1,200 AOE map entries + 23,000 AOE map visits
PLACE NAME DUDE
Adirondack toponym and information clearinghouse
PLACE NAME DUDE
Adirondack toponym and information clearinghouse
AOE
Adirondack Onomastic Experience (AOE) is the interactive backbone of Place Name Dude. With AOE you can search a database of 1,200+ toponyms from Windfall Pond to West Mountain, Shattuck Clearing to Sugar Hill, Mill Pond to Mount Marcy and everything in between. AOE is a perpetual project.
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Red checks = High Peaks toponyms
Blue checks = PND's ten proposed toponyms
Orange checks = PND's fifty favorite toponyms
Green checks = All other toponyms
Brown flags = Town place names
Black skull and crossbones = Deaths
Tan bears = Big bears bagged
Tan deer = Big deer bagged
The mission is to research, share, and celebrate the historical and cultural significance of Adirondack Mountain toponyms. The goal to historically decode 1,000 toponyms began during March 2024 and was completed that June. Those 1,000 core entries total 150,000 words, while the features themselves spread across all the range's 92 towns. Findings are presented within publications and the Adirondack Onomastic Experience (AOE) interactive map. Layers will keep being added to this website and AOE to ensure a perpetual project.