1757년에서 1765년까지 작성된 전국 읍지(邑誌)에 관한 보고서이다. 295개 읍지와 17개 영지(營誌) 및 1개 진지(鎭誌) 등 총 313개 지지가 수록되어 있다. 『동국여지승람』을 기초로 하면서 방리·제언·도로·전결(田結)·부세(賦稅)·군병(軍兵) 등의 항목이 첨가되어 사회⸱경제적인 내용이 강화되었다. 전국에 걸쳐 동일한 시기에 작성된 읍지들로 이루어졌기 때문에 18세기 중엽의 지방 사회 전반을 이해하는 데 중요한 자료가 된다.

A report on nationwide town chronicles that were written between 1757 and 1765. It is a chronicle of geography, which includes 295 town chronicles, 17 provincial chronicles, and 1 garrison chronicle. It is a crucial piece of literature in understanding the overall local communities in the mid-eighteenth century as it contains town chronicles that were written in similar periods nationwide. Items pertaining to taxation such as offering tribute, borrowing grains, uniform land tax, equal taxation, and government salary are set up as separate categories. Figuring out and receiving exact tax is related to the control of local government and central finances, whose proportion of record in town chronicles grew since the mid-eighteenth century.