MASSACHUSETTS COUNTIES
Status: Obtained in 1997
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The political boundaries of 14 counties in Massachusetts.
SOURCE/CONVERSION METHODOLOGY
This datalayer was developed by MassGIS at the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs (EOEA).
COVERAGE NAME
COUNTIES
FEATURE TYPE
POLYGONS
ATTRIBUTES
Polygon Attribute Table:
COLUMN ITEM NAME WIDTH OUTPUT TYPE* N.DEC ALTERNATE NAME 1 AREA 4 12 F 5 PERIMETER 4 12 F 9 COUNTIES# 4 5 B 13 COUNTIES-ID 4 5 B 17 FIPS-ID 5 5 I 22 COUNTY 15 15 C 37 AREA-ACRES 12 12 N
Sample record from the COUNTIES polygon attribute table
3
AREA = 5187079.500
PERIMETER = 10,034.321
COUNTIES# = 3
COUNTIES-ID = 2
FIPS-ID = 25009
COUNTY = ESSEX
COORDINATE SYSTEM
Massachusetts State Plane North America Datum (NAD) 83 Feet