{{Short description|Listing of locations in a city}}
[[File:Peoria, Illinois, city directory (1910) (14577395708).jpg|alt=A list of persons by house number, on a street|thumb|1910 directory page for North Adams Street, Peoria, Illinois]]
A '''city directory''' is a listing of residents, streets, businesses, organizations or institutions, giving their location in a city. It may be arranged alphabetically or geographically or in other ways.
==Information== Antedating telephone directories were in use for centuries.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oberlinheritagecenter.org/researchlearn/directories |title=City Directories |website=www.oberlinheritagecenter.org |language=en |access-date=2017-05-22}}</ref> Many older directories have been digitized and are available on the open web and through subscription databases.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://guides.nyu.edu/c.php?g=276753&p=1845804 |title=Research Guides: New York City: City Directories |last=Moazeni |first=Sarah |website=guides.nyu.edu |language=en |access-date=2017-05-22}}</ref>
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.{{citation needed|date=December 2025}}
==See also== * Pacific Bell Directory * Mobile social address book
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Further reading== * {{citation |title=Direct Me NYC 1786: A History of City Directories in the United States and New York City |author= Philip Sutton |year=2012 |publisher=New York Public Library |url= http://www.nypl.org/blog/2012/06/08/direct-me-1786-history-city-directories-US-NYC |work=NYPL Blogs }} *{{cite journal |title=How Reliable is the Modern City Directory? | volume= 30| issue =2| pages =154–158|date=June 1986 |journal=Canadian Geographer |author=Richard Harris, Ben Moffat |doi=10.1111/j.1541-0064.1986.tb01040.x}} *{{cite web |url=http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=4062 |title= City vs. Telephone Directories |work=Ancestry.com |author=George G. Morgan}} *{{cite book |author=A. V. Williams |title=The Development and Growth of City Directories |location=Cincinnati |year=1913 |publisher=Williams directory co. |url=http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008698693}} *{{cite book |author=Florence May Hopkins |title=Reference Guides that Should be Known and how to Use Them: Atlases; City Directories; Gazetteers |publisher=The Willard Company |year=1919 |url=https://archive.org/details/referenceguides05hopkgoog}}
==External links== *[https://dfwprofessionals.com/ DFW Professional Directory] *[https://xn--hy1bp4v55dbpc.io/ Address Links Collection]
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Category:Directories