awesome research site!!

[redeemed]

I found this site "digging" on the net yesterday. www.hometownlocator.com Check it out. It lists the counties and cities for every state. Gives location for all kinds of places, churches, schools, river crossings, etc. It even lists historic "no longer in service" schools and bridges etc. with GPS location for my area. One particular bridge/crossing that I have been trying to locate is listed and there isn't even a road there anymore (civil war era). I don't know how accurate the locations are but they should put you in the general area.

 

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[TJPOPELKA]

Thank-you for the tip!-Can't wait to check it out!!

 

[Night Stalker]

Nice link, it earned a place in my favs.


HH/NS

 

[born2md]

Hi, I must be super dumb because I can't figure out how to get this site to pull up historical information, I can get mapquest type info but don't see how to get historical info. I would appreciate any help you can give me in using this site.

 

[TheDetectorist]

Same here. Guess I dropped a few IQ points during breakfast.

TD

 

[Mona Lisa]

Thanks, Redeemed. The terraserver aerial maps are a lot closer than the Google Earth maps for my area.

I bookmarked this site.

 

[ScubaFinder]

I looked up info on ghost towns around here and got very little, but when I put my hometown in (100,000 population) I got some pretty good stuff. Maybe try the closest large city and get your info from there. I found two schools that I didn't know about, and got a different location for a river crossing I've been trying to locate. The previous location I had was wrong, so maybe this one is correct, or at least closer.

Thanks for the site!

Jason

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

R,

thanks for the link.

have a good un............

 

[redeemed]

I'm glad you guys found it helpful. Let me know if it leads to some cool finds.

Born2Md - In the site, go to the State/County section and click your state, then the county list two options. I choose features and a list of physical and cultural features comes up. In my county it lists 41 schools. Click on schools and it gives lat., long. and maps for each. ( Some of the schools were listed as historical) Hope this helps.

 

[Michigan Badger]

Good one redeemed! Thanks!

Now I just need to watch the satellite images to see where Mona, Gypsy, and Nana are hunting. Wear a cap with your member name on top..kay?

Badge

 

[River Rat]

Thanks for the tip, Re. I bookmarked it too!

RR

 

[carolinachief]

Excellent site. Thanks for sharing the link. Really like that Avatar as well.

 

[aa battery]

GREAT SITE THANKS

 

[shootist]

great site,found an old school Id forgotten I knew about because it was tore down 29 years ago. Ive found a lot of info on my area at roots-web not sure of exact address,plus there is a place called ghosttownsusa or something. Im on the desktop and those are on my laptop but if I think about it Ill add the urls later,thanks again...Shoot

 

[kestrel0222]

Great site, thanks for posting the link. Lots of great info there.