Geographic Nameserver

The information on this server is not current. For current information see:

http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form

If you are looking for listings by city or zip code information, you could also try:

http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer/

Enter the name of the place you want to look up

For example, enter "cambridge, ma" to look up Cambridge, Massachusetts. If you enter just "cambridge", you will get information on all towns called Cambridge.

This server contains mostly information on locations within the US. It uses the information from the geographic nameserver database formerly on martini.eecs.umich.edu.

This data was last considered current circa 1987.

Placename:

Search for new york, ny

$abbrev{"NY"} = "New York";
Placename State County Lat/Long Elevation Population Remark Postal code Nation
Upper New York Bay New York New York County 40:40:00 N 074:03:00 W US
New York New York 43:00:00 N 075:30:00 W NY US
New York County New York New York County 40:47:00 N 073:58:00 W US
East New York New York Kings County 40:40:00 N 073:52:58 W US
New York New York New York County 40:42:51 N 074:00:23 W 54 7071639 county seat 09001-2, 09007-9, 09011-2, 09017, 09019, 09021, 09023, 09025-6, 09028-31, 09033-6, 09038-40, 09045-61, 09063, 09066-70, 09072, 09074-86, 09088, 09090-3, 09095, 09098, 09102-5, 09107-12, 09114, 09117-8, 09120-1, 09123, 09125, 09127-33, 09137-46, 09150-5, 09159-66, 09168-73, 09175-80, 09182, 09184-6, 09188-9, 09193-4, 09210-1, 09213, 09215-6, 09220-1, 09223-4, 09227-8, 09232, 09238, 09240-1, 09243, 09245, 09252-4, 09277, 09279, 09281-6, 09289, 09291-4, 09298, 09305, 09310, 09312, 09321-2, 09325-6, 09330, 09333, 09338, 09351-5, 09358-60, 09372-3, 09376, 09378, 09380, 09401, 09403, 09405-7, 09411, 09451-5, 09457-8, 09460, 09483, 09501-2, 09505, 09510-34, 09536-51, 09557, 09559-79, 09581-3, 09586-95, 09597-8, 09607, 09611, 09615-6, 09633, 09657, 09659, 09662, 09664, 09666-72, 09675, 09677-9, 09690-7, 09701-2, 09710-2, 09742-3, 09751, 09755, 09757, 09777, 09794, 09801, 09807, 09827, 09860, 09862, 09870, 09872, 09892, 10001-41, 10043-8, 10055, 10060, 10079-81, 10087, 10090, 10094-6, 10098-9, 10101-24, 10126, 10128-32, 10138, 10149-78, 10184-5, 10196-7, 10199, 10203, 10211-3, 10242, 10249, 10256-61, 10268-81, 10285-6, 10292 US
New York Mills New York Oneida County 43:06:19 N 075:17:30 W 3549 13417 US