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United States County Boundary Files, 1900

  • Identification Information
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Identification Information
Citation
Originator
Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.).; Dept. of Geography and Anthropology.
Originator
Earle, Carville.
Originator
Heppen, John.
Originator
Otterstrom, Samuel.
Publication Date
1999
Title
United States County Boundary Files, 1900
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
vector digital data
Online Linkage
https://www1.columbia.edu/sec/acis/eds/dgate/studies/C1301/data/husco_us1900.zip
Abstract
The Historical United States County Boundary Files 1900 contains U.S. county boundary files for 1900. Files include county and state names and FIPS identification numbers.
Purpose
For research purposes only. May only be used by current members of Columbia University.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
publication date
Time Instant
1999
Bounding Box
West
-127.825249
East
-65.458626
North
51.503084
South
23.346964
Theme Keyword
County
Counties
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
Theme Keyword
ISO Topic Category
Boundaries
Place Keyword
United States
Place Keyword Thesaurus
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Temporal Keyword
1900
Temporal Keyword Thesaurus
None
Access Restrictions
For current Columbia affiliates only.
Use Restrictions
For educational, non-commercial use only.
Status
Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency
None planned
Point of Contact
Contact Organization
Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.).; Dept. of Geography and Anthropology.
Delivery Point
227 Howe Russell Bldg.
City
Baton Rouge
State
LA
Postal Code
70803
Country
USA
Contact Telephone
(225) 578-5942
Contact Facsimile Telephone
(225) 578-4420
Native Data Set Environment
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.722
Spatial Data Organization Information
Direct Spatial Reference Method
Vector
Point and Vector Object Information
SDTS Terms Description
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
G-polygon
Point and Vector Object Count
2821
Spatial Reference Information
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
Geodetic Model
Horizontal Datum Name
D_WGS_1984
Ellipsoid Name
WGS_1984
Semi-major Axis
6378137.000000
Denominator of Flattening Ratio
298.257224
Entity and Attribute Information
Entity Type
Entity Type Label
baltcico1860to1880
Entity Type Definition
County boundaries
Attributes
FID
Internal feature number. (Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.)
Definition Source
ESRI
Shape
Feature geometry. (Coordinates defining the features.)
Definition Source
ESRI
AREA
Internally calculated area of the feature
Definition Source
LSU Geoscience Publications
PERIMETER
Internally calculated perimiter of the feature
Definition Source
LSU Geoscience Publications
COUNTY
County name. Indian territories and some unnamed counties are blank in the "County" field due to the fact that they were unorganized or Indian territories
Definition Source
LSU Geoscience Publications
STATE
State Name. Some counties or territories are identified by the present name in the 'State' field rather than the territory name in certain decades before the particular territory achieved statehood.
Definition Source
LSU Geoscience Publications
ID
1970 FIPS code number (counties created after 1970 are given their new official FIPS code) save for counties disestablished prior to 1970. In these cases, we assign them the first available even number in accordance with the alphabetical/numerical order of the counties/FIPS codes. Some very rare exceptions will include Indian Territories, phantom counties, and territories and states not parceled into counties at that time. These exceptions are usually given the FIPS code numbers of **999 or **000
Definition Source
LSU Geoscience Publications
CNTY_AREA
Estimated area of the County in square miles
Definition Source
LSU Geoscience Publications
GAVPRIMARY
ID1
Distribution Information
Name
Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date
20070327
Metadata Contact
Contact Information
Contact Organization Primary
Contact Organization
Research Data Services (RDS), Columbia University Libraries
Contact Person
GIS/Metadata Librarian
Contact Address
Address
420 W. 118th St. 215 IAB, MC 3301
City
New York
State or Province
NY
Postal Code
10027
Country
USA
Contact Voice Telephone
(212) 854-6012
Contact Electronic Mail Address
data@library.columbia.edu
Hours of Service
11:00AM-5:00PM Monday - Thursday, 1:00PM-5:00PM Friday EST-USA
Metadata Standard Name
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata Standard Version
FGDC-STD-001-1998
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