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    Iowa Geographic Names

    Metadata Updated: January 3, 2026

    This dataset provides the geographic names data for Iowa. All names data products are extracted from the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), the Federal Government's repository of official geographic names.

    The GNIS contains the federally recognized name of each feature and defines its location by State, county, USGS topographic map, and geographic coordinates. GNIS also lists variant names, which are non-official names by which a feature is or was known. Other attributes include unique Feature ID and feature class. Feature classes under the purview of the U.S. Board on Geographic Names include natural features, unincorporated populated places, canals, channels, reservoirs, and more.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. See Terms License: See this page for license information.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date January 20, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date January 3, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Iowa metadata

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date January 20, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date January 3, 2026
    Publisher data.iowa.gov
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://data.iowa.gov/api/views/uedc-2fk7
    Data First Published 2023-08-15
    Data Last Modified 2026-01-02
    Category Physical Geography
    Public Access Level public
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://data.iowa.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id d5afc0d4-3fb0-4bcc-ba71-64d85de8066a
    Harvest Source Id b99375b9-0a36-4269-920a-6778122ddb87
    Harvest Source Title Iowa metadata
    Homepage URL https://data.iowa.gov/d/uedc-2fk7
    License https://www.usa.gov/government-works
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 99b21efb8975e1c17270d913e64fa44b411b1badeea07f7e94402e987ad74398
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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