Do you know of Africa ???

When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer - that's the case with Africa.

This entry has been created as a placeholder - we hope to develop more information in the future.

This entry could be in error. It might be that our source had a mis-print, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. We hope to learn more about Africa in the future.

The first mention that we've found of Africa was in the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) - see the 'Miscellaneous References' section below.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Africa ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful by adding to our knowledge about Africa:

The FIPS database contains an entry for Africa.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 42/00468   (Place Name: Africa)

County: Franklin     (FIPS State/County: 42/055)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Africa) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).