Census Data for Devils Backbone

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

Litchfield County ...

Devils Backbone is located in Litchfield County<2>.

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

Miscellaneous Information for Devils Backbone ...

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 Litchfield County or the community of Devils Backbone:

The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Devils Backbone:
- GNIS ID for Devils Backbone: 212843
- GNIS ID for Litchfield County: 212796
- GNIS ID for State of Connecticut: 1779780

The FIPS Codes ...
- An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
- State Code: 09 (Connecticut)
- County Code: 005 (Litchfield County)
- Place Code: 19830 (Devils Backbone)
- State & County Code: 09/005 (Connecticut / Litchfield County)
- State & Place Code: 09/19830 (Connecticut / Devils Backbone)

Misc. Census Codes ...
- Devils Backbone is located in Census Region #1 (the Northeast Region) and Division #1 (the New England Division).

For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Devils Backbone.

Footnotes ...

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