Census Data for Merriam

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

Golden Gate
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Golden Gate is located in Wayne County
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Fairfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fairfield is located in Wayne County
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Burnt Prairie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Burnt Prairie is located in White County
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Jeffersonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jeffersonville is located in Wayne County
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Mill Shoals
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Shoals is located in White County
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Mount Erie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mount Erie is located in Wayne County
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Albion
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Albion is located in Edwards County
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Cisne
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cisne is located in Wayne County
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Sims
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Sims is located in Wayne County
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Springerton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Springerton is located in White County
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Browns
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Browns is located in Edwards County
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Bone Gap
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Bone Gap is located in Edwards County
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- Grayville
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  - Grayville is located in White County
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- Wayne City
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  - Wayne City is located in Wayne County
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- Belle Prairie City
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  - Belle Prairie City is located in Hamilton County
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Wayne County ...

Merriam is located in Wayne County<2>.

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

Miscellaneous Information for Merriam ...

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 Wayne County or the community of Merriam:

The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Merriam:
- GNIS ID for Merriam: 413438
- GNIS ID for Wayne County: 424296
- GNIS ID for State of Illinois: 1779784

The FIPS Codes ...
- An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
- State Code: 17 (Illinois)
- County Code: 191 (Wayne County)
- Place Code: 48528 (Merriam)
- State & County Code: 17/191 (Illinois / Wayne County)
- State & Place Code: 17/48528 (Illinois / Merriam)

Misc. Census Codes ...
- Merriam is located in Census Region #2 (the Midwest Region) and Division #3 (the East North-Central Division).

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

Footnotes ...

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