Historical United States County Boundaries, 1850
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- This polygon shapefile contains county boundaries for the United States in 1850. 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.
- Purpose
- 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.
Description
| Type of resource | cartographic, software, multimedia |
|---|---|
| Form | Shapefile |
| Extent | 0.74 |
| Place | Baton Rouge, Louisiana, US |
| Publisher | Geoscience Publications |
| Date valid | 1850 |
| Publication date | 1999 |
| Language | English |
| Digital origin | born digital |
| Map data | Scale not given. ; W 124°41ʹ4ʺ--W 67°1ʹ53ʺ/N 49°22ʹ21ʺ--N 25°7ʹ10ʺ, Scale not given ; EPSG::4326 |
Creators/Contributors
| Creator | Earle, Carville | |
|---|---|---|
| Creator | Heppen, John | |
| Creator | Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.). Department of Geography and Anthropology. | |
| Creator | Otterstrom, Samuel | |
| Creator | Cao, Changyong |
Subjects
| Subject | Counties |
|---|---|
| Subject | United States |
| Subject | Alabama |
| Subject | Arkansas |
| Subject | California |
| Subject | Connecticut |
| Subject | Delaware |
| Subject | Georgia |
| Subject | Illinois |
| Subject | Indiana |
| Subject | Kentucky |
| Subject | Louisiana |
| Subject | Maine |
| Subject | Maryland |
| Subject | Massachusetts |
| Subject | Michigan |
| Subject | Mississippi |
| Subject | Missouri |
| Subject | New Hampshire |
| Subject | New Jersey |
| Subject | New York (State) |
| Subject | North Carolina |
| Subject | Ohio |
| Subject | Oregon |
| Subject | Pennsylvania |
| Subject | Rhode Island |
| Subject | South Carolina |
| Subject | Tennessee |
| Subject | Texas |
| Subject | Utah |
| Subject | Vermont |
| Subject | Virginia |
| Subject | Wisconsin |
| Subject | Washington (D.C.) |
| Subject | Washington (State) |
| Subject | 1850 |
| Subject | Boundaries |
| Genre | Geospatial data |
| Genre | Cartographic dataset |
Bibliographic information
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- 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.
- Copyright
- Copyright ownership resides with the originator.
Preferred citation
- Preferred citation
- Earle, Carville, Changyong Cao, John Heppen, and Samuel Otterstrom. 1999. The Historical United States County Boundary Files 1790-1999. Geoscience Publications. Louisiana State University
Collection
HUSCO 1790-1999 : historical United States county boundary files
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