIA World Fact Book. It's been a while since I
> looked at it, so made a quick search to get the url:
> https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
>
> I didn't look for what you wanted though, so am not guaranteeing it is
> there.
>
> Regards,
>
> Lanny
>
>
> On Feb 9, 2008, at 7:55 PM, DonH wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I know the subject looks a little weird, but there is only so much
> > room for a subject... what I am seeking is the official U.S. gov't
> > listing of worldwide locality names, in which each successive level
> > of political subdivision is categorized and has a name.  For
> > example, we would have
> >
> > COUNTRY: United States STATE: Nevada COUNTY: Smith CITY: Jonesville
> >
> > or
> >
> > COUNTRY: Switzerland CANTON: Bonne Terre CITY: Froufrou
> >
> > I thought it was maintained by the State Department, and I've seen
> > it before--posted by one of the list members--but I can't find it.
> >
> > Best,
> > Don
> >
> >
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