Census Data for Colson

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

• Pippa Passes
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Pippa Passes is located in Knott County
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• Whitesburg
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Whitesburg is located in Letcher County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesburg
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• Blackey
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Blackey is located in Letcher County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackey
• Fleming - Neon
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Fleming - Neon is located in Letcher County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming - Neon
• Hindman
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Hindman is located in Knott County
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• Vicco
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Vicco is located in Perry County
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• Wheelwright
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Wheelwright is located in Floyd County
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• Jenkins
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Jenkins is located in Letcher County
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• Wayland
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Wayland is located in Floyd County
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• Pound
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Pound is located in Wise County (VA)
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• Cumberland
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Cumberland is located in Harlan County
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• Benham
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Benham is located in Harlan County
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  • Hazard
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Hazard is located in Perry County
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  • Lynch
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Lynch is located in Harlan County
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  • Appalachia
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Appalachia is located in Wise County (VA)
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Letcher County ...

Colson is located in Letcher County<2>.

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

Miscellaneous Information for Colson ...

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 Letcher County or the community of Colson:

• The GNIS Codes ...
  • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Colson:
  • GNIS ID for Colson: 507734
  • GNIS ID for Letcher County: 516913
  • 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: 133 (Letcher County)
  • Place Code: 16714 (Colson)
  • State & County Code: 21/133 (Kentucky / Letcher County)
  • State & Place Code: 21/16714 (Kentucky / Colson)

• Misc. Census Codes ...
  • Colson 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 Colson.