Historical Geography is an annual journal that publishes scholarly articles, book reviews, conference reports, and commentaries. The journal encourages an interdisciplinary and international dialogue among scholars, professionals, and students interested in geographic perspectives on the past. Concerned with maintaining historical geography's ongoing intellectual contribution to social scientific and humanities-based disciplines, Historical Geography is especially committed to presenting the work of emerging scholars.

When Historical Geography went to LSU’s Department of Geography and Anthropology in 1992 from Cal State Northridge, it was a vibrant newsletter that published articles and reports that were not peer reviewed. Since 1993, under several editorial teams (Carville Earle and Anne Mosher; Steve Hoelscher and Karen Till; Craig Colten and Dydia DeLyser; Dydia DeLyser, Garth Myers and Karen M. Morin), we have worked to maintain that vibrancy, while also assuring that all manuscripts are peer reviewed. Until 2005 the journal’s production, publication, and distribution costs were supported entirely by LSU’s Department of Geography and Anthropology through its Geoscience Publications unit. Then, in the wake of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, budgetary cuts meant a loss of the funding that sustained the journal. Many supporters generously heeded our call for assistance and helped us to publish the 2006 number.

Since 2007 Historical Geography has been housed in the Department of History at High Point University

Editorial Board
Co-Editors:
Karen M. Morin, Bucknell University
Garth Myers, University of Kansas
Dydia DeLyser, Louisiana State University
Editorial Board:
Derek Alderman, East Carolina University
Geoff Buckley, Ohio University
Lary Dilsaver, University of South Alabama
Jeanne Kay-Guelke, University of Waterloo
Steve Hoelscher, University of Texas
Anne Kelly Knowles, Middlebury College
Robert Lewis, University of Toronto
Karen Morin, Bucknell University
Garth Myers, University of Kansas
Eric Pawson, University of Canterbury
Joan Schwartz, Queen's University
Terry Young, California State Polytechnic University