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EachTown: United States places

National Directory Scope & Geographic Coverage

Geographic Entity Category Indexed Count Classification Description
Cities & Towns 19,514 Incorporated municipalities legally chartered under state law (cities, towns, villages, boroughs)
Census Designated Places (CDPs) 12,849 Unincorporated population clusters delineated by the U.S. Census Bureau for statistical purposes
Counties & Equivalents 3,222 Primary legal divisions of states (counties, parishes, boroughs, independent cities)
States & Territories 52 50 U.S. states, District of Columbia, and territorial jurisdictions
County Subdivisions 36,381 Minor Civil Divisions (MCDs), towns, townships, and Census County Divisions (CCDs)
ZIP Codes 33,791 Generalized areal representations of USPS 5-digit ZIP Code routes
GNIS Named Features 968,954 USGS Geographic Names Information System physical and cultural features
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Gazetteer Files and American Community Survey (ACS). Metrics represent verified records loaded in the active repository.

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