County Boundaries
API Information
Version:v1.2.0
Region:US
Used for:Delivering standardized county-level boundaries for regional segmentation, spatial modeling, jurisdictional queries, and map-based visualizations across commercial, public, and civic applications.
Overview
The LightBox County Boundaries API offers authoritative spatial representations of U.S. counties and county-equivalent areas. It supports autocomplete search, record retrieval by county ID, and tile or bounding box queries for visualizing boundaries on interactive map platforms. This API enables location-aware applications that depend on county-level governance, demographic segmentation, or service region logic.
Key Capabilities
- ✓Search county boundaries using type-ahead autocomplete or county ID
- ✓Access polygon geometries in WKT format for spatial queries and rendering
- ✓Use tile or bounding box endpoints to overlay county boundaries on maps
- ✓Integrate county boundaries with parcel, demographic, or service region data for enriched decision support
Scope
Boundary Data
- U.S. Counties and County-Equivalents (e.g., parishes, boroughs)
Use Cases
- Regional and Infrastructure Planning
- Demographic and Socioeconomic Analysis
- Public Services Eligibility Mapping
- Jurisdictional and Regulatory Applications