DOI:
10.6073/pasta/74ec645fb45773047a67c57d9824ff9d
Data set ID:
472
The political boundary datalayer is a polygon representation of town boundaries created from arcs developed from survey coordinates extracted from the 68-volume Harbor and Lands Commission Town Boundary Atlas for the 351 communities (cities and towns) in Massachusetts. The Atlas was published in the early 1900's and is maintained by the Survey Section of Massachusetts Highway Department. For communities with a coastal boundary, MassGIS has collaborated with Massachusetts Water Resources Authority and the Department of Environmental Protection to complete a 1:12000 scale coastline.
Publication Date:
Monday, December 3, 2007
Date Range:
Thursday, January 1, 1880 to Friday, May 17, 2013