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Common Abbreviations

Chapman Country and County Codes

Look up the country and county in the left column to find the code in the right column.  To lookup a location by its code, see Locations From Abbreviations.  To lookup common codes used in publications, see Abbreviations Used in Publications.


COUNTRY STATE or COUNTY or REGION CHAPMAN CODE 
Alsace [Elsass]  ELS 
Anhalt Anhalt-Bernburg (1863) ANB 
Anhalt Anhalt-Dessau (1863) AND 
Anhalt Anhalt-Köthen (1847) ANK 
Anhalt  ANH 
Australia  AUS 
Australia Capital Territory ACT 
Australia New South Wales NSW 
Australia Northern Territory NT 
Australia Queensland QLD 
Australia South Australia SA 
Australia Tasmania TAS 
Australia Victoria VIC 
Australia Western Australia WA 
Austria  OES 
Austria Böhmen [Bohenia] BOH 
Austria Burgenland BUR 
Austria Kärnten [Carynthia] KAR 
Austria Krain [Carniola] KRA 
Austria Mähren [Moravia] MAE 
Austria Niederösterreich [Lower Austria] NOE 
Austria Oberösterreich [Upper Austria] OOE 
Austria Salzburg SLZ 
Austria Schlesien [Silesia] SCI 
Austria Steirmark [Styria] SLZ 
Austria Tirol [Tyrolia] TIR 
Austria Vorarlberg VOR 
Austria Wien [Vienna] WIE 
Baden  BAD 
Baden Breisgau BRS 
Bavaria Franken [Franconia] FRN 
Bavaria Oberpfalz [Upper Palatinate] OBP 
Bavaria Pfalz [Palatinate] PFA 
Bavaria [Bayern]  BAY 
Belgium  BEL 
Belgium Antwerpen ATW 
Belgium Brabant BBT 
Belgium Hainaut HNT 
Belgium Liège LGE 
Belgium Limburg LBG 
Belgium Luxembourg LXM 
Belgium Namur NMR 
Belgium Oost-Vlaanderen OVL 
Belgium West-Vlaanderen WVL 
Brunswick [Braunschweig]  BRU 
Bulgaria  BGR 
Canada  CAN 
Canada Alberta AB 
Canada British Columbia BC 
Canada Manitoba MB 
Canada New Brunswick NB 
Canada Newfoundland NL 
Canada Nova Scotia NS 
Canada Nunavut NU 
Canada NW Territories NT 
Canada Ontario ON 
Canada Prince Edward Island PE 
Canada Quebec QC 
Canada Saskatchewan SK 
Canada Yukon YT 
Channel Islands  CHI or CHA 
Channel Islands Alderney ALD 
Channel Islands Guernsey GSY 
Channel Islands Jersey JEY 
Channel Islands Sark SRK 
Czechoslavakia  CS 
Denmark  DEN 
East Prussia Ermland  
East Prussia Masuren [Masuria]  
East Prussia Memel  
East Prussia [Ostpreussen]  OPRU 
England  ENG 
England Bedfordshire BDF 
England Berkshire BRK 
England Buckinghamshire BKM 
England Cambridgeshire CAM 
England Cheshire CHS 
England Cornwall CON 
England Cumberland CUL 
England Derbyshire DBY 
England Devon DEV 
England Dorset DOR 
England Durham DUR 
England Essex ESS 
England Gloucestershire GLS 
England Hampshire HAM 
England Hants see Hampshire HAM 
England Herefordshire HER 
England Hertfordshire HRT 
England Huntingdonshire HUN 
England Isle of Wight IOW 
England Kent KEN 
England Lancashire LAN 
England Leicestershire LEI or LEC 
England Lincolnshire LIN 
England London LND 
England Middlesex MDX 
England Norfolk NFK 
England Northamptonshire NTH 
England Northumberland NBL 
England Nottinghamshire NTT 
England Oxfordshire OXF 
England Rutland RUT 
England Salop see Shropshire SAL 
England Shropshire SAL 
England Somerset SOM 
England Staffordshire STS 
England Suffolk SFK 
England Surrey SRY 
England Sussex SSX 
England Warwickshire WAR 
England Westmoreland WES 
England Wiltshire WIL 
England Worcestershire WOR 
England Yorkshire [Ainsty & City of York] YKS 
England Yorkshire [East Riding] ERY 
England Yorkshire [North Riding] NRY 
England Yorkshire [West Riding] WRY 
Finland  FIN 
France  FRA 
France Ain RHA 
France Aisne PIC 
France Allier AUV 
France Alpes-de-Haute-Provence PCA 
France Alpes-Maritimes PCA 
France Alsace ALS 
France Aquitaine AQU 
France Ardèche RHA 
France Ardennes CHA 
France Arège MP 
France Aube CHA 
France Aude LGD 
France Auvergne AUV 
France Aveyron MP 
France Bas-Rhin ALS 
France Bouches-du-Rhôn PCA 
France Bourgogne BRG 
France Bretagne BRT 
France Calvados BN 
France Cantal AUV 
France Centre CEN 
France Champagne CHA 
France Charente PCH 
France Charente-Maritime PCH 
France Cher CEN 
France Cor-du-Sud CR 
France Corrèze LMS 
France Corse CRS 
France Côte-d'or BRG 
France Côtes-du-Nord BRT 
France Creuse LMS 
France Deux-Sèvres PCH 
France Dorogne AQU 
France Doubs FC 
France Drôme RHA 
France Essone RPA 
France Eure HN 
France Eure-et-Loir CEN 
France Finistère BRT 
France Franche-Conte FC 
France Gard LGD 
France Gers MP 
France Gironde AQU 
France Haut-Rhin ALS 
France Haute-Corse CR 
France Haute-Garonne MP 
France Haute-Loire AUW 
France Haute-Marne CHA 
France Haute-Saöne FC 
France Haute-Savoie RHA 
France Haute-Vienne LMS 
France Hautes-Alpes PCA 
France Hautes-Pyrénées MP 
France Hauts-de-Seine RPA 
France Hérault LGD 
France Ille-et-Vilaine BRT 
France Indre-et-Loire CEN 
France Isère RPA 
France Jura FC 
France Landes AQU 
France Languedoc LGD 
France Limousia LMS 
France Loire RHA 
France Loire-Atlantique PL 
France Loiret CEN 
France Loit-et-Cher CEN 
France Lorraine LOR 
France Lot MP 
France Lot-et-Garonne AQU 
France Lozère LGD 
France Maine-et-Loire PL 
France Manche BN 
France Marne CHA 
France Mayenne PL 
France Meurthe-et-Moselle LOR 
France Meuse LOR 
France Midi-Pyrénées MP 
France Morbihan BRT 
France Moselle LOR 
France Niévre BRG 
France Nord NOR 
France Nord NOR 
France Normandie [Basse] BN 
France Normandie [Haute] HN 
France Oise PIC 
France Orne BN 
France Paris RPA 
France Pas-de-Calais NOR 
France Pay-de-Dôme AUV 
France Pays de la Loire PL 
France Picardie PIC 
France Poitou-Charentes PCH 
France Provence-Cote d'Azur PCA 
France Pyrénées-Atlantiques AQU 
France Pyrénées-Orientales AQU 
France Region Parisienne RPA 
France Rhône RHA 
France Rhône-Alpes RHA 
France Saône-et-Loire BRG 
France Sarthe PL 
France Savoie RHA 
France Seine-et-Marne RPA 
France Seine-Maritime HN 
France Seine-St-Denis RPA 
France Somme PIC 
France Tarn MP 
France Tarn-et-Garonne MP 
France Territoire de Belfort FC 
France Val-d'Oise RPA 
France Val-de-Marne RPA 
France Var PCA 
France Vaucluse PCA 
France Vendée PL 
France Vienne PCH 
France Vosges LOR 
France Yonne BRG 
France Yvelines RPA 
German Old Empire  GER 
German Old Empire Anhalt ANH 
German Old Empire Baden BAD 
German Old Empire Bayern [Bavaria] BAV 
German Old Empire Berlin BLN 
German Old Empire Brandenburg BRA 
German Old Empire Braunschweig [Brunswick] BSW 
German Old Empire Bremen BRM 
German Old Empire Elsass-Lothr [Alsace-Lorraine] ELO 
German Old Empire Ghzm Hessen [Grand Dukedom Hesse] GHE 
German Old Empire Hamburg HBG 
German Old Empire Hanover HAN 
German Old Empire Hessen-Nassau HEN 
German Old Empire Hohenzollern HOH 
German Old Empire Kgr Sachsen [Kingdom Saxony] KSA 
German Old Empire Lippe LIP 
German Old Empire Lübeck LUE 
German Old Empire M-Schwerin MSW 
German Old Empire M-Streliz MST 
German Old Empire Mecklenburg MEK 
German Old Empire Oldenburg OLD 
German Old Empire Ostpreussen [East Prussia] OPR 
German Old Empire Pommern [Pommerania] POM 
German Old Empire Posen POS 
German Old Empire Preussen allg [Prussia] PRE 
German Old Empire Province Sachsen [Province Saxony] PSA 
German Old Empire Pyrmont PYR 
German Old Empire Reuss REU 
German Old Empire Rheinprovinz RPR 
German Old Empire Sachsen-Altenburg SAB 
German Old Empire Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha SCG 
German Old Empire Sachsen-Meinigen SME 
German Old Empire Sachsen-Rudolstadt SRU 
German Old Empire Sachsen-Sondershausen SSD 
German Old Empire Sachsen-Weimar SWE 
German Old Empire Schaumburg-Lippe SLP 
German Old Empire Schlesien [Silesia] SIL 
German Old Empire Schleswig-Holstein SHO 
German Old Empire Thuringen THU 
German Old Empire Waldeck WAL 
German Old Empire Westfalen WEF 
German Old Empire Westpreussen [West Prussia] WPR 
German Old Empire Württemburg WUE 
Germany - East  DDR 
Germany - East Berlin BLO 
Germany - East Cottbus COT 
Germany - East Desden DRE 
Germany - East Erfurt ERF 
Germany - East Frankfurt/Oder FFO 
Germany - East Gera GRA 
Germany - East Halle HAL 
Germany - East Karl-Marx-Stadt KMS 
Germany - East Leipzig LPZ 
Germany - East Magdeburg MAG 
Germany - East Neubrandenburg NBR 
Germany - East Potsdam POT 
Germany - East Rostock RST 
Germany - East Schwerin SWR 
Germany - East Suhl SUH 
Germany post Wall  DEU 
Germany - West  BRD 
Germany - West Baden-Württemburg BAW 
Germany - West Bayern BAY 
Germany - West Bremen BRM 
Germany - West Hamburg HBG 
Germany - West Hessen [Hesse] HES 
Germany - West Niedersachsen NSA 
Germany - West Nordrhein-Westfalen Nth Rhine-Westfalia] NRW 
Germany - West Rheinland-Pfalz [Rhineland-Palatinale] RPF 
Germany - West Saarland SAA 
Germany - West Schleswig-Holstein SHO 
Germany - West West Berlin BLW 
Greece  GR 
Hanover [Hannover]  HAN 
Hesse Hessen-Darmsatdt [Hesse-Darmstadt] HD 
Hesse Hessen-Homburg (1817) HOM 
Hesse Hessen-Kassel/Kurhessen Hesse-Kassel/Electorate HK 
Hesse [Hessen]  HES 
Holstein  HOS 
Hungary  HU 
Ireland  IRL 
Ireland Antrim ANT 
Ireland Armagh ARM 
Ireland Carlow CAR 
Ireland Cavan CAV 
Ireland Clare CLA 
Ireland Cork COR 
Ireland Derry DRY 
Ireland Donegal DON 
Ireland Down DOW 
Ireland Dublin DUB 
Ireland Fermanagh FER 
Ireland Galway GAL 
Ireland Kerry KER 
Ireland Kildare KID 
Ireland Kilkenny KIK 
Ireland Leitrim LET 
Ireland Leix [Queens] LEX 
Ireland Limerick LIM 
Ireland Londonderry LDY 
Ireland Longford LOG 
Ireland Louth LOU 
Ireland Mayo MAY 
Ireland Meath MEA 
Ireland Monaghan MOG 
Ireland Offaly [Kings] OFF 
Ireland Roscommon ROS 
Ireland Sligo SLI 
Ireland Tipperary TIP 
Ireland Tyrone TYR 
Ireland Waterford WAT 
Ireland Westmeath WEM 
Ireland Wexford WEX 
Ireland Wicklow WIC 
Isle of Man Isle of Man IOM 
Italy  ITL 
Lauenburg  LAU 
Liechtenstein  FLI 
Lorraine [Lothringen]  LOT 
Luxembourg [Luxemburg]  LUX 
Mecklenburg  MEC 
Mecklenburg Mecklenburg-Schwerin MSC 
Mecklenburg Mecklenburg-Strelitz MST 
Nassau Nassau-Usingen (1816)  
Nassau Nassau-Weilburg (1816)  
Nassau (1849)  NAS 
Netherlands  NL 
New Zealand  NZ 
Norway  NOR 
Oldenburg  OLD 
Poland  POL 
Portugal  PRT 
Prussia Brandenburg BRG 
Prussia Hinterpommern[Further Pomerania]  
Prussia Neuenberg/Neuchatel (1857 then Swiss)  
Prussia Niederschlesien [Lower Silesia]  
Prussia Oberschlesien [Upper Silesia]  
Prussia Pommern [Pomerania] POM 
Prussia Posen POS 
Prussia Provinz Sachsen [Saxony] SAC 
Prussia Rheinland [Rhineland] RHE 
Prussia Schlesien [Silesia] SCI 
Prussia Schwedisch Pommern [Swedish Pomerania]  
Prussia Stadt Berlin [Berlin City] BER 
Prussia Vorpommern [Hither Pomerania]  
Prussia Westfalen [Westphalia] WFA 
Prussia [Preussen]  PRU 
Reuss  RES 
Reuss Reuss-Ebersdorf (1848) (Jüngere Linie) JL 
Reuss Reuss-Greiz (Altere Linie) AL 
Reuss Reuss-Lobenstein (1824) (Jüngere Linie) JL 
Reuss Reuss-Schleiz (Jüngere Linie) JL 
Romania  RO 
Russia  RUS 
Saxony [Kingdom of] [Sachsen Kgr] SAC 
Schleswig-Holstien  SCN 
Schleswig-Holstien Schleswig SCL 
Schwarzburg  SCH 
Schwarzburg Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt RUD 
Schwarzburg Schwarzburg-Sondershausen SON 
Scotland  SCT 
Scotland Aberdeen ABD 
Scotland Angus ANS 
Scotland Argyll ARL 
Scotland Ayr AYR 
Scotland Banff BAN 
Scotland Berwick BEW 
Scotland Bute BUT 
Scotland Caithness CAI 
Scotland Clackmannan CLK 
Scotland Dumbarton DNB 
Scotland Dumfries DFS 
Scotland East Lothian ELN 
Scotland Fife FIF 
Scotland Inverness INV 
Scotland Kincardine KCD 
Scotland Kinross KRS 
Scotland Kirkcudbright KKD 
Scotland Lanark LKS 
Scotland Midlothian MLN 
Scotland Moray MOR 
Scotland Nairn NAI 
Scotland Orkney Isles OKI 
Scotland Peebles PEE 
Scotland Perth PER 
Scotland Renfrew RFW 
Scotland Ross & Cromarty ROC 
Scotland Roxburgh ROX 
Scotland Selkirk SEL 
Scotland Shetland SHI 
Scotland Stirling STI 
Scotland Sutherland SUT 
Scotland West Lothian WLN 
Scotland Wigtown WIG 
South Africa  RSA 
Spain  ESP 
Sweden  SWE 
Switzerland  CH 
Switzerland Aargau AG 
Switzerland Appenzell A.Rh AAR 
Switzerland Appenzell I.Rh AIR 
Switzerland Basel-Landschaft BL 
Switzerland Basel-Stadt BS 
Switzerland Bern BE 
Switzerland Frieburg FR 
Switzerland Genf GE 
Switzerland Glarus GL 
Switzerland Graubunden GR 
Switzerland Luzern LU 
Switzerland Neuenburg NEU 
Switzerland Nidwalden NW 
Switzerland Obwalden OW 
Switzerland Sankt Gallen SG 
Switzerland Schaffhausen SH 
Switzerland Schwyz SZ 
Switzerland Solothun SO 
Switzerland Tessin TI 
Switzerland Thurgau TG 
Switzerland Uri UR 
Switzerland Waad [Vaud] VD 
Switzerland Wallis [Valais] VS 
Switzerland Zug ZG 
Switzerland Zürich ZH 
Thuringia Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld [Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld] SXC 
Thuringia Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg [Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg] SXG 
Thuringia Sachsen-Hildburghausen [Saxe-Hildburghausen] SXH 
Thuringia Sachsen-Meiningen [Saxe-Meiningen] SXM 
Thuringia Sachsen-Weimar [Saxe-Weimar] SXW 
Thuringia [Thüringen]  THE 
United Kingdom  UK 
United States  USA 
United States Alabama AL 
United States Alaska AK 
United States Arizona AZ 
United States Arkansas AR 
United States California CA 
United States Colorado CO 
United States Connecticut CT 
United States Delaware DE 
United States Dist of Columbia DC 
United States Florida FL 
United States Georgia GA 
United States Hawaii HI 
United States Idaho ID 
United States Illinois IL 
United States Indiana IN 
United States Iowa IA 
United States Kansas KS 
United States Kentucky KY 
United States Louisana LA 
United States Maine ME 
United States Maryland MD 
United States Massachusetts MA 
United States Michigan MI 
United States Minnesota MN 
United States Misouri MO 
United States Mississippi MS 
United States Montana MT 
United States Nebraska NE 
United States Nevada NV 
United States New Hampshire NH 
United States New Jersey NJ 
United States New Mexico NM 
United States New York NY 
United States North Carolina NC 
United States North Dakota ND 
United States Ohio OH 
United States Oklahoma OK 
United States Oregon OR 
United States Pennsylvania PA 
United States Rhode Island RI 
United States South Carolina SC 
United States South Dakota SD 
United States Tennessee TN 
United States Texas TX 
United States Utah UT 
United States Vermont VT 
United States Virginia VA 
United States Washington WA 
United States West Virginia WV 
United States Wisconsin WI 
United States Wyoming WY 
USSR  SU 
Wales  WLS 
Wales Anglesey AGY 
Wales Brecknockshire [Breconshire] BRE 
Wales Caernarvon CAE 
Wales Cardiganshire CGN 
Wales Carmarthen CMN 
Wales Denbighshire DEN 
Wales Flintshire FLN 
Wales Glamorgan GLA 
Wales Merioneth MER 
Wales Monmouthshire MON 
Wales Montgomeryshire MGY 
Wales Pembroke PEM 
Wales Radnorshire RAD 
West Prussia Kulmerland  
West Prussia Netzedistrikt  
West Prussia Pommerellen  
West Prussia [Westpreussen] WPRU 
Wurtemberg [Württemberg]  WUE 
Yugoslavia  YU 

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