Census Data for Moon
As far as we can tell, Moon 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 Moon, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- Sandy Hook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Blaine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- West Liberty
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Salyersville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Paintsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Olive Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Grayson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Louisa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Morehead
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Prestonsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Gay
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Gay is located in Wayne County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gay
- Lakeview Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview Heights is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
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- Inez
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Allen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Allen is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Allen has also been known as:
- Beaver Creek Junction
- Beaver Creek
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Allen <1>
Morgan County ...
Moon is located in Morgan County<2>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Morgan County.
Miscellaneous Information for Moon ...
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 Morgan County or the community of Moon:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Moon:
- GNIS ID for Moon: 508633
- GNIS ID for Morgan County: 516934
- 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: 175 (Morgan County)
- Place Code: 53220 (Moon)
- State & County Code: 21/175 (Kentucky / Morgan County)
- State & Place Code: 21/53220 (Kentucky / Moon)
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Moon 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 Moon.
Footnotes ...
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| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Morgan, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |