GNIS: Populated Places

The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) actively seeks data from and partnerships with Government agencies at all levels and other interested organizations. The GNIS is the Federal standard for geographic nomenclature. The U.S. Geological Survey developed the GNIS for the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, a Federal inter-agency body chartered by public law to maintain uniform feature name usage throughout the Government and to promulgate standard names to the public. The GNIS is the official repository of domestic geographic names data; the official vehicle for geographic names use by all departments of the Federal Government; and the source for applying geographic names to Federal electronic and printed products of all types. See http://geonames.usgs.gov for additional information.

Data and Resources

Field Value
access_constraints ["Access Constraints: None. Use Constraints: None. Acknowledgement of the U.S. Geological Survey would be appreciated in products derived from these data."]
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bbox-south-lat 31.3339961
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coupled-resource []
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licence []
metadata-date 2014-06-16
metadata-language eng; USA
metadata_type geospatial
progress in work
resource-type dataset
responsible-party [{"name": "", "roles": ["pointOfContact"]}]
spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-109.0412036, 31.3339961], [-103.0513351, 31.3339961], [-103.0513351, 36.9986171], [-109.0412036, 36.9986171], [-109.0412036, 31.3339961]]]}
spatial-reference-system New Mexico (35)
spatial_harvester true
temporal-extent-begin 1974-01-01
temporal-extent-end 2008-12-31
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • amerigeo
  • amerigeoss
  • census-area
  • ckan
  • county
  • environment
  • feature-class
  • feature-coordinates
  • feature-county
  • feature-description
  • feature-designation
  • feature-history
  • feature-identification
  • feature-name
  • feature-state
  • geo
  • geographic-feature
  • geographic-name
  • geographical-feature
  • geographical-name
  • geoss
  • imagerybasemapsearthcover
  • location
  • national
  • new-mexico
  • north-america
  • official-feature-name
  • place-name
  • populated-place
  • populated-places
  • state
  • topographic-map
  • transportation
  • united-states
  • variant-name
isopen False
metadata_created 2025-11-21T17:46:37.948158
metadata_modified 2025-11-21T17:46:37.948162
notes The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) actively seeks data from and partnerships with Government agencies at all levels and other interested organizations. The GNIS is the Federal standard for geographic nomenclature. The U.S. Geological Survey developed the GNIS for the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, a Federal inter-agency body chartered by public law to maintain uniform feature name usage throughout the Government and to promulgate standard names to the public. The GNIS is the official repository of domestic geographic names data; the official vehicle for geographic names use by all departments of the Federal Government; and the source for applying geographic names to Federal electronic and printed products of all types. See http://geonames.usgs.gov for additional information.
num_resources 18
num_tags 35
title GNIS: Populated Places