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 | | The USGS is organized with a Headquarters and Eastern Region facility in Reston, Virginia. |
 | | Central Region and Western Region offices are located in Denver, Colorado, and Menlo Park, California, respectively. |
 | | The United States Geological Survey was established on March 3, 1879, just a few hours before the mandatory close of the final session of the 45th Congress, when President Rutherford B. Hayes signed the bill appropriating money for sundry civil expenses of the Federal Government for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1879. |
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