FIELD_NO FIELD_NAME FIELD DEFINITION
1 PROJ_ID2 The unique identification number used in the Louisisna Places Project.
2 RAW_ID The Geographic Name Informaiton System (GNIS) identificatoin number used by the federal agencies, including the US Geographic Survey.
3 ENG_NAME The place name in English.
4 FRANCAIS The place name in Louisiana French.
5 DUPLICATE Duplicates are coded as more than one place having the same name, same RAW_ID, and/or the same Lat/Long measured to 5 decimal places.
6 OFFICIAL The status of the RAW_NAME being the official primary name with or without an alternative secondary name or a secondary local name used for a primary name.
7 RAW_CLASS The original classification given to the RAW_NAME by the USGS.
8 HISTORIC Historic (coded as 1) means the contemporary  absence of an identifying feature (as identified in RAW_CLASS) for which a place was orignally named; Absence of historic features is coded as zero (0).
9 PARISH_LO The Louisiana civial parish in lower case with an initial upper case letter. 
10 CULT_AREA The Culture Area as assgined by the state of Louisiana State Office of Culture and Tourism.
11 PO_NAME The US Postal Service delivery area where the place is located.
12 ZIP_CODE The ZipCode where the place is located.
13 CORP_NAME The municiaplity where the place is located or code as zero (0) if not within a municipality
14 GOGLE_MAP The internet link to Google Maps with a marker where the place is located.
15 PRIM_LAT The latitude on the horozontal Y axis using the World Geodetic System (WGS) 1984 geographic projection in decimal degrees.
16 PRIM_LON The longitude on the vertical X axis using the World Geodetic System (WGS) 1984 geographic projection in decimal degrees.
17 NOTES Information which is not listed in the other field.