Historical United States County Boundaries, 1840

Description:

This polygon shapefile contains county boundaries for the United States in 1840. Attributes include county and state names as well as FIPS identification numbers and county area estimates. Territories enumerated by the U.S. Census are also included. This layer is part of a collection of historical United States county boundary files (HUSCO), from each decade ranging from 1790-1999. This layer is intended for researchers, students, and policy makers for reference and mapping purposes, and may be used for basic applications such as viewing, querying, and map output production.

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/hj909rk7192

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/hj909rk7192

Language:

eng

Creator:

Earle, Carville, Heppen, John, Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.). Department of Geography and Anthropology., Otterstrom, Samuel, and Cao, Changyong

Publisher:

Geoscience Publications

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Datasets

Resource Type:

Polygon data

Subject:

Counties and Boundaries

Theme:

Boundaries

Temporal Coverage:

1840

Date Issued:

1999

Spatial Coverage:

United States, Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York (State), North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Washington (D.C.)

Rights:

These data are licensed by Stanford Libraries and are available to Stanford University affiliates only. Affiliates are limited to current faculty, staff and students. Non affiliates seeking access should contact the publisher directly. These data may not be reproduced or used for any purpose without permission.

Rights Holder:

Copyright ownership resides with the originator.

Access Rights:

Restricted

Format:

Shapefile

Georeferenced:

false