Census Data for Congo
As far as we can tell, Congo 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 Congo, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- Gaylesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Bluff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Rock is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Rock
- Fort Payne
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Centre
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Leesburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Collinsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Pine Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Ridge is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Lyerly
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Menlo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rainsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shiloh
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shiloh is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
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- Fyffe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Head
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hammondville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hammondville is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammondville
Cherokee County ...
Congo is located in Cherokee County<2>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Cherokee County.
Miscellaneous Information for Congo ...
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 Cherokee County or the community of Congo:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Congo:
- GNIS ID for Congo: 156207
- GNIS ID for Cherokee County: 161535
- 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: 019 (Cherokee County)
- Place Code: 16960 (Congo)
- State & County Code: 01/019 (Alabama / Cherokee County)
- State & Place Code: 01/16960 (Alabama / Congo)
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Congo 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 Congo.
Footnotes ...
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