Census Data for Wells Ford

As far as we can tell, Wells Ford<1> 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 Wells Ford, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

Gurley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Gurley is located in Madison County
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Paint Rock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Paint Rock is located in Jackson County
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Woodville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Woodville is located in Jackson County
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Pleasant Groves
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Groves is located in Jackson County
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Owens' Cross Roads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Owens' Cross Roads is located in Madison County
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Grant
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Grant is located in Marshall County
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New Hope
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope is located in Madison County
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Skyline
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Skyline is located in Jackson County
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Scottsboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Scottsboro is located in Jackson County
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Huntsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Huntsville is located in Madison County
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Langston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Langston is located in Jackson County
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Hytop
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hytop is located in Jackson County
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- Hollywood
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  - Hollywood is located in Jackson County
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- Section
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  - Section is located in Jackson County
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- Union Grove
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  - Union Grove is located in Marshall County
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Jackson County ...

Wells Ford is located in Jackson County<3>.

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

Miscellaneous Information for Wells Ford ...

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 Jackson County or the community of Wells Ford:

The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Wells Ford:
- GNIS ID for Wells Ford: 157231
- GNIS ID for Jackson County: 161561
- 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: 071 (Jackson County)
- Place Code: 80650 (Wells Ford)
- State & County Code: 01/071 (Alabama / Jackson County)
- State & Place Code: 01/80650 (Alabama / Wells Ford)

Misc. Census Codes ...
- Wells Ford 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 Wells Ford.

Footnotes ...

<1>	It's a common practice for mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names. So Wells Ford may originally have been Well's Ford. Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Wells Ford might be written as Well Ford. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Wells Ford.
<2>	While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>	If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Jackson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.