[Talk-us] How are US county boundaries legally defined?

[Richard Welty]

On 5/31/16 10:32 AM, Greg Troxel wrote:
> Jake <jakewins at gmail.com> writes:
>
>> US mappers - do any of you know what government body is the keeper of truth
>> for Missouri county boundaries?
> I don't, but I would call the state GIS or highway departments and ask.
> It is likely that the country boundaries are defined in state statute
> and that it is readily available once you find the magic words to locate
> it.  The 2nd link below has a shapefile  (license unclear to me).
>
the boundaries in current TIGER are pretty good for the most part, i believe
the census bureau now sources this data from the local GIS departments
where possible

richard

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