Online encyclopedias and related reference works concerning U.S. states, listed below, include resources sponsored by historical societies, humanities councils, libraries, universities, and other organizations. Most are freely accessible online, while some are available as cached versions or require a paid subscription.
List State Name Access Sponsored by Alabama Encyclopedia of Alabama Freely accessible Alabama Humanities Foundation Arkansas Encyclopedia of Arkansas Freely accessible Central Arkansas Library System Colorado Colorado Encyclopedia Freely accessible History Colorado Connecticut Encyclopedia of Connecticut Biography (10 vols., 1917–23) Freely accessible Florida Floripedia: A Florida Encyclopedia (a collection of links to original sources, not an encyclopedia) Freely accessible Florida Center for Instructional Technology, University of South Florida Georgia New Georgia Encyclopedia Freely accessible Georgia Humanities and the University of Georgia Press Illinois Encyclopedia of Chicago Freely accessible Chicago History Museum Indiana Encyclopedia of Indianapolis Freely accessible Indianapolis Public Library Kansas Kansapedia (not to be confused with KansasPedia.com) Freely accessible Kansas Historical Society (a state agency) Kentucky The Kentucky Encyclopedia, cached Freely accessible University Press of Kentucky Kentucky Encyclopedia of Louisville Freely accessible University Press of Kentucky Louisiana 64 Parishes (formerly Know Louisiana) Freely accessible Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities Maine Maine: An Encyclopedia (cached) Freely accessible Publius Research Massachusetts Encyclopedia of Massachusetts, biographical—genealogical (1916) Freely accessible Minnesota MNopedia Freely accessible Minnesota Historical Society Mississippi Mississippi Encyclopedia Freely accessible Mississippi Humanities CouncilMissouri Missouri Encyclopedia Freely accessible State Historical Society of Missouri Nevada Online Nevada Encyclopedia Freely accessible Nevada Humanities New York Encyclopedia of New York State Requires paid subscription Available through Gale. North Carolina NCPedia Freely accessible State Library of North Carolina Ohio Ohio History Central (archived location) Freely accessible Ohio History Connection Oklahoma The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture Freely accessible Oklahoma Historical Society Oregon The Oregon Encyclopedia Freely accessible Portland State University and the Oregon Historical Society Pennsylvania Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia Freely accessible Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities South Carolina South Carolina Encyclopedia Freely accessible "A joint project of South Carolina Humanities, the University of South Carolina Press, the USC Libraries, the USC Center for Digital Humanities, the USC College of Arts & Sciences, the USC Institute for Southern Studies, the South Carolina State Library, and many other organizations." Tennessee Tennessee Encyclopedia Freely accessible Tennessee Historical Society – University of Tennessee Press Texas Handbook of Texas Freely accessible Texas State Historical Association Virginia Encyclopedia Virginia Freely accessible Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Library of Virginia (formerly the Virginia State Library) Virginia Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography (1915) Freely accessible Arranged by time period and office held, not alphabetically. Washington HistoryLink Freely accessible HistoryLink, 4Culture, King County, Washington, Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, The Norcliffe Foundation West Virginia e-WV, the West Virginia Encyclopedia Freely accessible West Virginia Humanities Council Wyoming Encyclopedia of Wyoming Freely accessible Wyoming State Historical Society
See also List of online encyclopedias
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