Description:

The political boundary datalayer is a 1:25,000 scale datalayer containing the boundaries of the 351 communities in Massachusetts. The seaward boundary of coastal communities has been defined at mean high water in this datalayer. The datalayer is named TOWNS, and it is stored as a single statewide coverage. Note that the 351 communities are the official municipal names, not including "villages" or other sections of towns. The Secretary of State's office has prepared a web page listing the Unincorporated and Unofficial Names of Massachusetts Communities. The most current version is 2001 data with related tables on area code, mwra water/sewer service towns, species density, and road density tables. These were not downloaded to the network.

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MASSACHUSETTSTOWNSWITHCOASTLINE.XML

Record Details:

Record Type:SPATIAL

Product Published Date:11/01/2005

Record Last Revised:01/25/2006

Record ID: 142255

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Related Organizations:

Role :DISTRIBUTOR

Organization Name :MASSGIS

Primary Phone Number :6076260095

Primary Email :michael.trust@state.ma.us

Mailing Address :20 Somerset St. - 3rd Floor

Citation :Boston

State :MA

Zip Code :02108



Role :METADATA AUTHOR

Organization Name :VERIDIANCORPORATION

Primary Phone Number :6079082189

Primary Email :newman.andrea@epa.gov

Mailing Address :c/o US EPA Region 1, 1 Congress Street

Citation :Boston

State :MA

Zip Code :02114

Quality Assurance:

Title :MASSACHUSETTS TOWNS WITH COASTLINE

Data Use & Constraints :None