Kentucky Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) - Legacy

<div><b>**LEGACY EDITION** This dataset is a subset of the USGS GNIS in the Commonwealth of Kentucky as listed in the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). It does not include any GNIS place names that fall within the city limits of any city. In 2021 the following geographic features referred to as “administrative” (cultural or man-made) were removed from GNIS: airport, bridge, building, cemetery, church, dam, forest, harbor, hospital, mine, oilfield, park, post office, reserve, school, tower, trail, tunnel, and well.**</b><br /></div><div><br /></div>The Geographic Names Information System (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. The database holds the Federally recognized name of each feature and defines the feature location by state, county, USGS topographic map, and geographic coordinates. Other attributes include names or spellings other than the official name, feature designations, feature classification, historical and descriptive information, and for some categories the geometric boundaries. The database assigns a unique, permanent feature identifier, the Feature ID, as a standard Federal key for accessing, integrating, or reconciling feature data from multiple data sets. The GNIS collects data from a broad program of partnerships with Federal, State, and local government agencies and other authorized contributors. The GNIS provides data to all levels of government and to the public, as well as to numerous applications through a web query site, web map and feature services, file download services, and customized files upon request. See https://geonames.usgs.gov for additional information.<div><br /></div><div>Online Linkage: <a href='https://ky.box.com/v/kymartian-Ky-Locs-gnis-legacy' style='border-bottom:1px solid;' target='_new' rel='nofollow ugc'>https://ky.box.com/v/kymartian-Ky-Locs-gnis-legacy</a><br /></div>