Description: 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.This modified version replaces the shoreline boundaries with the water boundaries found in the 2004 Virginia Jurisdiction Boundaries shapefile.
Copyright Text: Virginia Geographic Information Network (VGIN), and the Census and Localities and Towns submitting data to the project for the Virginia Administrative Boundary Dataset. Virginia Dept. of Conservation and Recreation - DSWC for the 2004 version of the Virginia Jurisdiction Boundaries.