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Census Data for Prescott

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

  • Saint Paul
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Shelbyville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Milford
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Fairland
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Fairland is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairland
    • The population in 2015 was estimated at 587 people. This represents a 86.35% increase since 2010.The 2010 Census gave a population of 315 people.
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairland <1>
  • Hope
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Morristown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Hartsville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Hartsville is located in Bartholomew County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville
  • Greensburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Clifford
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Clifford is located in Bartholomew County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
  • Edinburgh
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Rushville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Franklin
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
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Shelby County ...

Prescott is located in Shelby County<2>.

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

Miscellaneous Information for Prescott ...

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 Shelby County or the community of Prescott:

  • The GNIS Codes ...
    • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Prescott:
    • GNIS ID for Prescott: 441576
    • GNIS ID for Shelby County: 450387
    • GNIS ID for State of Indiana: 448508
  • The FIPS Codes ...
    • An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
    • State Code: 18 (Indiana)
    • County Code: 145 (Shelby County)
    • Place Code: 61902 (Prescott)
    • State & County Code: 18/145 (Indiana / Shelby County)
    • State & Place Code: 18/61902 (Indiana / Prescott)
  • Misc. Census Codes ...
    • Prescott 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 Prescott.

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Shelby, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.