| LC control no. | n 79113042 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | United States Board on Geographic Names |
| Variant(s) | BGN U.S. Board on Geographic Names United States. Board on Geographic Names United States. Department of the Interior. Board on Geographic Names United States. Department of the Interior. Division of Geographic Names US BGN USBGN |
| See also | United States Board on Geographical Names United States Geographic Board Mergee: United States. Department of the Interior. Advisory Committee on Geographic Names |
| Biography/History note | established 1947 |
| Found in | Its Directions for the Treatment ... 1947. Gazetteer of Qatar, 1986: p. iii (United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN) created in 1890; established in present form in 1947; board membership is interagency, but shares responsibility with Secretary of the Interior) Interior Dept. public catalog (Established as United States Board on Geographic Names in 1890 as independent agency; in 1906 became United States Geographic Board; in 4/34 Board abolished and functions transferred to Interior Dept.; in 12/35 Division of Geographic Names [no publs. in LC data base] and Advisory Committee on Geographic Names [no publs. in LC data base] both in Interior) combined to become United States Board on Geographical Names; in 1947 reconstituted to present form by act of Congress as Board on Geographic Names) LC database, 2/5/88 (usage: United States Board on Geographic Names; U.S. Board on Geographic Names) Foreign gazetteers of the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, c1987- : microfiche header (USBGN) Foreign names information bulletin (Online), no. 11, 30 Nov. 1996: PDF file, p. 1 (U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN); US BGN Foreign Names Committee Staff at the National Imagery and Mapping Agency) |
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