STANDARD CODES FOR NAMED POPULATED PLACES AND RELATED ENTITIES OF THE STATES OF THE UNITED STATES; USER'S GUIDE

Included are standard codes for named populated cities, towns, villages, whether incorporated or unincorporated, important military and naval installations, townships, Indian reservations, named places that form parts of other places, places important for transportation, industrial, or commercial purposes, i.e., unpopulated railroad points, airports, and shopping centers. The standard code is seven characters in length, the first two of which identify the State. The last five numeric characters identify the place within the state and provide an alphabetic ordering of the place names. In addition to the place name and its code, the list also provides the name and code for the county (or counties) in which the place is located, the ZIP Code of the servicing post office (or offices) cross-references to former or alternate names, an inclusion code, a class designator code, and a cross-reference to the Worldwide Geographic Location Code issued by the General Services Administration.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • For data file on magnetic tape, see PB-274 150.
• Corporate Authors:

  National Bureau of Standards

  Office of ADP Standards Management
  Washington, DC  United States  20234
• Authors:
  • McEwen, H E
• Publication Date: 1977-11

Media Info

• Pagination: 19 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airports; Coding systems; Communities; Counties; Data files; Geography; Guidelines; Information processing; Location; Manuals; Military facilities; Military transportation; Origin and destination; Parks; Rural areas; Shopping centers; States; Statistical analysis; Urban areas
• Old TRIS Terms: Coding; Standard point location code
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Data and Information Technology; Geotechnology; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00174619
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: NBS/DF-77/009c
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 14 1978 12:00AM