places

Search census places by name

Resolve a city/town name to its census place GEOID and WGS84 centroid. Free (no API key). Matches are ranked prefix-first, then by population. Feed lon/lat into /v1/blocks/query (center + radius_m), or geoid into /v1/places/{geoid}/blocks.

get/v1/places

Request

  • Base URL: https://api.close.city
  • URL: https://api.close.city/v1/places
  • Auth: none declared

Query parameters

qstring required

Name substring, e.g. 'Providence'

limitinteger

Response

Successful Response

Changes

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