Words like mount, river, point should not be abbreviated where they form a part of the name of a city or town, as Rocky Mount, Fall River, West Point. Neither the word nor the abbreviation for railroad or railway should be placed on a map; the chartered name (or initials of the name) and the road symbol are sufficient.
Names of States and Territories should be abbreviated, where abbreviation is necessary, as follows:
| Ala. | Ga. | Minn. | N. J. | Tenn. |
| Ariz. | Ill. | Miss. | N. Mex. | Tex. |
| Ark. | Ind. | Mo. | N. Y. | Va. |
| Calif. | Kans. | Mont. | Okla. | Vt. |
| Colo. | Ky. | Nebr. | Oreg. | Wash. |
| Conn. | La. | Nev. | Pa. | W. Va. |
| D. C. | Mass. | N. C. | R. I. | Wis. |
| Del. | Md. | N. Dak. | S. C. | Wyo. |
| Fla. | Mich. | N. H. | S. Dak. |
Alaska, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Ohio, Samoa, and Utah should be written in full.
The abbreviations used on the margins of maps for subdivisions of land should be as follows (note punctuation): T. 2 N., E. 3 W. On large-scale plats the marginal lettering should be as follows: N. 1/2 NE. 1/4 sec. 1, T. 7 N., K 2 W.; fractional secs. 2 and 35, Tps. 7 and 8 N., R. 2 W.; NW. 1/4 sec. 20, T, 7 N., R. 2 W. In spelling fractions use half and quarter, not one-half and one-quarter.
The abbreviated forms of such names as North Fork and South Fork should be N. Fork and S. Fork, not North Fk. and South Fk.
Additional abbreviations used on illustrations are as follows:
N. for north, NE. for northeast, NNE. for north-northeast, etc. Capitalize directions affixed to street names, as NW., SE. (1800 F St. NW.).
Sec. and secs. for section and sections before a number. Capitalize only at the beginning of a line or sentence.
a. m. and p. m. for antemeridian and postmeridian, as 4.30 p. m. Lower-case unless in line of caps.