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Per Secretary's Order 3423 and 3424, the change to use the names Gulf of America and Mount McKinley have been made. (Regarding the display base maps, the USGS is aware of issues occurring outside of CONUS and Alaska impacting country boundaries and ocean labels).

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38.8108209°, -95.5494690°, 5

Summary Report

Gypsum

Feature Details

Feature ID

476963

Name

Gypsum

Class

Populated Place

Feature Code

Unincorporated Place

Location

Saline County - Kansas

Citation

Source Type	Map
Reference	US
Originator	U.S. Geological Survey
Notes	Primarily from U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000-scale topographic maps (or 1:25K, Puerto Rico 1:20K) and from U.S. Board on Geographic Names files. In some instances, from 1:62,500 scale or 1:250,000 scale maps.
Distribution Date	December 31, 1981
Title
Edition
Original Citation	Primarily from U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000-scale topographic maps (or 1:25K, Puerto Rico 1:20K) and from U.S. Board on Geographic Names files.

Entry Date

October 13, 1978

*Elevation

374 meters / 1227 feet

Designations

History

Incorporated in 1887.

Description

Census Code	Class Code	GSA Code	OPM Code
29250	P1	2230	2230

Variant Names

Name	In Part	Originator	Reference	Series Name	Publication Date	Source URL	Title	Edition	Notes	Additional Information
Gypsum City	No	-	KS	-	-	-	-	-	-	Rydjord, John. Kansas Place Names, Norman, Okla: University of Oklahoma Press, 1972. Geographic Name Information including origins, organized by subject categories.
Pliny	No	-	KS	-	-	-	-	-	-	Rydjord, John. Kansas Place Names, Norman, Okla: University of Oklahoma Press, 1972. Geographic Name Information including origins, organized by subject categories.
Prescott	No	-	KS	-	-	-	-	-	-	Rydjord, John. Kansas Place Names, Norman, Okla: University of Oklahoma Press, 1972. Geographic Name Information including origins, organized by subject categories.

Decisions

Name	Date	Authority	Type

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Coordinates

Sequence	Coordinates	Map	State
1	38.7055591, -97.4280856 / 38° 42' 20.01" N, 97° 25' 41.11" W	Gypsum	KS

Government Units

Sequence	State or Equivalent	County or Equivalent
1	Kansas	Saline County

Map

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38.8108209°, -95.5494690°, 19z