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This article is from the Geographic Information Systems FAQ, by Lisa Nyman lnyman@census.gov with numerous contributions by others.

3.10: Does a file exists of latitude and longitude of US cities?

From: Craig Best <cbest@census.gov>

Yes, the Census Bureau has such a beast at
ftp://ftp.census.gov/pub/tiger/points/geoex.exe

This is a self-extracting file containing 51 dbf files,
one for each state and DC.

 

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