diff --git a/plugins/lua/sort.lua b/plugins/lua/sort.lua
index f06f86f0d..98e357ee7 100644
--- a/plugins/lua/sort.lua
+++ b/plugins/lua/sort.lua
@@ -1298,6 +1298,7 @@ OVERLAY_WIDGETS = {
     burrow_assignment=require('plugins.sort.unitselector').BurrowAssignmentOverlay,
     slab=require('plugins.sort.slab').SlabOverlay,
     world=require('plugins.sort.world').WorldOverlay,
+    places=require('plugins.sort.places').PlacesOverlay,
 }
 
 dfhack.onStateChange[GLOBAL_KEY] = function(sc)
diff --git a/plugins/lua/sort/places.lua b/plugins/lua/sort/places.lua
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5292d227b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/lua/sort/places.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+local _ENV = mkmodule('plugins.sort.places')
+
+local sortoverlay = require('plugins.sort.sortoverlay')
+local widgets = require('gui.widgets')
+local utils = require('utils')
+
+local info = df.global.game.main_interface.info
+local buildings = info.buildings
+
+local zone_names = {
+    [df.civzone_type.MeetingHall] = 'Meeting Area',
+    [df.civzone_type.Bedroom] = 'Bedroom',
+    [df.civzone_type.DiningHall] = 'Dining Hall',
+    [df.civzone_type.Pen] = 'Pen Pasture',
+    [df.civzone_type.Pond] = 'Pit Pond',
+    [df.civzone_type.WaterSource] = 'Water Source',
+    [df.civzone_type.Dungeon] = 'Dungeon',
+    [df.civzone_type.FishingArea] = 'Fishing',
+    [df.civzone_type.SandCollection] = 'Sand',
+    [df.civzone_type.Office] = 'Office',
+    [df.civzone_type.Dormitory] = 'Dormitory',
+    [df.civzone_type.Barracks] = 'Barrachs',
+    [df.civzone_type.ArcheryRange] = 'Archery Range',
+    [df.civzone_type.Dump] = 'Garbage Dump',
+    [df.civzone_type.AnimalTraining] = 'Animal Training',
+    [df.civzone_type.Tomb] = 'Tomb',
+    [df.civzone_type.PlantGathering] = 'Gather Fruit',
+    [df.civzone_type.ClayCollection] = 'Clay'
+}
+
+-- I used strings rather than df.civzone_type because nobody is going to search "MeadHall" they're going to search "Tavern"
+local language_name_types = {
+    [df.language_name_type.SymbolFood] = 'Inn Tavern',
+    [df.language_name_type.Temple] = 'Temple',
+    [df.language_name_type.Hospital] = 'Hospital',
+    [df.language_name_type.Guildhall] = 'Guildhall'
+}
+
+local function get_default_zone_name(zone_type)
+    return zone_names[zone_type] or ''
+end
+
+local function get_zone_search_key(zone)
+    local site = df.global.world.world_data.active_site[0]
+    local result = {}
+
+    -- allow zones to be searchable by their name
+    if #zone.name == 0 then
+        table.insert(result, get_default_zone_name(zone.type))
+    else
+        table.insert(result, zone.name)
+    end
+
+    -- allow zones w/ assignments to be searchable by their assigned unit
+    if zone.assigned_unit ~= nil then
+        table.insert(result, sortoverlay.get_unit_search_key(zone.assigned_unit))
+    end
+
+    -- allow zones to be searchable by type
+    if zone.location_id == -1 then -- zone is NOT a special location and we don't need to do anything special for type searching
+        table.insert(result, df.civzone_type[zone.type]);
+    else -- zone is a special location and we need to get its type from world data
+        local building, success, _ = utils.binsearch(site.buildings, zone.location_id, 'id')
+        if success and building.name then
+            table.insert(result, language_name_types[building.name.type] or '')
+            if building.name.has_name then
+                table.insert(result, dfhack.TranslateName(building.name, true))
+            end
+        end
+    end
+
+    -- allow barracks to be searchable by assigned squad
+    for _, squad in ipairs(zone.squad_room_info) do
+        table.insert(result, dfhack.military.getSquadName(squad.squad_id))
+    end
+
+    return table.concat(result, ' ')
+end
+
+-- ----------------------
+-- PlacesOverlay
+--
+
+PlacesOverlay = defclass(PlacesOverlay, sortoverlay.SortOverlay)
+PlacesOverlay.ATTRS{
+    default_pos={x=71, y=9},
+    viewscreens='dwarfmode/Info',
+    frame={w=40, h=6}
+}
+
+function PlacesOverlay:init()
+    self:addviews{
+        widgets.BannerPanel{
+            frame={l=0, t=0, r=0, h=1},
+            visible=self:callback('get_key'),
+            subviews={
+                widgets.EditField{
+                    view_id='search',
+                    frame={l=1, t=0, r=1},
+                    label_text="Search: ",
+                    key='CUSTOM_ALT_S',
+                    on_change=function(text) self:do_search(text) end,
+                },
+            },
+        },
+    }
+
+    self:register_handler('ZONES', buildings.list[df.buildings_mode_type.ZONES], curry(sortoverlay.single_vector_search, {get_search_key_fn=get_zone_search_key}))
+end
+
+function PlacesOverlay:get_key()
+    if info.current_mode == df.info_interface_mode_type.BUILDINGS then
+        -- TODO: Replace nested if with 'return df.buildings_mode_type[buildings.mode]' once other handlers are written
+        -- Not there right now so it doesn't render a search bar on unsupported Places subpages
+        if buildings.mode == df.buildings_mode_type.ZONES then
+            return 'ZONES'
+        end
+    end
+end
+
+return _ENV