Sheena's Travel Tips - #3

When selecting a vacation destination, avoid locations whose visitor's bureau leads with "a census-designated place". According to the infallible and holy editors of 'Wikipedia', a CDP, as it were is

A census-designated place (CDP) is an area identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical reporting. CDPs are communities that lack separate municipal government, but which otherwise resemble incorporated places, such as cities or villages. CDPs are delineated to provide data for settled concentrations of population that are identifiable by name but are not legally incorporated under the laws of the state in which they are located. They are often informally called "unincorporated towns."

The boundaries of such places may be defined in cooperation with local or tribal officials, but are not fixed, and do not affect the status of local government or incorporation. CDP boundaries may change from one census to the next to reflect changes in settlement patterns. Further, as statistical entities, the boundaries of the CDP may not precisely correspond with local understanding of the area with the same name

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Alien abduction, head wound, a wrinkle in time. Sheena is unsure. But waking up in Hebron, Kentucky was not something she ever planned to do when she was a little girl stressing out over math homework.