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50 States, 5,000 Ideas by Call Number: 917.304 YOG 2017ISBN: 9781426216909Publication Date: 2017-02-07
How the states got their shapes [DVD]Call Number: HISTORY HOW DVD
The Not-Quite States of America by Call Number: 909 MACISBN: 9780393247602Publication Date: 2017-02-14
Food
A Taste of History Cookbook by Call Number: 641.597 STAISBN: 9781538746684Publication Date: 2019-05-07
Food and Recipes in the Thirteen Colonies by Call Number: j641.597309032 ERDISBN: 0823951146Publication Date: 1997-01-01
Best of the Best from America Cookbook by Call Number: 641.587 BESISBN: 1893062716Publication Date: 2005-01-01
500 Things to Eat Before It's Too Late by Call Number: 647.957 STEISBN: 9780547059075Publication Date: 2009-06-04
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Quick Facts & Statistics
- U.S. Census Quick FactsGot to: https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/PST045221
- U.S. Climate PageProvides weather and climate statistics from 1961-1990 for major cities in each state. Go to: https://psl.noaa.gov/data/usclimate/
Websites
- United States Board on Geographic Namesis a Federal body created in 1890 and established in its present form by Public Law in 1947 to maintain uniform geographic name usage throughout the Federal Government.
- Travel AdvisoriesU.S. Department of State. Travel Advisoriess are issued when long-term, protracted conditions that make a country dangerous or unstable lead the State Department to recommend that Americans avoid or consider the risk of travel to that country. A Travel Advisory is also issued when the U.S. Government's ability to assist American citizens is constrained due to the closure of an embassy or consulate or because of a drawdown of its staff.
State Flags, Songs, & Symbols
Books on each state can be found by searching our catalog by keyword for the state name or state name plus “history”. You can use the same search phrase in a search engine like Google.
- Mississippi
- Alaska history
Children's books on individual states can be found under the call numbers j974 through j979 in the Youth Services.
State songs of the United States ; an annotated anthology by Call Number: R781.599 STAISBN: 078900397XPublication Date: 1998-02-06
Flags of the Fifty States and Their Incredible Histories by Call Number: j929.92 HOWISBN: 1585746037Publication Date: 2002-11-01
- State SymbolsGo To: https://statesymbolsusa.org/
Maps
National Geographic Kids United States Atlas by Call Number: j912.73 NATISBN: 9781426310522Publication Date: 2012-07-10
- National Geographic Maps Print CollectionGo to: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/maps/
The Family Tree Historical Maps Book by Call Number: 912.73 DOLISBN: 9781440336782Publication Date: 2014-07-14
How the States Got Their Shapes by Call Number: 917.3 STEISBN: 9780061431388Publication Date: 2008-05-27
Citation
Author: Gaston County Public Library
Title: Countries of the World
URL: https://gastonlibrary.libguides.com/geography-history/US_geography
Revised: 19 August 2022