Here are websites that offer assorted data that can be incorporated into geospatial projects. 

Finding Data for Other Cities & States

Increasingly many cities and states are sharing open data. If you are looking for specific information about a city or a state, try searching for their open data portal.

• Overview Guide to Cite Maps & GIS Data
• Considering Copyright: Can I Use This Data

Additional resources can be found on these guides by other institutions: University of Waterloo and UNC

• UK Campus
• Lexington Open Data
• Kentucky Open GIS Data
• Kentucky Geological Survey GIS Data
• Louisville Metro Open Data

• Data.gov - U.S. Government’s Open Data
• Census Data
• Geoplatform
• U.S. City Open Data Census
• Bureau of Transportation Statistics
• HUD-eGIS Open Data Storefront
• Atlas of Historical County Boundaries
• National Historical Geographic Information System
• Atlas of Rural and Small-Town America
• USGS: Water Resources 
• EPA: Geospatial Resources

• World Bank Data
• World Health Organization
• NOAA
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
• Global Forest Watch
• Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center
• Big Ten Academic Alliance
• Humanitarian Data Exchange
• ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World
• Ordnance Survey Data
• Geonames