On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 4:01 AM, Daniel Sabo <[email protected]> wrote:
> Resending to the list.
>
> On Nov 12, 2010, at 12:37 AM, Nathan Edgars II wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 3:14 AM, Daniel Sabo <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> If it's not in GNIS, for example, that means it's not on USGS or other
>>>> government maps, which narrows down the field considerably. Then I can
>>>> see if the name is used by the local newspaper, for instance. An
>>>> example is "Zephyrhills South" - it's just the census name for the
>>>> unincorporated area south of Zephyrhills.
>>> How would you denote the unincorporated region around Zephyrhills?
>>
>> As a region not inside the Zephyrhills polygon...
>> Most likely it has a postal address of Zephyrhills, and is subdivided
>> into individual developments with their own names. The Census Bureau
>> made up "Zephyrhills South" so they could compile statistics for the
>> area.
>
> To me the unincorporated region around a town that people consider part of 
> the towns community is useful data, and I'd prefer it didn't get deleted 
> without being replaced by something more accurate than the CDP.

But that's not what the "Zephyrhills South" CDP is.

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