Scan of Washington West Quad sheet showing Arlington County Virginia area c1885

The VA_TOWN dataset is a feature class component of the Virginia Administrative Boundaries dataset from the Virginia Geographic Information Network (VGIN). VA_COUNTY represents the best available city and county boundary information to VGIN.VGIN initially sought to develop an improved locality and town boundary dataset in late 2013, spurred by response of the Virginia Administrative Boundaries Workgroup community. The feature class initially started from the locality boundaries from the Census TIGER dataset for Virginia. VGIN solicited input from localities in Virginia through the Road Centerlines data submission process as well as through public forums such as the Virginia Administrative Boundaries Workgroup and VGIN listservs. Data received were analyzed and incorporated into the VA_COUNTY feature class where locality data were a superior representation of the city or county boundary.

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This layer is a component of Feature classes representing locality (county, city, and town) boundaries in the Commonwealth of Virginia..

The Commonwealth of Virginia grants certain powers to incorporated municipalities. There are seven towns in the County. Washington Dulles International Airport is also included due to its jurisdictional authority.

Purpose: Town boundaries can define the limits of zoning, and other police powers, and the provision of services by both the towns and the County. Jurisdictional authority is represented for each of the seven towns and Washington Dulles International Airport.

Supplemental Information: Data are stored in the corporate ArcSDE Geodatabase as a feature class. The coordinate system is Virginia State Plane (North), Zone 4501, datum NAD83 HARN. The first town to be incorporated in Loudoun was Leesburg in 1757.

Maintenance and Update Frequency: As Needed

Town boundaries are updated within 1-2 weeks of the date of receipt of recorded documents associated with annexations. Recorded documents are generally received from the Department of Financial Services within 4-6 weeks of the date of recordation. Town boundaries are checked for coincidence with parcel boundaries approximately once every six months.

Completeness Report: Features may have been eliminated or generalized due to scale and intended use. To assist Loudoun County, Virginia in the maintenance of the data, please provide any information concerning discovered errors, omissions, or other discrepancies found in the data.

Data Owner:

Office of Mapping and Geographic Information

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