RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Kentucky >> Clay County >> Ashers Fork >> Census DataIndex...

Census Data for Ashers Fork

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

  • Manchester
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Hyden
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Wallins Creek
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Wallins Creek is located in Harlan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallins Creek
    • The population in 2016 was estimated at 146 people. This represents a 6.41% decrease since 2010.The 2010 Census gave a population of 156 people.
  • Loyall
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Loyall is located in Harlan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyall
  • Pineville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Barbourville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Harlan
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Buckhorn
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Evarts
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Corbin
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Hazard
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • London
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (451 more) ...

Clay County ...

Ashers Fork is located in Clay County<3>.

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

Miscellaneous Information for Ashers Fork ...

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 Clay County or the community of Ashers Fork:

  • The GNIS Codes ...
    • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Ashers Fork:
    • GNIS ID for Ashers Fork: 510316
    • GNIS ID for Clay County: 516872
    • GNIS ID for State of Kentucky: 1779786
  • The FIPS Codes ...
  • Misc. Census Codes ...
    • Ashers Fork is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and Division #6 (the East South-Central Division).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>It's a common practice for mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names. So Ashers Fork may originally have been Asher's Fork. Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Ashers Fork might be written as Asher Fork. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Ashers Fork.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Clay, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.