Install US Places, Then for Claude Desktop
Claude Desktop reads mcpServers from claude_desktop_config.json. Restart the app after saving.
- Open ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS, %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json on Windows, or ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on Linux.
- Paste the JSON config below.
- Replace placeholder secrets, then restart the client if it does not reload on its own.
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"ianderso-us-places-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"us-places-mcp"
],
"env": {
"US_PLACES_OVERPASS_URL": "https://overpass-api.openhistoricalmap.org/api/interpreter",
"US_PLACES_PLSS_URL": "https://gis.blm.gov/arcgis/rest/services/Cadastral/BLM_Natl_PLSS_CadNSDI/MapServer",
"US_PLACES_GNIS_URL": "https://carto.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/geonames/MapServer",
"US_PLACES_GNIS_ARCHIVE_URL": "https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/Archive/MainDomestic",
"US_PLACES_TNM_URL": "https://tnmaccess.nationalmap.gov/api/v1/products",
"US_PLACES_DATAVERSE_URL": "https://dataverse.harvard.edu",
"US_PLACES_CACHE_DIR": "~/.cache/us-places-mcp",
"US_PLACES_TIMEOUT": "60",
"US_PLACES_CONTACT": ""
}
}
}
}