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Municipal Boundaries/Philadelphia County Planning Areas for the DVRPC Region

Boundaries
Data Steward
DVRPC GIS
Update Frequency
as needed
Metadata Last Modified
March 27, 2025
Dataset Type
Geospatial
Source
Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC)
Use Limitations
Unrestricted: can be shared internally and externally without data sharing agreement
License
No License Provided

Municipal boundaries for DVRPC Region with Philadelphia's County Planning Areas. Municipal Boundaries have been edited by DVRPC to create a more accurate, seemless regional dataset for the DVRPC region and its surrounding area. This dataset was compiled from multiple sources. Original data sources (in order of drawing rank): DVRPC - for Mercer, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester counties in NJ (an adaptation of NJOIT's Mun Bounds) and Bucks, Montgomery, Philadelphia, Chester, and Delaware counties in PA. In most cases, boundaries have been adjusted to align with parcel data. Due to the name change from Washington Twp to Robbinsville Twp in Mercer County, the unique ID (GEOID) for this municipality has changed from 3402177210 to 3402163850 . However, if you download 2000 census data from the Bureau's website, the unique ID (GEOID) for Robbinsville Township will still be 3402177210 in the census data…you will have to manually change its GEOID to 3402163850 in order to get the 2000 data to join to the MCD file correctly. Edited in April 2021 to match PCPC's planning district boundaries and numbers dated 2013

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Data Dictionary

Column Type Label Description
objectid OID Mun_Label Municipality Label
mun_type String Mun_Type Municipality Type
label_code String Label_Code Use for symbolization
geoid_10 String GEOID_10 Internal feature number.
geoid_8 String GEOID_8 Eight digit municipality code
dvrpc_code String DVRPC_CODE Municipality UID (FIPS, 1990 with spaces, text)
st_area(shape) Double st_area(shape) Internal feature number.
st_perimeter(shape) Double st_perimeter(shape) Internal feature number.
dvrpc_reg String DVRPC_Reg Is municipality in DVRPC 9-county region
dvrpc_28co String DVRPC_28Co Is municipality in DVRPC's 28-county service region
landareaac Double Shape Feature geometry.
weblink String LandAreaAc Internal feature number.
shape Geometry WebLink Web address
geoid String SHAPE Feature geometry.
state String GEOID GIS Municipality Code ( FIPS, 2000 without spaces, ten digit, text); MD and DE use CDP codes
state_name String State Internal feature number.
co_name String State_Name Name of State
co_altname String Co_Name County Name
mun_name String Co_AltName Alternate County Name (where municipality falls within multiple counties)
geoname String Mun_Name Municipality Name
mun_label String GeoName Internal feature number.