---
title: US County Place Context API
slug: county-place-context
url: https://apyhub.com/dosvak/service/county-place-context
provider: Dosvak LLC
categories: [Geolocation, Standard Data]
tags: [county-fips, place-context, demographics, geolocation, reference-data]
auth: api_key
version: 0.1.0
service_type: sync
endpoints: 1
atoms: 100
mcp: true
---

# US County Place Context API

Look up place context from a 5-digit county FIPS code. Returns JSON for county-level enrichment, filters, and reference data workflows.

## Endpoints

| Method | URL | Description | Atoms |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| GET | `https://api.eu.apyhub.com/dosvak/county-place-context/:county_fips` | What it does Retrieves county place context for the specified county FIPS code. The input is a 5-di… | 100 |

## Endpoint reference

### County place context API

`GET https://api.eu.apyhub.com/dosvak/county-place-context/:county_fips` · 100 atoms · accepts `application/json` · returns `application/json`

| Parameter | In | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `county_fips` | path | string | yes | 5-digit county FIPS code. Example: `06037`. |

#### Quickstart

Look up county place context for a 5-digit county FIPS code.

```bash
curl -X GET "https://api.eu.apyhub.com/dosvak/county-place-context/:county_fips" \
  -H "apy-token: $APY_TOKEN"
```

#### What you'll get back

Returns a JSON object. The response schema does not declare any fixed top-level fields, so the shape may vary.

```json
{
  "county_fips": "06037",
  "county_name": "Los Angeles County",
  "state_name": "California",
  "population": 9757179,
  "geospatial_ready": true,
  "place_context": {
    "primary_place": "Los Angeles"
  },
  "attribution": [
    {
      "source": "U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program"
    }
  ]
}
```

## About

## What it does
County Place Context returns place context for a U.S. county when you send a 5-digit county FIPS code.

Use it when you need to look up county-level reference data without maintaining your own mapping table. The request takes a single `county_fips` string, such as `06037`, and the response returns a JSON object with additional properties, so the exact fields can vary by county or dataset version.

That makes County Place Context useful for enrichment workflows, county-based filters, reporting, and location lookup steps where you already know the county FIPS and need the related place context in a machine-readable form. It is a lightweight read endpoint: no batch payloads, no extra parameters, and no invented validation fields beyond the FIPS code itself.

## Usage

Base URL: `https://api.eu.apyhub.com` (default region — see
`GET https://apyhub.com/api/public/regions` for the rest).

Authenticate with an ApyHub API key in the `apy-token` header.
Full docs and a live playground: https://apyhub.com/dosvak/service/county-place-context