Census Data for Whites Ferry

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

Sumter County ...

Whites Ferry is located in Sumter County<2>.

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

Miscellaneous Information for Whites Ferry ...

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 Sumter County or the community of Whites Ferry:

The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Whites Ferry:
- GNIS ID for Whites Ferry: 157320
- GNIS ID for Sumter County: 161585
- GNIS ID for State of Alabama: 1779775

Misc. Census Codes ...
- Whites Ferry 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 Whites Ferry.

Footnotes ...

<1>	It's a common practice for mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names. So Whites Ferry may originally have been White's Ferry. Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Whites Ferry might be written as White Ferry. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Whites Ferry.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Sumter, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.