EPodunk
Encyclopedia
ePodunk is a website that profiles communities in the United States
, Canada
, Ireland
, and the UK
. It provides geocoded information that includes local museums, attractions, parks, colleges, libraries, cemeteries and other features, as well as local history and trivia. The site contains vintage postcards that its users can send online.
, Ithaca Times, and American Demographics magazine. Initial target audiences for the site were travelers and people in the process of relocating.
Upon inception, the site listed profiles for 28,000 residential communities and focused mostly on small communities. The site has grown to cover communities of all sizes and currently lists profiles for more than 46,000 communities, including over 20,000 in the US. ePodunk was acquired by Internet Brands
in 2007.
and other government agencies, local historical societies, publications, and non-profit and commercial organizations.
The United States version includes maps and rankings of American municipalities based on the population of these communities based on ancestry and ethnicity. Maps and tables are provided for ancestry groups tracked by the United States Census Bureau
, showing communities in which 1,000 or more people listed an ancestry group on the 2000 United States Census.
The site is supported by licensing content to third parties and by running advertisements.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
, and the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. It provides geocoded information that includes local museums, attractions, parks, colleges, libraries, cemeteries and other features, as well as local history and trivia. The site contains vintage postcards that its users can send online.
History
The site was founded in 2001 by a team of former journalists who had worked for publications including the New York Times, Detroit Free PressDetroit Free Press
The Detroit Free Press is the largest daily newspaper in Detroit, Michigan, USA. The Sunday edition is entitled the Sunday Free Press. It is sometimes informally referred to as the "Freep"...
, Ithaca Times, and American Demographics magazine. Initial target audiences for the site were travelers and people in the process of relocating.
Upon inception, the site listed profiles for 28,000 residential communities and focused mostly on small communities. The site has grown to cover communities of all sizes and currently lists profiles for more than 46,000 communities, including over 20,000 in the US. ePodunk was acquired by Internet Brands
Internet Brands
Internet Brands is a new media company based in El Segundo, California that operates online media, community, and e-commerce sites in vertical markets. The company also develops and licenses internet software and social media applications....
in 2007.
Content
The site lists detailed information about residential communities on individual "Community Profile" pages. This includes items commonly found in almanacs and encyclopedias, such as resident demographics and information about parks, museums, historic sites, colleges, and schools. Information is sourced from the United States CensusUnited States Census
The United States Census is a decennial census mandated by the United States Constitution. The population is enumerated every 10 years and the results are used to allocate Congressional seats , electoral votes, and government program funding. The United States Census Bureau The United States Census...
and other government agencies, local historical societies, publications, and non-profit and commercial organizations.
The United States version includes maps and rankings of American municipalities based on the population of these communities based on ancestry and ethnicity. Maps and tables are provided for ancestry groups tracked by the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...
, showing communities in which 1,000 or more people listed an ancestry group on the 2000 United States Census.
The site is supported by licensing content to third parties and by running advertisements.