Census Data for Watson
As far as we can tell, Watson 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 Watson, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- Topeka
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lecompton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Perry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Carbondale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Carbondale is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Auburn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Auburn is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
- Meriden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Overbrook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lawrence
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Scranton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ozawkie
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hoyt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
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- Oskaloosa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Burlingame
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Willard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Willard is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
Shawnee County ...
Watson is located in Shawnee County<2>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Shawnee County.
Miscellaneous Information for Watson ...
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 Shawnee County or the community of Watson:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Watson:
- GNIS ID for Watson: 479095
- GNIS ID for Shawnee County: 485051
- GNIS ID for State of Kansas: 481813
- The FIPS Codes ...
- An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
- State Code: 20 (Kansas)
- County Code: 177 (Shawnee County)
- Place Code: 76010 (Watson)
- State & County Code: 20/177 (Kansas / Shawnee County)
- State & Place Code: 20/76010 (Kansas / Watson)
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Watson is located in Census Region #2 (the Midwest Region) and Division #4 (the West North-Central Division).
For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Watson.
Footnotes ...
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| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Shawnee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |