Alaska: Bibliography and Sources

Alaska Atlas of Historical County Boundaries

John H. Long, Editor; Peggy Tuck Sinko, Associate Editor; Douglas Knox, Book Digitizing Director; Emily Kelley, Digital Compiler; Laura Rico-Beck, GIS Specialist; Peter Siczewicz, ArcIMS Interactive Map Designer; Robert Will, Cartographic Assistant

Copyright The Newberry Library 2009


"City/Borough of Juneau," http://www.juneau.org/history-old/histoutl.php.

Counties USA: A Directory of the United States Counties. 2nd ed. Detroit: Omnigraphics, 2003.

Forstall, Richard L., comp. and ed. Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790–1990. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1996.

Haines, Michael. Historical Demographic, Economic and Social Data: The United States, 1790-1970. Ann Arbor: Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, 2001.

National Association of Counties. “About Counties­–Find A County–Alaska.” http://www.naco.org. Cited as NACO, Alaska.

National Historical Geographic Information System. Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota. http://www.nhgis.org.  This project provides aggregate census data and GIS-compatible boundary files for the United States from 1790 to 2000. Cited as NHGIS.

Parry, Clive, ed. Consolidated Treaty Series. 231 vols. Dobbs Ferry, N. Y.: Oceana Publications, 1969–1981.

Paullin, Charles O. Atlas of the Historical Geography of the United States. Edited by John K. Wright. Washington, D.C., and New York: Carnegie Institution of Washington and American Geographical Society of New York, 1932. Excellent section on international and interstate boundary disputes.

Rabenhorst, Thomas D., and Carville V. Earle, eds. Historical U.S. County Outline Map Collection, 1840–1980. Baltimore: Department of Geography, University of Maryland (Baltimore County), 1984. A portfolio of redrawn federal maps; no supporting text or documentation.

Swindler, William F., ed. Sources and Documents of United States Constitutions. 10 vols. Dobbs Ferry, N. Y.: Oceana Publications, 1973–1979. The most complete and up-to-date compilation for the states.

Thorndale, William, and William Dollarhide. Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses, 1790–1920. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987. An atlas of well-designed county outline maps for each state, accompanied by a bibliography and an explanation of methodology.

U.S. Census Bureau. “Significant Changes to Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970–Present.” http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/ctychng.html.

United States. Bureau of the Census. Eighteenth Decennial Census of the United States, Census of Population: 1960. Volume I. Characteristics of the Population. Part 1, United States Summary. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1964. Cited as 1960 Census of Population.

United States. Bureau of the Census. Fourteenth Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1920. Volume I, Population 1920, Number and Distribution of Inhabitants. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1921. Cited as 1920 U.S. Census.

United States. Bureau of the Census. 1970 Census of Population. Volume I, Characteristics of the Population. Part 1, United States Summary. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1973. Cited as 1970 Census of Population.

United States. Bureau of the Census. Report of the Seventeenth Decennial Census of the United States, Census of Population: 1950. Volume II. Characteristics of the Population. Part 1, United States Summary.  Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1953. Included returns from the 1940 Census. Cited as 1950 Census of Population.

United States. Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. Population by Counties and Minor Civil Divisions 1910, 1900, 1890. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1912. Cited as 1910 U.S. Census.

United States. Census Bureau. “1990s Boundary Changes. Geographic Change Notes: Alaska.” http://www.census.gov/popest/archives/1990s/boundary_changes/02.html.

United States. Census Bureau. “Census 2000 Data for the State of Alaska. Alaska–Borough or Census Area.” http://factfinder.census.gov. Cited as Census 2000 Data Alaska.

United States. Census Office. Compendium of the Eleventh Census: 1890. Part 1. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1892. Cited as Compendium of 1890 Census.

United States. Census Office. Population of the United States by States and Territories, Counties, and Minor Civil Divisions, As Returned at the Twelfth Census: 1900. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1901. Cited as 1900 U.S. Census.

United States. Statutes at Large of the United States of America, 1789–1873. 17 vols. Boston: Little, Brown, 1845–1874. Vols. 18–. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1875–. Cited as U.S. Stat.

Van Zandt, Franklin K. Boundaries of the United States and the Several States. Geological Survey Professional Paper 909. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1976. The standard compilation for its subject.