Locale (geographic)

Locale is the geographic place at which there is or was human activity. It does not include populated places, mines, and dams. Locale indicates locations of present more dispersed, periodic or temporary human activity, such as an crossroad, a camp, a farm, a landing, a railroad siding, a ranch, a windmill or one of any of the various types of agricultural, communication, infrastructure or transport stations where human activities are carried out.

Locale also indicates locations of former locales and incidents of human activity, such as a battlefield or historic site, former locations of populated places such as a ghost town or ruins or an archaeological site.^[1]

References

1. Feature Class Definitions, Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Department of the Interior,U.S. Geological Survey from geonames.usgs.gov, accessed April 9, 2016