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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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Leaflet The National Map Base Layer, The National Map + Aerial Imagery"

38.8108209°, -95.5494690°, 5

Summary Report

Nonpareil

Feature Details

Feature ID

837767

Name

Nonpareil

Class

Populated Place

Feature Code

Unincorporated Place

Location

Box Butte County - Nebraska

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
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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

March 9, 1979

*Elevation

1332 meters / 4370 feet

Designations

History

Named by Eugene Heath, newspaperman, for the very small type of newspaper print. Nonpareil was the first town in Box Butte County and served as the county seat from 1886 to 1891.

Description

Census Code	Class Code	GSA Code	OPM Code
34510	U6	-	-

Variant Names

Name	In Part	Originator	Reference	Series Name	Publication Date	Source URL	Title	Edition	Notes	Additional Information
Buchanan	No	-	US	-	-	-	-	-	-	The American Guide Series, Compiled and Written by the Federal Writers' Project of the Work Projects Administration. A state by state guide series published by various publishers, in the late 1930's and 1940's. Each book studies and describes each state's history, natural endowments, and special interests. Use code US-T125/Name/YYYY/p#.

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Coordinates

Sequence	Coordinates	Map	State
1	42.3721847, -103.1813117 / 42° 22' 19.86" N, 103° 10' 52.72" W	Nonpareil	NE

Government Units

Sequence	State or Equivalent	County or Equivalent
1	Nebraska	Box Butte County

Map

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38.8108209°, -95.5494690°, 19z