Carroll County MS Feature Names Relationship File for Address Geocoding

U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line data provides a relationship file linking feature names to address ranges and geographic edges for Carroll County, Mississippi. The file uses identifiers like ARID and LINEARID to connect street names in the Feature Names Relationship File to specific address ranges and linear features. It supports the creation of a seamless national geographic database without overlaps or gaps.

Use Cases

• Link street names from the Feature Names Relationship File to address ranges using the address range identifier (ARID) for geocoding applications.
• Relate linear features identified by LINEARID to their corresponding geographic edges in the All Lines shapefile using the permanent edge identifier (TLID).
• Analyze the association between multiple feature names and a single address range to understand complex addressing scenarios in Carroll County.
• Build a local gazetteer by extracting all feature names, including non-road features, from the relationship file for spatial search.

Strengths

• Data is part of the national MAF/TIGER System (MTS), designed as a seamless file with no overlaps or gaps.
• File structure supports deterministic linking to other core TIGER/Line files like edges.shp and addr.dbf using specific identifiers (ARID, LINEARID, TLID).
• Contains feature names for all linear features, not limited to roads, providing broad geographic context.

Limitations

• Sample data and specific row/column counts are unavailable, making initial assessment of data volume and structure difficult.
• Data is specific to Carroll County, Mississippi, limiting direct applicability for national or multi-county analyses without combining files.
• Reliance on relationship files for full utility requires users to obtain and join multiple separate TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Provenance

Source

U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) System.

Freshness

Last updated on 2025-12-26, indicating it is a current release.

Geography

Carroll County, Mississippi, United States.