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This layer contains data from the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) which was developed by the USGS in partnership with other government and interested organizations "to meet major national needs regarding geographic names and their standardization and dissemination". The data consist of point locations with corresponding feature names. All point entities are categorized by feature type. This data is representative of data from 2010 for mapping feature names and was last updated on 1/23/2012. |