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Census Data for Octagon

As far as we can tell, Octagon 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 Octagon, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

  • Linden
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Thomaston
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Thomaston is located in Marengo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomaston
  • Providence
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Providence is located in Marengo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
  • Sweet Water
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Sweet Water is located in Marengo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Water
  • Myrtlewood
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Myrtlewood is located in Marengo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtlewood
  • Dayton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Dayton is located in Marengo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
  • Pennington
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Pennington is located in Choctaw County
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  • Pine Hill
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Pine Hill is located in Wilcox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill
  • Faunsdale
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Thomasville
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Demopolis
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Uniontown
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
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    • Yellow Bluff
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Yellow Bluff is located in Wilcox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Bluff
    • Butler
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Fulton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Fulton is located in Clarke County
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Marengo County ...

Octagon is located in Marengo County<2>.

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Marengo County.

Miscellaneous Information for Octagon ...

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 Marengo County or the community of Octagon:

  • The GNIS Codes ...
    • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Octagon:
    • GNIS ID for Octagon: 156822
    • GNIS ID for Marengo County: 161572
    • 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: 091 (Marengo County)
    • Place Code: 56328 (Octagon)
    • State & County Code: 01/091 (Alabama / Marengo County)
    • State & Place Code: 01/56328 (Alabama / Octagon)
  • Misc. Census Codes ...
    • Octagon 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 Octagon.

Footnotes ...

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<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Marengo, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.