Dataset
Boston Ward Boundaries
Ward boundaries that overlay with the new revised Precincts. July 2022.
Dataset
- Publisher
- Boston Maps
- Spatial coverage
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Fields
- 7
- Keywords
- Wards
- Publisher's page
- https://data.boston.gov/dataset/boston-ward-boundaries
Artifacts
“Preserved” means the archive holds the bytes and their digest. “Referenced” means it holds the record of them and nothing more. The archive does not claim a holding it cannot prove.
| Format | Preservation | Size | Digest | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ArcGIS GeoServices REST API | referenced | — | — | source |
| CSV | referenced | 2036 | 10528cfce879ea0040aefbc7ac29db1738e8b2f2de982ccc7177c997313ce507 | source |
| GeoJSON | referenced | 298016 | af85a4f2e33e22210065806c4bb130f80f8fca9eb18576b892989d7606e8e23a | source |
| HTML | referenced | — | — | source |
| KML | referenced | 70846 | 705c43abc314757e7bee42fb8361c3c5a4047e6d3a4baf8fa3fb385df63f8656 | source |
| SHP | referenced | — | — | source |
Column dictionary
The publisher's own dictionary, preserved verbatim. The archive does not reword a schema into its own vocabulary — how the publisher named a column is evidence about the publisher.
| Column | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
Ward1 | text | |
COUNT_ | text | |
WardLabel | text | |
Shape_Leng | text | |
Shape_Length | text | |
Shape_Area | text | |
shape_wkt | text |
Identity
- Identifier
- urn:lemay:boston:dataset:boston-ward-boundaries
- Canonical URL
- https://boston.fyi/dataset/boston-ward-boundaries
- As JSON
- https://boston.fyi/dataset/boston-ward-boundaries.json
- Version
- 1 · last changed 2 September 2026
Provenance
- Source
- City of Boston Open Data Portal (Analyze Boston) — source of record
- Licence
- Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and Licence (PDDL) 1.0 (public_domain)
- Retrieved
- 2 September 2026
- Source identifier
- boston-ward-boundaries
- Attribution
- City of Boston
- Rights as stated
- Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and License (PDDL)
Transform ladder
| # | Operation | Description | Tool |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fetch | retrieved the dataset's metadata record from the CKAN package_show endpoint | archive-ingest 0.1.0 |
| 2 | normalize | mapped the portal's catalogue fields onto the archive's Dataset record; the publisher's own wording and column dictionary are preserved verbatim | archive-ingest 0.1.0 |