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Gazetteers are geographical dictionaries. One regional gazetteer that includes North Dakota is:

• Northwestern Gazetteer: Minnesota, North and South Dakota and Montana Gazetteer and Business Directory. St. Paul, Minnesota: Polk, 1914. Films 1321220-1321221.

Additional resources include:

• Wick, Douglas A. North Dakota Place Names. Bismarck, ND: Hedemarken Collectibles, 1988. FHL Book 978.4 E2w.

• Barnes Williams, Mary Ann. Origins of North Dakota Place Names. Washburn, ND: 1966. FHL Book 978.4 E5w.