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Census Data for Colby

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

  • Winchester
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Lexington - Fayette
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Lexington - Fayette is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington - Fayette
  • North Middletown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • North Middletown is located in Bourbon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Middletown
  • Paris
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Mount Sterling
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Richmond
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Nicholasville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Camargo
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Camargo is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camargo
  • Clay City
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Georgetown
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Millersburg
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Sharpsburg
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Sharpsburg is located in Bath County
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Clark County ...

Colby is located in Clark County<2>.

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

Miscellaneous Information for Colby ...

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 Clark County or the community of Colby:

  • The GNIS Codes ...
    • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Colby:
    • GNIS ID for Colby: 507727
    • GNIS ID for Clark County: 516871
    • GNIS ID for State of Kentucky: 1779786
  • The FIPS Codes ...
    • An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
    • State Code: 21 (Kentucky)
    • County Code: 049 (Clark County)
    • Place Code: 16320 (Colby)
    • State & County Code: 21/049 (Kentucky / Clark County)
    • State & Place Code: 21/16320 (Kentucky / Colby)
  • Misc. Census Codes ...
    • Colby 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 Colby.

Footnotes ...

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