How to get a free *.city.state.us locality domain in the US
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Summary
This article explains how US residents can obtain a free locality domain name (e.g., somename.city.state.us) for their town. It covers the history of locality domains dating back to 1992, the process of registering one by obtaining nameservers from Amazon Lightsail, submitting the Interim .US Domain Template to the locality's delegated manager, and configuring DNS entries. The article provides a step-by-step technical guide for setting up these geographic domain names.
Key quotes
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Locality domains were first created in 1992, and the infrastructure has been maintained under government contract.
If your town has its own domain, you can get nameservers from Amazon Lightsail, send the Interim .US Domain Template to the delegated manager for your locality to register one, then point DNS entries at your webhost.
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