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Populated place

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-021597

Place or area with clustered or scattered buildings and a permanent human population (city, settlement, town, village). A populated place is usually not incorporated and by definition has no legal boundaries. However, a populated place may have a corresponding "civil" record, the legal boundaries of which may or may not coincide with the perceived populated place. Distinct from Census and Civil classes.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-021597
FieldEnvironment
SubjectBuilt environments
ReferencesUSGS Geographic Names Information System at http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-021597",
  "term": "Populated place",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Populated Place",
  "definition": "Place or area with clustered or scattered buildings and a permanent human population (city, settlement, town, village). A populated place is usually not incorporated and by definition has no legal boundaries. However, a populated place may have a corresponding \"civil\" record, the legal boundaries of which may or may not coincide with the perceived populated place. Distinct from Census and Civil classes.",
  "subject": "Built environments",
  "references": [
    "USGS Geographic Names Information System at http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/populated-place/"
}

Record 21,014 of 29,894 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.