Appendix 5. Place of Publication and Province Abbreviations

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Appendix 5. Place of Publication and Province Abbreviations

Please refer to the following list (taken from Words into Type) to determine which cities do not need designation of states in reference lists.

Akron	Des Moines	New Orleans	San Antonio
Atlanta	Detroit	New York	San Diego
Atlantic City	Duluth	Oakland	San Francisco
Baltimore	Fort Wayne	Oklahoma City	Savannah
Boston	Grand Rapids	Omaha	Scranton
Brooklyn	Hartford	Philadelphia	Seattle
Buffalo	Honolulu	Phoenix	Spokane
Chattanooga	Indianapolis	Pittsburgh	Tacoma
Chicago	Jersey City	Providence	Tampa
Cincinnati	Los Angeles	Richmond	Toledo
Cleveland	Memphis	St. Augustine	Toronto
Colorado Springs	Milwaukee	St. Louis	Trenton
Dallas	Minneapolis	St. Paul	Tulsa
Dayton	Nashville	Salt Lake City	Wheeling
Denver

For Canadian provinces, use the following two-letter postal abbreviations (the word Canada is not needed).

Alberta	AB	Nova Scotia	NS
British Columbia	BC	Ontario	ON
Labrador	LB	Prince Edward Island	PE
Manitoba	MB	Quebec	PQ
Newfoundland	NF	Saskatchewan	SK
Northwest Territories	NT	Yukon	YT

For cities in other countries, you’ll have to continue to use your best judgment to decide whether they are well known enough to stand without the name of the country.

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