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City directory

Listing of locations in a city

Acity directory is a listing of residents, streets, businesses, organizationsorinstitutions, giving their location in a city. It may be arranged alphabetically or geographically or in other ways.

Antedating telephone directories, they were in use for centuries.^[1] Many older directories have been digitized and are available on the open web and through subscription databases.^[2]

Examples include Kelly's Directory, R.L. Polk & Company, the Boston Directory, and the New York City Directory. Henderson's Directories were available for several cities in Canada.

• Philip Sutton (2012), "Direct Me NYC 1786: A History of City Directories in the United States and New York City", NYPL Blogs, New York Public Library
• Richard Harris, Ben Moffat (June 1986). "How Reliable is the Modern City Directory?". Canadian Geographer. 30 (2): 154–158. doi:10.1111/j.1541-0064.1986.tb01040.x.
• George G. Morgan. "City vs. Telephone Directories". Ancestry.com.
• A. V. Williams (1913). The Development and Growth of City Directories. Cincinnati: Williams directory co.
• Florence May Hopkins (1919). Reference Guides that Should be Known and how to Use Them: Atlases; City Directories; Gazetteers. The Willard Company.

• Housing Authority Directory