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From Physical to Political Geography
Descriptions of Population Distribution in Census Publications: 1800, 1900, and 2000
August 9, 2012Lists of words included in each of the wordmaps, organized by categories.
1800
Physical features: coast, Mohawk River, Hudson River, Adirondacks, Susquehanna River, Cumberland River, Lake Ontario, bluffs, St. Lawrence River, mountains, Altamaha River, Atlantic, Ohio River, river, mouth
Named places: Indiana Territory, Georgia, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Virginia, South Carolina, Mississippi Territory, Cincinnati, United States, Vermont, Indiana, New York, Maryland, North Carolina, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Tennessee
Geographic areas: Union, boundaries, frontier line, territory, country, place, state
Other: organized, defined, great, rugged, poured, northeast, streamed, serviceof man, divided, Indian tribes, stretched, added, uninhabited, westward, latitude, reclaimed, powerful, change, joined, known, pioneer, north, Cherokee Indians, Creek Indians, southern, settlement, settled, northwest, extended, census, south, density, population, west, northern, western
1900
Physical features: valley, Adirondacks
Named places: Colorado, Porto Rico, North Dakota, Canadian line, Europe, Indian reservations, New Mexico, Nebraska, Arizona, Florida, Samoa, Guam, Utah, Idaho, Texas, California, Montana, Hawaii, Philippine Islands, Oregon, Nevada, Kansas, United States
Geographic areas: counties, western states, country, state, territory
Other: growth, people, lumbering, percent, northwest, extended, remarkable, southeastern, inhabitants, sparsely, world, Indians, grown, northern, railroads, census, extension, continental, mining, eastern, density, settled, settlement, unsettled, population
2000
Physical features: vistas, rivers, Mississippi River valley, Atlantic seaboard, climates, mountain, Great Lakes, landscape, Appalachia, Great Plains
Named places: San Antonio, Boston, Massachusetts, Hawaii, Georgia, District of Columbia, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Texas, California, Louisville, North Dakota, Cincinnati, Utah, Los Angeles, Denver, Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia
Geographic areas: minor civil divisions, settlements, territory, towns, rural, places, suburbs, country, cities, counties, states, metropolitan, urban
Other: congressional, rapid, surpassed, suburbanization, social, industrial, port, westward, western, railroad, interior, grew, gain, declines, adjacent, grown, density, census, growth, largest, redistribution, central, million, people, Midwest, South, distribution, population, patterns, twentieth century