Historical United States County Boundaries, 1900

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Abstract/Contents

Abstract
This polygon shapefile contains county boundaries for the United States in 1900. 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 1.141
Place Baton Rouge, Louisiana, US
Publisher Geoscience Publications
Date valid 1900
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 Alabama
Subject Arizona
Subject Arkansas
Subject California
Subject Colorado
Subject Connecticut
Subject Delaware
Subject Florida
Subject Georgia
Subject Idaho
Subject Illinois
Subject Indiana
Subject Iowa
Subject Kansas
Subject Kentucky
Subject Louisiana
Subject Maine
Subject Maryland
Subject Massachusetts
Subject Michigan
Subject Minnesota
Subject Mississippi
Subject Missouri
Subject Nebraska
Subject Nevada
Subject New Hampshire
Subject New Jersey
Subject New Mexico
Subject New York (State)
Subject North Carolina
Subject North Dakota
Subject Oklahoma
Subject Ohio
Subject Oregon
Subject Pennsylvania
Subject Rhode Island
Subject South Carolina
Subject South Dakota
Subject Tennessee
Subject Texas
Subject Utah
Subject Vermont
Subject Virginia
Subject Washington (State)
Subject West Virginia
Subject Wisconsin
Subject Wyoming
Subject United States
Subject 1900
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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