Census Data for Abel
As far as we can tell, Abel has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.
While we don't have census information for Abel, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- Oxford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Heflin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hobson City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hobson City is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobson City
- Anniston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Mountain
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Mountain is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mountain
- Munford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Munford is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munford
- The population in 2015 was estimated at 1,259 people. This represents a 2.55% decrease since 2010.The 2010 Census gave a population of 1,292 people.
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- Edwardsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Edwardsville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Weaver
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Weaver is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Lineville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Jacksonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Ashland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Ashland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Fruithurst
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fruithurst is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruithurst
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- Ranburne
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Waldo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Waldo is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
- Wedowee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Cleburne County ...
Abel is located in Cleburne County<2>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Cleburne County.
Miscellaneous Information for Abel ...
The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Cleburne County or the community of Abel:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Abel:
- GNIS ID for Abel: 159044
- GNIS ID for Cleburne County: 161540
- GNIS ID for State of Alabama: 1779775
- The FIPS Codes ...
- An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
- State Code: 01 (Alabama)
- County Code: 029 (Cleburne County)
- Place Code: 00148 (Abel)
- State & County Code: 01/029 (Alabama / Cleburne County)
- State & Place Code: 01/00148 (Alabama / Abel)
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Abel is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and Division #6 (the East South-Central Division).
For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Abel.
Footnotes ...
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| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Cleburne, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |