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Census Data for Porters Ridge

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

Fayette County ...

Porters Ridge is located in Fayette County<3>.

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

Miscellaneous Information for Porters Ridge ...

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 Fayette County or the community of Porters Ridge:

  • The GNIS Codes ...
    • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Porters Ridge:
    • GNIS ID for Porters Ridge: 1687890
    • GNIS ID for Fayette County: 1687740
    • GNIS ID for State of Georgia: 1705317
  • Misc. Census Codes ...
    • Porters Ridge is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and Division #5 (the South Atlantic Division).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>It's a common practice for mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names. So Porters Ridge may originally have been Porter's Ridge. Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Porters Ridge might be written as Porter Ridge. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Porters Ridge.
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<3>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Fayette, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.